Pregnant lady expecting child in few hours reaches voting station; casts vote amidst labour pain
The lady hails from Puttur and delivered a girl child within an hour of casting vote
Puttur: A pregnant woman, who reached polling station in Puttur, suffered from labour pain while casting her vote and was rushed to hospital immediately after she exercised her vote. The woman later delivered a baby girl at the hospital.
Meenakshi, a 9-month pregnant lady arrived at Puttur Taluk Panchayath polling station at 9.am to cast her vote. While she was waiting for her turn to cast the vote, Meenakshi suffered from labour pain but resisted it until she franchised her vote. Soon after casting her vote, she was rushed to a private hospital in Puttur, where she delivered a girl child.
Fellow voters and polling officials lauded efforts of Meenakshi for persisting with the pain to cast her vote and to accomplish her duty of voting.
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ED raids in case against former Punjab Police DIG Bhullar, linked entities
Chandigarh (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said.
They said about 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected benamidars (the owner in whose name a benami property is held) are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Bhullar on allegations that he sought illegal gratification through a middleman for settlement of a criminal case, along with detection of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.
The searches aim to trace further proceeds of the alleged crime, identify benami assets and gather evidence related to money laundering, ED officials said.
Bhullar, who was serving as the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Ropar Range), was arrested by the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap dealer alleged that bribe was demanded from him through an intermediary to settle a case.
