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Drowning
His father Mohan Lal Sharma said some nearby dhaba owners had revealed that the boys were in an inebriated state and perhaps four of them had consumed liquor. Mohan Lal was on the way to Hardwar today to perform the last rites of his son. He added that the cops were yet to confirm whether the boys accompanying his son were drunk. Raising doubts over the integrity of police officials investigating the case, Mohan Lal alleged that the police was “blindly”agreeing with the statements of the boys accompanying Sahil. He pointed out that despite the registration of a case against all six, including Manjot Singh, Sikander Sharma, Jasjit Singh, Prabhjot Singh, Sanjiv Rao (from Chandigarh) and Abhishesk Sud from Mohali, on charges of murder and criminal conspiracy had been framed. Sahil’s body was found floating in the river near Ghanaur and some passersby informed divers, who were searching for Sahil’s body. He said among the accused boys only Manjot used to come to their house in Mohali and remained in touch with Sahil most of the times over the phone. The police had refused to arrest them over the pretext of lack of evidence. “It is clear that the boys are aware of the entire incident and can reconstruct the entire episode that led to Sahil’s death. But the police is least concerned,” said Mohan Lal. The family alleged that the authorities of SD College, Chandigarh, had not even informed them about the whereabouts or attendance of the boys. The accused had claimed that Sahil went to wash his hands and clothes after they got soiled while pushing the car out of mud. “There is not an iota of truth in this as there is no provision near the canal for anyone to wash their hands,” he said. He said whosoever wanted to wash hands would have to stoop 3 feet to touch the water, which was impossible. “Moreover, my son was hydrophobic. He remained away from water and never took bath even at religious places,” Sahil’s family members said. The SMO of the Rajpura Civil Hospital, Dr Bhupinder Singh, said preliminary medical reports revealed that the boy had died due to drowning. The viscera reports of the body had been sent for chemical examination at the Kharar laboratory and the report would take nearly two months. The SHO, Rajpura Sadar, said the police could not arrest the accused until Sahil’s family members provided some clue against the accused. |
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Fund Crunch
Ropar, August 16 As per a government proposal, the then MLA, Nangal, and parliamentary secretary Rana KP Singh, laid the foundation stone for a new building at Giani Zail Singh Nagar in May 2005. The cost of the project was at whopping Rs 3 crore. Government released a grant of Rs 35 lakh with which present structure came into being, which was supposed to get completed in a record time. The public works department (PWD) was entrusted the construction work. The department further floated tenders and work was started by June 6. However, as per sources, no other set of grant was released for the construction purposes and the work came to an abrupt halt. District education officer (secondary) Dharam Singh said the department has written to the authorities concerned a number of times to get the building completed at the earliest. “On our part, we keep on sending reminders. The matter is also in knowledge of district administrative authorities. PWD officials are more aware about the project,” he said. In absence of any vigil, the incomplete building has already fallen victim to vagaries of mischief mongers and has turned into a haven for addicts. Some migrants are now living in the building and its sprawling green belt, which has now become more of an eyesore in Giani Zail Singh Nagar locality. Even the boundary wall of the building has got damaged. |
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100 participate in group discussion
Patiala, August 16 The radio team comprising radio jockey Dhanveer and producer Namita along with Dr Gurmeet Singh Maan, head of department of mass communication, and director, CAMS, engaged the students to participate in the discussion with explicit zeal and enthusiasm. As a result, around 40 students expressed a variety of views on ways to promote “our mother tongue”, while showing flexibility and
honour to the other languages as well. While Radhika won the first prize in the discussion, Rameesh Imdad and Vikram secured second and third positions, respectively. The winners were given fabulous prizes by BIG FM. Dr Maan encouraged the students to master maximum languages while following the mantra of mother tongue as the best way to salute one’s own motherland. RJ Dhanveer stressed upon saving and preserving one’s own culture and language as everybody’s moral duty. |
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Girl sets herself ablaze, dies
