A 35-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stalking a TV actor, a senior police official said on Wednesday.
Abdul Sheikh, the accused, allegedly followed the woman actor in his car in suburban Khar area. He also allegedly abused her using filthy language the actor said in her complaint.
Sheikh was arrested under IPC sections 354 (D) (stalking) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), said DCP Paramjit Singh Dahiya.
The Punjab Police have detained a few people having links to separatist organisations in connection with Sunday's grenade attack on a prayer meeting of the Nirankari sect in Amritsar, police sources said on Tuesday.
A rape accused nabbed from Jhansi has turned out to be a shrewd paedophile serial killer who has confessed to the rape and murder of nine girls in the last two years.
Citing health reasons, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who was once touted as a prime ministerial candidate in the BJP, on Tuesday said she has decided not to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
Former Aam Adami Party’s district president Suresh Sharma was shot at by an unidentified assailant on Tuesday evening.
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday lashed out at SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal for blaming him for Amritsar grenade attack and said his allegations were “totally unwarranted and politically motivated”.
The Punjab Police had nabbed on November 1 Shabnamdeep Singh alias Maninder Lahoria, who "confessed" to the police that he was asked by his Pakistani handlers to target police posts and crowded places during festivals.