PHAGWARA: Leaders of the Congress I, CPI, CPM and Janata Dal held a joint dharna here demanding an enquiry into the killing of three persons in a fake encounter near Cheheru village on June 5. They also demanded compensation of Rs | lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and ‘suspension of the cops involved. Joginder Singh Mann of the Congress I Sarwan Singh Cheema of CPM, Nand Kishore Chepra of Janata Dal and Mohan Lal of the CPI led the dharna. Cheem told newsmen that a 10 member committee formed to press their demands and had decided to organise a demonstration and all party meeting on July 10 at Phagwara.

7 die in mishap SOLAPUR: Seven persons were killedonthespotand2 7 others injured in a bus truck collision near Tembhurni on the Solapur Pune road in the western state of Maharastra.

Reports received here Friday said the injured, five of them in a serious condition, were hospitalized, reports said,

Article extracted from this publication >> June 29, 1990