KASUR, March 9: A court on Wednesday gave five-year imprisonment and Rs20,000 fine to six men who injured two men over a monetary dispute in 1999.

Convicts Rafiq, Sadiq, Shafiq, Yahya, Yasin and Aslam injured Sharif and Mahnga over a dispute on Rs139.

DNA TEST: DNA test has helped police find a rapist, the district police chief said on Wednesday. He said Azam raped a girl at gunpoint until she got pregnant. The girl gave birth to a baby, but Azam refused to own the baby. Police arrested Azam and investigated the matter. Finally, a DNA test proved that Azam was the father of the baby, the police official said.

NABBED: Phoolnagar police busted a gang of drug pushers after an encounter and seized 5kg hashish and unlicensed weapons early on Wednesday.

Police arrested Nadeeem, Shaban and Karamat after crossfire near Jhalaiki village on Rohi Drain and registered a case against them and their absconding accomplices.

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