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Punjab: Jagraon town draped in mourning over demise of devotees in UP boat tragedy

Punjab: Jagraon town draped in mourning over demise of devotees in UP boat tragedy

Ludhiana, The holy chants have fallen silent. The town of Jagraon which had sent its sons, daughters and mothers to seek blessings in Vrindavan is now draped in mourning. Punjab: Jagraon town draped in mourning over demise of devotees in UP boat tragedy Ludhiana district is still numb from the shock of Friday’s boat tragedy in the Yamuna that snatched away devotees who had left home with prayers on their lips. A boat carrying tourists, primarily from Punjab, capsized in the river in Uttar Pradesh’s Vrindavan on Friday afternoon, leaving 10 people dead, 22 injured and five missing, officials said. Most of the victims were from Jagraon and Dugri areas of Ludhiana, officials here said, adding that a group of about 120 pilgrims from Jagraon’s Shri Banke Bihari Club had left for a four-day trip to Vrindavan in two buses on April 9. As a mark of collective grief and reverence, all markets in Jagraon will remain closed until the last rites of the pilgrims are performed. Shopkeepers said no business can go on when …

25-Year-Old National-Level Kabaddi Player Shot Dead In Punjab’s Jagraon | India News

25-Year-Old National-Level Kabaddi Player Shot Dead In Punjab’s Jagraon | India News

Last Updated:October 31, 2025, 23:49 IST Tejpal Singh, a national-level kabaddi player from Giddarwindi, was shot dead near Ludhiana SSP office in Jagraon. According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place near the office of the Ludhiana (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), around 45 km from the district headquarters. (X) In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old kabaddi player was shot dead in broad daylight near the office of the Ludhiana (Rural) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Punjab’s Jagraon on Friday, police said. The deceased, identified as Tejpal Singh, a native of Giddarwindi village near Jagraon, was a national-level kabaddi player. He was walking with two friends on Hari Singh Hospital Road when the incident took place, news agency PTI reported. According to eyewitnesses, the incident took place when Singh was brutally beaten by a group of five or six assailants. During the scuffle, one of them pulled out a revolver and shot him in the chest. Singh was rushed to a local hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, police said. Police said …

Punjab AGTF arrests man involved in firing at Jagraon jewellery store | Latest News India

Punjab AGTF arrests man involved in firing at Jagraon jewellery store | Latest News India

Chandigarh, Punjab’s Anti-Gangster Task Force arrested the main accused involved in the firing at a jewellery showroom in Jagraon after an encounter near Sadarpur village in Ludhiana, said Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Sunday. Punjab AGTF arrests man involved in firing at Jagraon jewellery store The accused, identified as Krishan from Basti Mansian Wali in Zira, Ferozepur, is an operative of the foreign-based gangster Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dala. Police teams have also recovered a .32 caliber pistol along with two cartridges from his possession, he said. Two bike-borne individuals had opened fire at the Ladoo Lekhe Wale jewellery showroom in Jagraon on March 5 to intimidate the owner, who had also received an extortion call from gangster Arsh Dala, police said. In this regard, a case was registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act at Police Station City Jagraon, Ludhiana Rural. DGP Gaurav Yadav said that the arrested accused, Krishan, opened fire at the jewellery showroom in Jagraon on the directions of his foreign-based handler, Arsh …

Jagraon Dhaba owner’s 21-year-old daughter among deportees from US

Jagraon Dhaba owner’s 21-year-old daughter among deportees from US

Feb 06, 2025 09:26 AM IST Muskan, 21, deported from the US, returned to India after ten days of silence. Her family, unaware of her situation, is relieved she’s safe. Muskan, 21, a resident of Jagraon town in Ludhiana district had moved to the United Kingdom on a study visa last year. But her attempt to enter the US failed and she was among the 104 Indians deported on a special military flight that landed in Amritsar airport. A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft carrying undocumented Indian migrants deported by the US at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport in Amritsar on Wednesday. (Bloomberg) Her family was unaware of her deportation and only learned about it on her return hours after she landed in India. Muskan’s father, Jagdish Kumar, who runs a small dhaba in Jagraon, said that his daughter’s phone had been switched off for nearly ten days. “We had no idea where she was. It was only around 5 pm today that we found out she had landed at Amritsar …

Two gangsters among 9 booked for Jagraon electrician’s murder

Two days after an electrician Paramjit Singh was killed in Bardeke village, Jagraon, Ludhiana rural police have booked nine people for the murder including gangsters Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla and Mandeep Singh alias Dhru Daudhar of Daudhar village. Police brought Daudhar on a production warrant for questioning from Kapurthala Jail on Friday. He was produced before a local court and remanded to three days in police custody. Police suspect that Daudhar had hatched the murder conspiracy from jail. Special security arrangements were made at the court complex while Daudhar was produced. Dalla’s name had cropped up in the case on Thursday following a Facebook post uploaded from the purported account of dead gangster Jaspreet Singh Jassi. In the post, Dalla took responsibility for the murder of Paramjit. Dalla blamed Paramjit’s family for the suicide of his friend Dilpreet Singh of Minnia village and said he took revenge by carrying out the murder. The others accused who have been booked by the police are Dilpreet’s father Sukhdev Singh of Menia village, his brother Lovepreet Singh, …