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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Chased, liquor smugglers jump into Sutlej
Megha Mann
Tribune News Service

Ropar, October 7
In an incidence of its own kind, two persons carrying 61 cases of liquor jumped into the Sutlej and swam away from the clutches of excise and taxation department officials today.

The officials put up a naka on Sirhind canal bridge at around 5:30 pm. ETO Balwinder Singh Sekhon, excise inspector Gurdeep Singh and four Punjab Police head constables were present on the spot.

According to sources, it was decided to stop vehicles one by one for checking. Instead of this, four vehicles were stopped at the same time. This led to chaos on the narrow road. The driver of a black Scorpio vehicle overtook all vehicles and tried to flee the scene.

The officials observed that Scorpio vehicle was loaded. They followed the vehicle. The chase ended near Water Lily restaurant. Before the police and excise officials could catch the accused, two persons got out of the vehicle and jumped into the Sutlej. Both the accused were turbaned. They swam away from the place.

The sources said, the officials did not get any document from the vehicle. The possibility of the vehicle being stolen has also not been ruled out. The officials also suspect that accused might have taken away documents of the vehicle. The registration number of the vehicle is of Delhi.

The officials have seized 61 boxes of Speed liquor that was intended for sale in Chandigarh and was being illegally taken to Punjab for sale. A case has been registered under Section 61 A of the Excise Act. A penalty of Rs 1 lakh has been imposed on the accused.

BSP to go it alone in Punjab: Secy
Tribune News Service

Ropar, October 7
The Bahujan Samaj Party will field its candidates for all Lok Sabha seats in the state. BSP national secretary Narinder Kashyap claimed that more than six national and regional parties have extended their support to BSP chief Mayawati.

Narinder was here to participate at the state-level function held in memory of the party's founder Kanshi Ram's death anniversary. He condemned the N-deal and said the common man is being misguided over the deal.

"Similarly in Punjab, neither the SAD-BJP alliance nor the Congress has managed to do justice to common man. We are sure of victory in the coming Lok Sabha elections and will field our candidates for all seats," he said.

He said the party had already decided the names of candidates for the Lok Sabha seats of Fatehgarh Sahib, Anandpur Sahib, Sangrur, Ludhiana and Ferozepur. The names are yet to be made public. He said not only the OBC, the SC, the ST and other minorities are becoming a part of the BSP, but also other people from general category are also joining it in large number.

Thousands of people participated at the function.

Mother of infants commits suicide
Tribune News Service

Ropar, October 7
Namrata, mother of twin 11-month-old baby boys, committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan hook.

A resident of Malhotra road, Namrata has married Kuljinder Singh two years ago. On Monday afternoon, she hanged herself with a dupatta.

In her complaint to the police, Namrata's mother Jaswinder Kaur, a resident of Muzaffarnagar village in Nakodar, alleged that Kuljinder did not inform her about Namrata immediately after she hanged herself.

"We were informed about the mishap after three to four hours of the incidence," she told the police.

She alleged that Kuljinder and his mother Harmanjit Kaur had been harassing Namrata for dowry soon after the marriage was solemnised two years ago. Namrata was harassed to bring more dowry from her parents and she was unable to bear this pressure.

Kuljinder works as an ETT teacher at a government school in nearby Chak Dher village. The police did not find any suicide note in the house.

Kuljinder and his mother Harmanjit have been arrested for abetment to suicide.

Collision leaves 20 hurt
Tribune News Service

Kharar, October 7
Three cars and an auto rickshaw collided near Sahauran village on the Kharar-Ropar highway this evening, leaving 20 injured and traffic jam for more than three hours.

The incident took place at 6 pm, when three cars collided with each other in a bid to overtake. The auto rickshaw collided with them carrying passengers. Five people have sustained serious injuries. These include Hashvinder Singh, Avtar Singh, Urmila Devi, Suraj Gill and Rajiv Kapila. All of them are admitted at Government Medical College, Sector 32, Chandigarh. Rano and Navjeet are admitted at the civil hospital, Kharar. Other injured were discharged after being administered first aid for minor injuries.

COURTS

UT staffers court arrest
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 7
As many as 29 employees of the Coordination Committee of the Chandigarh Administration and the Municipal Corporation today courted arrest near the roundabout of Sector 7 against the attitude of the UT Administrator towards the demands of the employees. They staged a dharna and raised slogans against the Administrator and removed their shirts in protest against non-acceptance of their demands.

The employees assembled outside the corporation building in the morning and staged a dharna. After sometime, they marched towards the Punjab Governor house in a procession to meet the Administrator to present their memorandum of demands to him.

But the Administrator did not meet the representatives of the employees at noon but official of the Governor house asked them to come at 4 pm but even on the second visit, the Administrator did not meet them.

CRIME

Motor cycle stolen from Sector 34
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 7
Hitesh Chawla, a resident of Mohali, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his “Splendor” motor cycle (PB-05-F-7953) was stolen from Sector 34, on October 5. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station, Sector 34.

Theft

Raman Mohindera, a resident of Shimla, filed a complaint with the police alleging that his laptop was stolen from his car (HP-03-B-6400) from Industrial Area-2, on October 6. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered.

Booked

Mandeep Singh, a junior engineer with the municipal corporation, Chandigarh, filed a complaint with the police alleging that one laltain-type fitting costing Rs 10,000 was stolen from near the CBI office, Sector 30, on October 7. A case under Section 379 of the IPC has been registered at the police station, Sector 17.

