Chandigarh: Three officials of Punjab's Faridkot town jail were injured on Monday in a clash with inmates following the death of a prisoner, police said. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has ordered a magisterial enquiry.
The inmates went on the rampage and damaged property inside the prison, police officials in Faridkot, 250 km from Chandigarh, police said.
Police reinforcements and fire brigade had to be rushed into the jail complex to control the situation.
The deputy jail superintendent and two other jail officials were injured in the clash. The inmates even set some property on fire inside the jail complex....
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05:49 AM, Apr 23, 2013
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by two persons including a constable, police said, following which the duo were arrested on Tuesday. Police arrested newly recruited police constable identified as Kulwinder Singh and his accomplice Kuldeep Singh, both residents of Sulchanwala village of the district. ...
03:33 PM, Feb 12, 2013
Three men have allegedly raped a minor Dalit girl in a village near Faridkot in Punjab. The family members of victim allege that the accused threw her outside their house after raping and feed her a poisonous substance. ...
12:25 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Faridkot: The minor girl, who was allegedly abducted from Faridkot at gunpoint and later found in Goa with her kidnapper, on Tuesday said some police officers had threatened her not to speak against the accused in the case. At a rally organised by Joint Action Committee, formed to take up her cause, her advocates read out a statement in which she said some police officers had threatened her that her...
08:22 PM, Nov 27, 2012
Lahore: Pakistani security and intelligence agencies on Wednesday barred journalists and television cameramen from entering Ajmal Kasab's hometown in Punjab province, hours after the lone surviving terrorist involved in the Mumbai attacks was hanged in a Pune jail. The security personnel, who were in plain clothes and pretended to be villagers, stopped reporters from entering Faridkot village, located 150 km from the Punjab capital of Lahore, several journalists said. The...
08:14 PM, Nov 21, 2012
Faridkot: There were protests in Faridkot after the police failed to arrest the abductors of a 15-year-old girl. A seven-member gang allegedly headed by Nishan Singh, abducted the girl from her house last week. The gang abducted the girl after allegedly beating up her parents. Shopkeepers downed their shutters while locals took to the streets citing police apathy in nabbing the criminals. On an earlier occasion in March, Singh had...
01:39 PM, Oct 01, 2012
Faridkot: Punjab Congress chief Captain Amarinder Singh said on Sunday that serving the poor was the party's 'dharma' and its government at the Centre brought in the Food Security Bill in keeping with that spirit. Claiming that the party was serving the poor right since Independence, Amarinder at a rally in Jaito said the Food Security Bill brought in Parliament will enable the poor across the country to get 'aata'...
09:58 PM, Jan 22, 2012
Faridkot: Tension prevailed in this Punjab district on Sunday after followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect clashed with some members of Sikh community, police said. According to police, some followers of the Haryana-based Sacha Sauda indulged in heated arguments with members of the Sikh community over a religious issue in Faridkot on Sunday afternoon. This was followed by minor clash between the members of two groups. "This incident happened...
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01:59 AM, Dec 22, 2009
Former Pak PM slams govt for alleged cover up at Faridkot. ...
02:53 AM, Dec 20, 2008
All traces of Kasab's family seem to have gone from Pakistan ...
12:08 PM, Dec 14, 2008
TV channel Geo TV caught some villagers saying Kasab was from their place. ...
07:55 AM, Dec 13, 2008
Reputed media sources have it but Pakistan won't have any of it. ...
01:26 AM, Dec 13, 2008
Locals said Kasav’s parents were spirited away from their Faridkot house. ...
04:07 AM, Dec 08, 2008
Kasab's village is an economically backward area in Pakistani Punjab. ...
02:22 AM, Dec 08, 2008
The team will participate in the 17th All India Baba Faridkot Gold Hockey tournament. ...
04:11 PM, Sep 18, 2008
