Ludhiana, Oct. 10 -- Four armed youths allegedly tried to run over an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) outside the Samrala police post, on Ludhiana-Chandigarh national highway, late on Wednesday night.

The officer narrowly escaped injury by jumping aside just as the speeding vehicle ploughed toward him.

According to police, the arrested youths have been identified as Dilpreet Singh and Amninder Singh of Mangewal, Malaud, Lakhdeep Singh of Jaimal Singh Wala, Barnala, and Sunny of Amritsar. They were intercepted moments later after their car rammed into a barricade at the checkpost.

A case under Sections 109, 132 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act has been registered against the accused.

The inc...