Srinagar Mar 24 PTI A tourist mini-bus skidded off the Srinagar-Leh Highway in Ganderbal district killing two women travellers and leaving about 20 injured officials said on ThursdayThey said the incident happened near Hariganiwan area of the central Kashmir district and that the injured have been rushed to a hospitalJ-K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the loss of lives and directed the district administration to provide all necessary assistance to the injuredDeeply saddened by the tragic and unfortunate road accident in Ganderbal in which two tourists have lost their lives My heartfelt condolences to bereaved families prayers for speedy recovery of the injured Directed district admin to provide all necessary assistance to injured Sinha said on TwitterNational Conference president Farooq Abdullah and vice president Omar Abdullah also expressed deep anguish over the accidentThey also impressed upon the divisional administration to provide the best of medical treatment to all the injured an NC spokesman said PTI SSB SSB TIR TIR
New Delhi Dec 23 PTI Two men were arrested for allegedly abducting an eatery owners relative in northwest Delhis Shalimar Bagh area police said on ThursdayThey have been identified as Dushyant alias Harsh 26 and Vishal 24 residents of Badli village here They are cab drivers police said The eatery owner complained to the police that two parties -- two people on a motorcycle and three others in a car -- picked up a fight with each other at his outlet over parking on Tuesday night Though both parties left the place in sometime the three men in car arrived back at the eatery about an hour later and demanded details about the men on the motorcycle from the eatery owner When he refused to entertain them they forcefully took away his 28-year-old cousin police said The accused allegedly released the man after robbing him of Rs 10000 cash and another Rs 15000 that they forcefully withdrew from his ATM card Deputy Commissioner of Police northwest Usha Rangnani said the car was registered with a cab aggregator and that the vehicle has been seizedA mobile phone and Rs 21000 were recovered from their possession she said Efforts to nab the other accused are on the DCP said PTI NIT NIT CJ CJ
Chandigarh Sep 23 PTI Three operatives of the radical Khalistan Tiger Force KTF outfit have been arrested in Punjabs Tarn Taran and weapons and explosives seized from their possession police said on ThursdayThey were identified as Kanwarpal Singh Kulwinder Singh and Kamalpreet Singh all residents of Moga the police saidTwo hand grenades and three 9mm pistols were found in their possession along with two boxes packed in foam which the police suspect to be tiffin bombsKanwarpal Singh has disclosed that he had returned from Canada two weeks ago the police saidFour months back the Punjab Police had arrested three KTF operatives involved in several heinous crimes including the murder of a Dera Premi and firing on a priestThe trio had been acting on the directions of KTFs Canada-based chief Hardeep Singh NijjarAdditional Director General of Police ADGP Internal Security R N Dhoke said the latest arrests were made near Bhagwanpur village in Bhikhiwind during a police checking as per an official statementPreliminary investigations revealed that the trio had reached Tarn Taran to retrieve a dumped militant hardware consignment on the directions of Canada-based Arshdeep Dalla a close aide of Nijjar the police said PTI CHS VSD IJT