TOBA TEK SINGH: An anti-power theft squad on Tuesday seized a novel device fitted inside a meter that makes it run only when someone comes in front of it in a raid at Chak 188-GB.

According to Kamalia Fesco Exen Afzal Kathia, the team detected the power meter installed outside the house of two village residents -- Sultan Ahmad and Liaqat Ali.

Mr Kathia said the device was a kind of motion sensor that made the power meter work only when some one comes in front of it, otherwise the meter remained dead, allowing electricity theft.

He said a case had been registered by Rajana police against the meter owners and after their arrest the real culprit who invented the device would be nabbed.

MAN KILLED: A man died while his son and a daughter were injured seriously on Tuesday in a traffic accident on Toba-Chichawatni road.

According to Rajana police, Talib Husain of Majhi Sultan (Jhang) was on his motorcycle, along with his 14-year-old son Danish Ali and daughter Misbah Parveen (11) when, near Chak 266-GB, a trailer coming from opposite side hit the bike.

As a result, Talib died on the spot, while his son and daughter were seriously injured.

Rescue 1122 staff shifted the injured boy and girl to local district headquarters hospital.

DEMO: Journalists staged a protest demonstration on Tuesday outside the district press club to condemn attack on the media persons by some PTI activists at the party’s Lahore rally on Monday.

They demanded immediate arrest of the attackers and urged political parties to discipline their activists, checking such conduct during their functions.

Published in Dawn, December 17th, 2014