Zirakpur, August 16 According to the police, the incident took place around 2.30 pm when Shivani had come home after dropping her mother and sister-in-law at Panchkula. Her younger brother Moni was studying in a separate room when she set herself on fire after putting diesel upon her clothes. Hearing her cries, her brother rushed to the room and called the neighbours for help. The neighbours rushed her to GMCH-32, where doctors declared her brought dead. Shivani’s father Nanu Ram, who runs a garments shop at Burail, Chandigarh, told the police that his daughter was very much concerned about her studies due to which she was under depression. She was very active in household work. ASI Gurwant Singh said the statement of the deceased’s father has been recorded and investigations into the case are on. The postmortem would be conducted tomorrow. Shivani, BCom II student at Government College, Sector 14, Panchkula, is survived by father, mother and two brothers. |
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Youngsters take dip in canal, risk lives
Rajpura, August 16 Even after the recent death of a Mohali youth in the Bhakra-Narwana branch in Rajpura, there is no decrease in the number of teenagers, especially from school and colleges, taking bath in the rivers, canal and other water channels. Three incidents have been reported in the canal during the past just one month. “The young boys from Chandigarh, Mohali and other nearby areas come here for party. Most of them have taken a few shots of liquor to feel elated and take a dip in the canal,” said Hakam Singh, a resident of nearby village. Most of the accidents take place when people are drunk and fail to control themselves, even if they know swimming, said the residents. They added that the flow of water did not allow everyone to swim in the canal. He said schoolchildren and collegiate instead of going to their schools and colleges spent time adjoining these canals. The area residents demanded that the police patrolling should be increased in these areas to reduce the number of causalities that took place during taking the bath in the rivers. Sadar SHO Amrik Singh said efforts were always made to clear the banks but the canal was too long and wide and people took advantage of it, he said. |
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Death in Italy
Dera Bassi, August 16 Since the body was in a bad shape, it had been put in a box. Even though the Italian police had completed their investigation, the case still remains unsolved. They had handed over the body to Ramesh’s relatives. On Friday, the dead body of Ramesh reached the Delhi Airport from where the family brought it to Dera Bassi. According to a relative of Ramesh, who is based at Italy, the victim had gone to the market to buy a recharge coupon on his bicycle, but he did not come back. After two days, his body was found on the riverside, but his bicycle was missing. The relatives said when he was found, some injury marks were reported on his knees. They said the post-mortem report would come after 20 days. Ramesh (27) went to Italy in 2007 on a work permit. He was working in a timber factory after migration. His father, mother, younger brother Rajnish and two younger sisters had been survived him. |
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Haryana sports dept to set up 4 stadiums
Kalka, August 16 The department had recently finalised the sites in this context. While three stadiums would be
constructed at Kalka College Sports Ground, Pinjore and Nanakpur village of Pinjore block, one would be set
up in Morni. The sources added that Vijay Bansal, former state secretary of Congress, on June 12 had met Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda in this context. The Chief Minister had
recently issued directives to the sports department in this regard, added sources. |
Robbery: Sketch of suspect released
Chandigarh, August 16 Although she did not get much of a glimpse of the suspects, experts prepared the sketch on the basis of whatever clues she gave. The woman told the police that one of the suspects was around six feet tall and was well built. He had fair complexion. The police has not been able to get any clues to the robbers so far. Police station-36 SHO Anokh Singh said they had shown photographs of the list of robbers with them but the victim could not identify any of them. The robbers were apparently members of a new gang or were from outside of the city, he said.
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Cantilever Collapse
Chandigarh, August 16 A case has been registered against the owner of the house Balram Yadav of Palsora on a complaint lodged by Lakhwinder Singh of Mohali.
Theft
Mamta Jain of Sector 48 reported that someone had stolen car stereo and other articles along with some cash from her car, which was parked outside her residence. Lalita Parshad of Sector 56 reported that a mobile phone was stolen from his residence on Saturday. Two cases of thefts have been registered.
Bike stolen
Tejinder Singh of Phase XI, Mohali, reported that his Pulsar motorcycle (HR 02 K 1992) was stolen from Sector 49 on July 31.
Abducted
Devinder Kumar of Colony No 5 filed a complaint with the police, alleging that Raju, Suresh, Prabha, Lallu, Ramu, Bhullar and Sant Ram, all residents of the locality, had thrashed him and his wife. They forcibly took his wife Sangita and also took away a gold chain, a gold ring and Rs 1,000 on Saturday. A case has been registered.
