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August 29, 2002, Chandigarh, India  
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Woman ‘sold for Rs 30,000’ DC’s clerk convicted for embezzlement Chibber assault case: ex-councillor surrenders A former municipal councillor, Mr Harish Sasan, who is alleged to have assaulted Ambala City MLA Veena Chhibber surrenders in a court in Ambala on Wednesday. Rathore’s plea dismissed |
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Villagers block traffic Congress stages dharna Cong to hold protest today Congress submits memorandum Four murders in 24 hours Train stoppage at Karnal demanded Power Utilities to challenge order Six get life term Cop found dead
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Woman ‘sold for Rs 30,000’ Hisar, August 28 The police has registered a case against them on a complaint lodged by her brother-in-law Jai Parkash of Bayana Khera village. In his complaint, Mr Jai Parkash said Bharia Devi (30), his wife’s sister, was residing with his family as her husband had deserted her some time ago. After this, her husband took divorce from her in a village panchayat. He said he had asked his friends Bhana Ram of the same village and Ram Kumar of Bhana Khera village to help him in arranging her remarriage. Some time later, both informed him that they had arranged her marriage to Sunil Kumar of Garanpura village in Bhiwani district. He married her to Sunil on their advice. He alleged that his friends had received Rs 30,000 from Sunil for this marriage. He said this fact came to his notice when he went to Garanpura to meet her. Sunil refused to allow him to meet, saying that he had purchased her from Ram Kumar and Bhana Ram. The police is investigating the matter and no
arrest has been made so far. The police has also registered a case against Sunil. |
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DC’s clerk convicted for embezzlement Kaithal, August 28 Clerk R.D. Mittal was posted in the office of Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Kaithal, in 1979 and he received advertising material relating to International Year of the Child, 5000 coat label flags and 5000 IYC seals, each costing Rs 2 besides two charity boxes sent by the then commissioner and president of District Council for Child Welfare to the then SDM Kanwar Ram Phal Singh. However, 564 unsold IYC seals and 559 flags were returned and the sale proceeds of the rest of the items amount to Rs 8877 were not deposited. A case was registered under Section 409 of the IPC by the state Vigilance Bureau after holding Mr R.D. Mittal responsible for the lapse. Later, the concerned clerk deposited some amount and agreed to pay Rs 500 per month. However after hearing the prosecution and the defence counsels, the court came to the conclusion that the clerk, the accused in this case, could not be absolved of the charge of embezzlement and hence held him
guilty and sentenced him. |
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Chibber assault case: ex-councillor surrenders Ambala, August 28 Mr Harish Sasan surrendered in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ambala Ms Sarita Gupta, this afternoon. Mr Sasan has been sent to one-day police remand. A bail application was filed through counsels Mr SK Jain and Mr Rohit Jain after Mr Sasan surrendered in court. The application claimed that the applicant was falsely implicated in the case by the staff of police station Baldev Nagar, Ambala Cantonment. “As per facts in the FIR on August 14 at 7.30 am, Ms Veena Chibber, MLA of Ambala City, had gone to Baldev Nagar to see the flooded water situation along with her gunman constable Ramesh Dutt, at the request of Mr Surinder Singh Gogoo, BJP municipal councillor of ward no. 3, Baldev Nagar. The applicant along with others, stopped her there and misbehaved with her, whereas the story is totally false and concocted,” the application states. “From the alleged facts mentioned in the FIR, no offence under Section 307 IPC is made out against the applicant. The applicant has been municipal councillor of MC Ambala City and at present his wife Parvesh Sasan is the municipal councillor. The present case is the outcome of political vendetta,” the application states. The police had already arrested seven persons in the case. They have been granted regular bail by Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala vide order dated August 27, 2002. The applicant surrenders before the court and prays for release on bail,” the application added. The applicant had moved an application for anticipatory bail but it was declined by Additional Sessions Judge, Ambala and thereafter he had moved an anticipatory bail in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in which the notice had been issued for September 16. “However, since the arrest has not been stayed, therefore, the applicant surrenders before the court,” the application states. |
