Ludhiana, Feb. 10 -- The Sahnewal police have booked the parents and relatives of three absconding offenders for allegedly harbouring them and helping them evade arrest in multiple serious criminal cases.

According to the police, the action was taken after officers failed to trace the accused Mani Khachhar, Dalip Kumar, alias Bhayiya, and Aman Bains, who are wanted in cases involving violent assault, possession and use of illegal weapons and a gang clash that left one person with a bullet injury.

Those booked include parents of Mani Khachhar - Ramesh Kumar and his wife Amarjit Kaur of Gagan Nagar; parents of Dalip Kumar - Raj Kishore and his wife Inder Devi; and a relative of Aman Bains - Veer Singh of Daba Colony, Gobind Nagar.

An FIR...