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Powerlifting
Chandigarh, August 16 The previous record was of 215 kg in the name of Kulwinder Singh. Gurdeep also shattered his own record of total 837.5 to 855 kg. While in 100 kg category, Angrej Singh also of Railway Sports Promotion Board created three new records in squat by lifting 345 kg. Meanwhile, Lekha KL of Kerala claimed top honours in the 75 kg women category. P Gokilauani of Tamil Nadu and Deepali Jalgaonkar Maharastra got the second and third positions, respectively, in the same category. Anuya Lonkar of Madhya Pradesh got first position in the 82.5 kg women category. Varute Snehankita of Maharastra and Anumol Thomas of Tamil Nadu were the first and second runners-up. In the 90 kg women category, Sampa Guha of West Bengal stood first. In this event, Amrutha Raj V of Kerala and Prasiddha Khot of Maharastra had a close fight for the second place, however the latter managed to prevail over Khot. Khot had to satisfy with the third place. The record setter of the day, Gurdeep Singh, got first position in the 90kg men open category. C Navin Kumar of West Bengal and S Achuthan of Jharkhand got second and third positions. |
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Top seeds sail into semis
Chandigarh, August 16 Top seed Karandeep Singh of Ludhiana drubbed Rishabh Sharda of the CLTA 6-1. He will play fourth seed Sachit Malhotra of Total Tennis in the semifinal tomorrow. Sachit blanked unseeded Anmol Kamboj of the CLTA 6-0 in just 25 minutes. Second seed Param Pun of the CLTA conceded just one solitary game before beating Sagar Bains of YPS 6-1. Param will now face third seed Paras Mittal of St Peter’s in semifinals. Paras Mittal defeated giant killer Lakshay Sofat by 6-3. In the boys’ under-14 singles, top seed Param Pun of the CLTA blanked Rahul Thakur 6-0. He will face Rahul Aggarwal in the quarterfinals. Aggarwal earlier had to fight for almost an hour before beating Paras Mittal 6-4. Results: Boys’ under-12 third round: Karandeep Singh b Sabrang Sandal 6-2; Rishabh Sharda b Sidharth Kapoor 6-1; Anmol Kamboj b Prabhman Thapar 6-1; Sachit Malhotra b Ankush Nagpal 6-1; Paras Mittal b Abhi Uday Gautam 6-0; Lakshay Sofat b Ayush Verma 6-5(5); Sagar Bains b Dishant Verma 6-1. Boys’ under-12 quarterfinals: Karandeep Singh b Rishabh Sharda 6-1; Sachit Malhotra b Anmol Kamboj 6-0; Paras Mittal b Lakshay Sofat 6-3; Param Pun b Sagar Bains 6-1. |
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Chauhan XI drub MP Pandove XI
Chandigarh, August 16 Chauhan XI batted first and amassed 277 for six in the stipulated 40 overs. Monish Aggarwal (46), Niranjan Singh Chauhan (70), Partap Singh Chauhan (40) and Dev Chauhan (43 n.o.) were their main scorers. Karan Aggarwal and Rahul Chabbra contributed 28 and 30, respectively. Jagpreet Singh (3 for 41) and Abhilash Sharma (2 for 48) were the principal wicket-takers for MP Pandove XI. In reply, MP Pandove were dismissed for 189 in 35 overs. Former Haryana Ranji player Sanjeev Aggarwal (77 retired hurt) and Abhilash Sharma (61) were associated in a 98-run second wicket stand. However, no other MP Pandove batsmen could make any significant contribution. Utkarsh (3 for 28), Dev Chauhan (2 for 30), and Rahul Chabbra (2 for 40) restricted MP Pandove innings. Brief scores: Ranbir Singh Chauhan XI: 277 for 6 in 40 overs (Karan Aggarwal 28, Rahul Chabbra 30, Monish Aggarwal 46, Niranjan Singh Chauhan 70, Partap Singh Chauhan 40, Karandev Chauhan 16, Manvinder Singh 14, Dev Chauhan 43 n.o., Jagpreet Singh 3 for 41, Abilash Sharma 2 for 48, Raghuvinder 1 for 29). MP Pandove XI: 189 all out in 35 overs (Sanjeev Aggarwal 72, Abilash Sharma 61, Gaurav Singh 3 for 36, Utkarsh 3 for 28, Dev Chauhan 2 for 30, Rahul Chabbra 2 for 40). |
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Cricket
Chandigarh, August 16 While in the second match of the day, HDFC Bank XI registered a one-sided victory over Citi Financial. Brief scores: United Sports Club: 109 for 8 in 20 overs. [Gaurav Kumar (29), Girish Bhanot (27 not out), Gaurav Dhir (3 for 15)]. Azzaro XI: 71 all out in 16.3 overs. [Girish Bhanot (4 for 6), Amritpal (3 for 9)]. Second match: HDFC Bank XI: 121 for 7 in 20 overs. [Gaurav Gupta (40), Zubain (22)]. Citi Financial: 70 all out in 18.4 overs [Gaurav Gupta (3 for 16), Aman Kumar (2 for 8), Ravinder Nain (2 for 8), Madan Lal (2 for 5).] |
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Table Soccer
Mohali, August 16 The students who won the gold medals are Geetinder Singh, Surbhi, Jashanjot, Sahil and Arshit. Eight students won silver medals and five got bronze medals. All of them were honoured by the school at a function held yesterday. Twenty students from the school had participated in the championship. |
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Hockey meet for girls
Chandigarh, August 16 The opening match will be played between Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, and Government Model Secondary School, Mani
Majra, on August 18 at 4 pm. |
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Ramit outplays Varun in squash
Chandigarh, August 16 In the under-15 final, Rannvijay defeated Hiteshwar 11-5, 11-5, 11-6 and in the adult doubles final Vicky and Saurabh beat Pehlaaj and Abhay 11-7, 11-9, 11-9. |
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Rajpura, August 16
