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4 tractors carrying paddy from Rajasthan seized, six booked

The tractors-trailers were found at Kotkapura’s Hari Nau village. (HT File Photo/for representation only)
Published on Oct 14, 2025 08:08 am IST

Woman arrested in Kotkapura for sacrilege

A woman has been arrested for allegedly committing sacrilege by burning the pages of a gutka (prayer book) at her residence in Faridkot’s Kotkapura on Friday. (HT File)
Updated on Sept 07, 2024 08:04 am IST

Kotkapura firing case likely to be transferred to Chandigarh

Over a month after the transfer of the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh, the Kotkapura firing case too is likely to be transferred to the union territory.
Updated on Jul 20, 2024 09:26 am IST

2015 police firing: 5 yrs after suspension, Punjab govt reinstates Umranangal

Paramraj Singh Umranangal
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:32 am IST

Transfer of Behbal Kalan police firing case to may pose legal hurdles in Kotkapura trial

The transfer of the 2015 Behbal Kalan police firing case from Faridkot to Chandigarh may pose a legal hurdle ahead of trial in the Kotkapura firing case.
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 07:54 am IST

2015 Kotkapura firing: SIT uses AI-powered system, but fails to identify violence suspects

Nearly eight years after the post-sacrilege police firing incident at Kotkapura in Faridkot district, the special investigation team (SIT) led by ADGP LK Yadav checked criminal database with the use of the Punjab Artificial Intelligence System (PAIS) but failed to identify suspects involved in violence during the incident.
Updated on Sept 03, 2023 12:08 am IST

AAP closes in on gaining control over Moga, Kotkapura MCs

After the AAP won the assembly elections, 32 councillors from Congress, SAD and BJP have officially joined the party in Moga MC House, taking the official count of the party in the House to 36. (HT File)
Updated on Jul 03, 2023 12:24 am IST

2015 Kotkapura police firing: Faridkot court allows Sukhbir to travel abroad

The court had directed Sukhbir to furnish an unconditional bank guarantee of 50 lakh in the form of surety. (Representational Photo (Getty Images/iStockphoto) )
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 11:37 pm IST

KOTKAPURA FIRING: SIT records statements of four Sikh preachers

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Published on Mar 17, 2020 10:25 pm IST

Father-son duo killed as car rams into stationary truck in Faridkot

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Published on Feb 05, 2020 09:39 pm IST

Kotkapura firing case: Faridkot court adjourns hearing to Jan 4

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Published on Dec 13, 2019 06:30 am IST

KOTKAPURA POLICE FIRING Ranjit panel report made part of chargesheet

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Published on Nov 29, 2019 11:38 pm IST

Minor killed, 3 hurt in firing at marriage function in Punjab’s Kotkapura

An old enmity between Ankush and Gurlal is said to be the cause of fighting between the two, police said, adding that they were investigating whether those involved in the incident had any criminal record.
Updated on Sept 10, 2019 07:02 am IST

Kotkapura firing case: Hearing adjourned to Sept 6

The special investigation team (SIT) probing the police firing case had filed a 2,000-page chargesheet against six accused on May 27.
Updated on Aug 27, 2019 06:51 am IST

4 probes and a dead end in Bargari sacrilege case

Police vehicles torched by anti-sacrilege protesters at Behbal Kalan village in Faridkot in October 2015
Published on Jul 27, 2019 02:50 pm IST

Two booked for assaulting Dalit women in Punjab’s Faridkot

Police have booked two persons after a video of Dalit women being thrashed and abused by them went viral on social media.
Updated on Jul 07, 2019 01:01 pm IST

Nabha jail murder: Standoff ends, Dera man cremated as government forms SIT

Dera Sacha Sauda followers carry the body of Mohinder Pal Bittu, the main accused in the Bargari sacrilege cases, for cremation, at Kotkapura district Faridkot on Monday, June 24, 2019.
Updated on Jun 27, 2019 07:59 am IST

SIT to probe murder of sacrilege accused

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh announced a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe days after a Dera Sacha Sauda follower and key accused in Bargari sacrilege case, Mahinderpal Bittu, was beaten to death in an attack in Nabha prison.
Updated on Jun 25, 2019 07:53 am IST

‘Drop sacrilege cases’: Dera Sacha Sauda men refuse to cremate murdered sect member

Mohinder Pal Bittu’s wife (centre) and other dera followers near his casket at a prayer centre in Kotkapura, Faridkot
Updated on Jun 24, 2019 11:50 am IST

Sacrilege-firing incidents: SIT names three more cops, files challan against six

SIT names three more cops, files challan against six
Updated on May 29, 2019 08:01 am IST

Kunwar Vijay back in team probing sacrilege cases

the Punjab government on Monday brought back IG Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh in the special investigation team (SIT) probing the sacrilege cases and 2015-police firing on Sikh protesters in Kotkapura and Behbal Kalan. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times)
Updated on May 28, 2019 07:49 am IST