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Rathore’s plea dismissed Ambala, August 28 Mr Rathore in his application had stated that the file was important to him as it related to registration of a case by the then manager of the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association in which he alleged that Madhu Prakash and a few others ransacked the office of the association. The statements of several evidences were also attached with the file which goes against Madhu Prakash. Counsel of Mr Rathore pleaded in the court that when they demanded the file of the case from the record keepers of Ambala and Panchkula courts, they informed that the file was missing. he said that this file could be helpful in the Ruchika molestation case, so it was missed intentionally with the connivance of Madhu Prakash and others. After hearing the arguments, the CJM dismissed the application of Mr Rathore. Meanwhile, in another application related to the case filed in the court of Special Magistrate was adjourned for September 11. |
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Villagers block traffic Jind, August 28 Earlier, the villagers took out a protest march in tractor-trailers in the town. They blocked the Gohana road by staging a dharna on the road. They also parked their tractor-trailers on the road. The agitating villagers alleged that the election of the Director, which was held at Pillukhera Khera Mandi yesterday, was not free and fair as there were irregularities in the voting and counting of votes. They demanded that the election should be cancelled and repoll on certain booths of Pillukhera Mandi should be ordered. They warned that if the election was not cancelled a meeting of mahapanchayat would be called at Nidana village on August 31 to decide the future course of action. The Gohana road remained blocked for about two hours and the traffic was diverted through other routes. Mr Inder Singh, SDM, immediately reached the spot and held talks with the agitating villagers. The villagers also submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner regarding the alleged irregularities in the election. |
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Congress stages dharna Kaithal, August 28 Mr Ishwar Singh, a former MLA and president of the DCC, led the dharna. Others present on the occasion included Mr Krishan Murti Hooda, a former Haryana minister, Mr Dillu Ram, a former MLA, Ms Geeta Bhukkal, convener of the Women Legal Cell, Mr Dharam Pal Jindal, vice-president of the DCC, and Dharam Pal Chhot, general secretary of the Khet Mazdoor Congress. Mr Hooda criticised the Central Government for the irregularities in the allotments of LPG agencies and petrol stations, and said the BJP, which claimed to be a party of principles, stood exposed on the issue. He also criticised the state government led by Mr Om Prakash Chautala, alleging that the law and order situation in the state had worsened. Later, a memorandum was submitted to the City Magistrate, Mr Sanjeev Verma, to be forwarded to the President and the Haryana Governor, highlighting various acts of omission and commission of the state and the Central governments. |
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Cong to hold protest today Bhiwani, August 28 This was decided at a meeting of the party held at the Tilak Bhavan here under the chairmanship of Mr A.C. Chaudhary. Mr Chaudhary, a former Haryana minister, had been appointed observer for the district by HPCC President Bhajan Lal. Mr Chaudhary has constituted a 31-member committee comprising both district presidents Dr Vasudev Sharma (urban) and Mr Sandeep Singh (rural), all block presidents, HPCC members, and four presidents of separate cells, besides five more members, namely former MP Jangbir Singh, former MLA Dharmpal Sangwan, former Parliamentary Secretary Ran Singh Maan, former media secretary Arun Agarwal and Mr Dhanda. A ruckus was created at the meeting when Dr Sharma said programmes were being carried out without the sanction of the District Congress Committee. He was referring to the meetings recently held by MLA Dharmbir Singh and Haryana Pradesh Mahila Congress General Secretary Kusum Sharma at Nandgaon village. |
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Congress submits memorandum Ambala, August 28 In a memorandum addressed to the Deputy Commissioner, Ambala, the Congress activists said that in October 2000, 59 dealer selection boards were established. It stated that some presidents of the board had complained of pressures in allotment. “Till this year, 3,859 pumps and agencies were allotted out of which three-fourth belonged to BJP activists. It also includes an instance in which a person has given the residence address of Prime Minister’s Lucknow home,” the memorandum states. The Congress activists demanded, through the memorandum, that Union Minister, Mr Ram Naik must step down from office. Among others, district Congress president rural, M. Nirmal Singh, district Congress president Ambala City, Ms Kiran Bala Jain, HPCC members Naib Kaur and Balwant Gupta, district vice-president, Mr Madan Lal and state youth vice-president, Mr Brahm Pal Rana were present. |
