Bantwala, July 02: Bantwala and Uppinangady police jointly arrested six persons on charges of assaulting and attempting to murder a youth at Kalladka, on Monday.

The arrested are identified as Kiran (24), Keerthan (22) of Kalladka, Yogish K (22), Lokesh K (25) of Goltamajalu, Mohan Poojary (22) and Vidyadhara Poojary (23) of KC Road.  

According to the police, the accused had allegedly attacked Chethan alias Chetu Melkar (26) when he was sitting at a shop at Kalladka and tried to kill him. Later, the accused were absconding. The police who successfully arrested the accused, produced them before the court, said SP Ravikanthe Gowda.

DCIB inspector Sunil Kumar, Bantwala city PSI Chandrashekar HV, crime section SI Harish MR, traffic station SI Yallappa, Uppinangadi SI Nandakumar, and other personnel participated in the operation.

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Amritsar, Nov 24: A bomb-like object was found outside the Ajnala police station near Amritsar on Sunday, police said.

Police sealed the area and pressed a bomb disposal squad into service immediately after getting the information, which sent the object for further investigation, officials said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Gurwinder Singh, said it would be too early to say anything on the matter, adding that an investigation was underway.