A 53-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide in Amritsar on Monday along with her daughter after consuming poison, a police official said.
Rambagh police station in-charge Mehar Singh said Santosh Sharma, a homemaker, committed suicide along with her 28-year-old daughter Shilpa Sharma, allegedly out of depression over family dispute.
"While Santosh Sharma died on the spot, Shilpa died while undergoing treatment in a hospital here," he said.
Haseen Jahan, estranged wife of cricketer Mohd Shami, was taken into custody by police in Amroha in Uttar Pradesh after she reached her husband’s house and created a ruckus. She was later released on bail.
The BJP attacked Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday for his “one wrong vote can make your children ‘chaiwala’ or ‘chowkidar’” remark, saying the Punjab minister has insulted the hardworking, common people of the country.
Honeypreet said she surrendered in the case in October 2017. Several accused in the matter have since been granted bail.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Monday that 40 TMC MLAs were in touch with him and will desert their party once the BJP wins the General Election.
The couple were returning from Jagadhari in Haryana to Ludhiana when the Mahindra Bolero they were travelling in collided with a combine harvester on the Amritsar-Delhi highway.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Friday described Sunny Deol, who recently joined the BJP, as a “filmi fauji”, in an apparent reference to the Bollywood actor’s popular war film, ‘Border’.