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Four murders in 24 hours Sirsa, August 28 According to information received today, Raju Setia was murdered allegedly by some of his friends at Kriti Nagar. Raju died on his way to hospital. His brother Nandi had been admitted to the local Civil Hospital in a serious condition. Satnam Singh has been arrested in this regard. Another man was killed at Jagmalera village of this district. Jaswant Singh was hit by a bullet when he was standing on the roof of his house. The police said as per a complaint lodged by Jager Singh, his son had mediated a scuffle between Gogia and Chiander Singh a day before. Later Chiander Singh along with his brother Boota Singh and three others attacked his house. Listening to the noise, Jaswant Singh went to the roof where he was hit by the bullet, allegedly fired by Chiander Singh. The police has arrested Chiander Singh, Boota Singh, Dilbage Singh, Meva Singh and Kala Singh and has seized the gun. In another incident, a nephew allegedly killed his uncle and cousin with an axe at Makho village. Purgat Singh reportedly had some differences with his cousin Kaka. On Monday night, in a drunken condition, Purgat reached Kaka’s house and allegedly attacked him and his father with an axe, killing them on the spot. |
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Train stoppage at Karnal demanded Ambala, August 28 Dr N.C. Jain, chairman of the federation, while welcoming the decision of the Ministry of Railways to introduce the Jan Shatabdi, suggested certain timings. He suggested that the Jan Shatabdi should depart from Chandigarh at 7.15 a.m., arrive at Ambala at 8 a.m. and reach Delhi at 11 a.m. while on its return, the train should start from Delhi at 6 p.m. and arrive at Ambala at 9 p.m. He said that timings were suitable for the business community since the traders would have sufficient time to do business between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. “Jan Shatabdi will be particularly useful for the common man at affordable railway fare,” he said. |
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Power Utilities to challenge order Chandigarh, August 28 The SERC had issued the order on August 16. Official sources here said that a petition was being prepared by the Power Utilities for putting up before the SERC for reviewing its earlier order. The review petition would be filed before September 16 in view of the stipulation that an order by the SERC could not be challenged after one month of the day the order was issued. The sources said that one of the areas of dispute between SERC and the Power Utilities was about the limit imposed on the latter by the former regarding borrowing for working capital. While the Power Utilities had sought the limit on borrowing for working capital to be fixed at Rs 1600 crore, the SERC brought down the limit to Rs 300 crore. A letter from the Central Government endorsing the steps taken by the Power Utilities in this particular area, which reached here two days after the order was issued by the SERC, had brightened the chance of SERC accepting the Utilities’ demand, official sources felt. The Power Utilities would also challenge the SERC’s directive in the ARR regarding the amount of electricity to be made available to the consumers. |
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Power bill centres open on Aug 31 Chandigarh, August 28 This was stated in an official press note issued here yesterday. |
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Six get life term Kurukshetra, August 28 They were charged with killing two brothers on June 16, 1997, in broad daylight in the fields at Marchehri village in the district. The case of murder was said to be old enemity.
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Cop found dead Ambala, August 28 According to information, a few minor injuries were found on his legs. It could not be ascertained how the injuries appeared on his body. His body was brought to Civil Hospital, Ambala City, where the doctors conducted a post
mortem. Later the body was handed over to his relatives. According to police sources, the deceased was active in union politics and he was put under suspension a few months back. According to the DSP, Ambala, Mr Uday Shankar, the reason of the death could not be established so far. |
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