Purse stolen

Vijay Bindra, a resident of Sukhna Enclave, filed a complaint with the police alleging that her purse containing one mobile phone, an ATM card, a driving licence, registration certificates and cash of Rs 5,000 was stolen from Sector 8, on October 5. A case under Section 380 of the IPC has been registered at the police station, Sector 3.

Stolen

Sudhir Kumar, a resident of Sector 33, filed a complaint with the police alleging that diamond earrings, four silver necklaces and six silver karas were stolen from his sister Neeru Kamboj’s house in Sector 44, when she was out of station.

2 houses burgled in Baltana
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, October 7
Thieves decamped with cash and jewellery breaking into two houses in Ravindra Enclave at Baltana.

According to the police, Kirpal Singh, a resident of Ravindra Enclave, told the police that he had gone to meet his relative in Haryana on October 5. On Tuesday morning, his neigbhour called him and told about the incident. He came back this evening and found that the locks of his house were broken. The house was ransacked. He alleged that the cash around Rs 12,000, gold and silver ornaments worth lakhs were missing from the almirahs, the police added.

In another case, thieves ransacked another house in the same locality, when nobody was at home. According to the police, Vijay Kumar, the owner of the house, alleged he went to his relative’s place on October 6. When he came back today, he found the household goods were strewn on the floor. He alleged that cash around 35,000 and gold ornaments were missing, the police added.

The police has registered a case and started further investigations.

Cop suspended for drug peddling
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 7
A Chandigarh Police head constable Mohan Singh was suspended today following his alleged involvement in the drug peddling.

In its report to the police authorities, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) exposed the illegal acts of the cop, who was posted in Special Crime Stopper Cell of the force.

DIG Vivek Gogia suspended him yesterday. The police has already suspended five cops, including a sub-inspector H.S. Sekhon for their involvement in the drug peddling on August 5.

Business partners clash
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 7
Dispute over a commercial property led to tension in Transport Area in Sector 26 this evening.

According to the police, the trouble arose when four partners, Satpal, Vivek, Jaswinder and Kuldeep, clashed over putting up a board on the showroom. Later the police arrested Prabhsimran, who had allegedly come with the accused.

A case has been registered.

320 cases of liquor seized
Our Correspondent

Chandigarh, October 7
The police seized 320 cases of liquor in Sector 19, here today.

The liquor was being smuggled from a wine shop, Sector 19, to Rajasthan in a tanker. The tanker was intercepted by cops at a routine naka and the driver of the vehicle, Bhavra Ram, a resident of Rajasthan, was arrested by the police.

SPORTS

Aman fires best card of the day
130 golfers tee off in IGU categorised event
Donald Banerjee

Chandigarh, October 7
Aman Guron, a 10+2 student of Vivek Higher Secondary School, shot the best three over par 75 card as he finished three strokes ahead of the favourite Chikkarangappa of Bangalore in the under-18 category on the opening day of the Usha International Chandigarh Junior and Subjunior Golf Championship on the par 72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Aman, who turned 17 on January 22, fought the windy conditions and the tough course to repeat a good performance on the local greens.

Barely a few days back he had won the under 17 title in the Albatross Junior Championship. Following another stroke behind Chikkarangappa was Korean Jong Yung Kim.

More than 130 golfers from all over the country are in the fray for the four titles at stake in the first major IGU-categorised tournament.

Aman began with a birdie on the second. But three birdies on the third, sixth and seventh saw him finish the front nine at two over par 38. The return nine saw the Chandigarh teenager concede one bogey for a 37 and a card of three over par 75.

Chikkarangappa was still to get a grasp over the Chandigarh greens as he lost five strokes in the back nine, including a double bogey on the 18th.

Chandigarh's Dhruv Kumar and Jaipal Singh led the field in the under-15 category firing identical seven over par 79 scores. One stroke behind was Tarundeep Singh Chadha, who had last week fired the best one over par 73 card in the Albatross Junior Golf Tournament. Another stroke behind was Delhi girl Gauri Monga.

Another Delhi girl, Gurbani Singh, led in the under-13 category firing a nine over par 81.

The Chandigarh Golf Club president, D.S. Bains, said the club was happy to be associated with the Indian Golf Union in organising the first major event of the season which was being sponsored by Usha International.

Tournament director of the Indian Golf Union Krishna Prasad said 12 top golfers in each category will be awarded points which will go into their kitty while deciding the IGU Order of Merit.

Seeing the overwhelming pressure on the participants from the doting parents and guardians, the organisers have imposed a bar on their entry into the course and stopped them from talking to the participants during the competition.

Leading scores (after the first round)

Category A (under 18): Aman Guron 75, Chikkarangappa 78, Jong Yung Kim 79, Deepinder Sandhu 80, Kapil Kumar and Zubin Nijhawan 81 each, Haman Thakur, Kunal Bhatia and Sanjeev Kumar 82 each.

Category B (under 15): Dhruv D. Kumar and Jaipal Singh 79 each, Tarundeep S. Chadha 80, Gauri Monga and Ankur Chadha 81 each, Gurnoor Sandhu and Varun Verma 82 each.

Category C (under 13): Gurbani Singh 81, Shubankar Sharma 83, Honey Baisoya and Feroze S. Grewal 84 each, Akash Srinivasan and Jairaj S.Sandhu 86 each.