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Fatehgarh Sahib, November 26
The police suspects the role of some jewellers and hotel owners of Khanna and Amritsar behind the theft of codes of credit cards of foreigners.

The police had yesterday arrested five persons, including a Coimbatore resident, for stealing credit card codes of tourists and illegally transferring money after using the codes through fake credit cards.

During investigations, it was found that the accused used to give five per cent of the cash to the person who went for shopping with a fake identity proof, said SSP Dr Kaustubh Sharma.

He said 15 per cent of the amount was given to the shopkeeper in lieu of cash instead of material purchase from the shop.

The SSP said 10 credit cards of various banks of Sri Lanka, the US and France had been recovered from their possession.

Police officials investigating the case said whenever a user used his credit card at a shop or a hotel, the accused, in connivance with the shopkeeper, retracted its code number and used it in another credit card.

After stealing the code, they used to put it in another credit card and use the money of tourists.

The main target of the gang were tourists who could not trace the accused once they reached their country.

Once the accused got the code, they used to pass it over to an illegal credit card manufacturer in Kolkata, who supplied them with fake credit cards with original codes of foreigners.

Police officials investigating the case said the accused had carried out transactions using fake credit cards worth lakhs of rupees at Patiala, Khanna and Amritsar during the past just six months.

Fake identity cards and driver’s licences had also been recovered from their possession.

The accused admitted to having purchased fake credit cards for Rs 1.11 lakh from Kolkata.

The accused have been identified as Mohammad Javed of Coimbatore, Harmandeep Singh, alias Sambha, Gaurav Kumar, Gurvinder Singh Bopi, all residents of Batala, and Sandeep Singh of Verka in Amritsar.

Police officials said the main accused, Viplov Shah, would be arrested soon.

The accused were travelling in a Honda City car near Mandi Gobindgarh when they were arrested on a tip-off. They were produced in a local court and remanded in police custody till November 28.

Lalru, November 26
The local police today booked eight students for a clash that took place at Swami Parmanand Engineering College in Mallakpur village yesterday. Two students were injured in the clash.

The investigating officer said Vimal, a resident of Banur, alleged that he was leaving the college when a group of college students allegedly waylaid him with sharp-edged weapons.

After the attack, the students fled the scene, the police said. He was taken to the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, from where he was later referred to the GMCH-32, Chandigarh.

The other victim, Sunil, a second-year engineering student, alleged that he was on his way to the college to submit his fee when Vimal and other youngsters attacked him with sharp-edged weapons and left him severely injured, the police added.

He added that the attackers snatched his college fee. He was taken to the Civil Hospital.

The investigating officer said a case had been registered after recording the statements of the injured.

Chandigarh, November 26
A local court today sentenced a convict to life imprisonment for murdering an unidentified woman in 2008.

The convict, Inderjit Singh, was held guilty of the crime on November 24. The court of additional district and sessions judge Raj Shekhar Attri also slapped a fine of Rs 2,500 on him.

On August 6, 2008, a woman in her mid-forties was rushed to the PGI in a semi-nude state, bearing severe head injuries. Two passersby had found her in an injured condition.

The complainant, Satish Kumar, who was one of the passersby to have seen the woman being brutally beaten up. He told the police that the accused was trying to rape her.

The police then arrested Inderjit, a resident of Attawa village. The woman, however, died on August 10.

As per the prosecution, Inderjit had raped her, finding her alone behind a market in Palsora, and then disfigured her face by hitting her with a stone.

The charges of rape could not be proved in court. The deceased could not be identified till date and her face was beyond recognition.

Chandigarh, November 26
The body of a male newborn was found in a dustbin in front of the gynaecology ward in the new OPD at the PGI here this morning.

Sources said the incident came to light around 10:30 am when a sweeper noticed the body in a dustbin outside a toilet in the gynaecology ward in the OPD. After cleaning the toilets, the sweeper emptied the dustbin and found the body. Shocked, he raised the alarm and soon, a lot of people assembled on the scene.

The police was informed about the incident and it took the body into custody. The SHO of the Sector 11 police station said the body was shifted to the mortuary for postmortem examination. Meanwhile, inquest proceeding under Section 174 of the Criminal Procedure Code were initiated in this connection.

Chandigarh, November 26
With the arrest of three persons, the police today claimed to have recovered three stolen cars from their possession.

The DSP (South) Jaswant Singh Khaira said the police arrested Sukhdev Singh of Sector 47 and Surjit Singh of Sector 51 on November 17 following the receipt of information.

The police recovered two stolen Maruti 800 cars from them. During interrogation, they disclosed the name of their accomplice Raj Kumar, alias Raju. Lodged at the Ambala jail, he was brought on productions warrants to the city. Following his interrogation, a stolen WagonR was recovered. — TNS

Mohali, November 26
Two students of Paragon School were critically injured when the motor cycle they were riding was hit by BMW car at Kumbhra traffic here this afternoon.

The car (PB 11 AK 5033) was being driven by a youth, who fled the scene after the accident.

Parminder Singh was admitted to a private hospital with critical injuries. He suffered serious foot and arm injuries.

Mohit, who was riding pillion, also suffered injuries in the accident.

The victims were going towards Phase 11 when the BMW car coming from Sohana hit them.

The motor cycle was badly damaged in the accident.

The police has registered a case and is investigating the matter.

Mohali, November 26
A sum of Rs 3 lakh was stolen from a car belonging to a contractor, Sanjeev Pandey, at a market in Phase 5 here today.

According to sources, the victim had withdrawn the money from an Axis Bank branch in Phase 7 and gone to buy sweets from the Phase 5 market.

Moments after he had parked his car in front of a jeweller’s shop in the market and gone to the sweets shop, an unidentified person opened the car and removed the cash kept under the front seat.

The place where the incident reportedly took place is located in a busy area. The police is verifying the antecedents of the complaint before registering the case.

Meanwhile, burglars struck again in Phase 5 and decamped with a car stereo after breaking into the car in a residential area.

Burglars also broke into two other cars in the area.

Panchkula, November 26
The local police has arrested three persons for theft. While one of the accused was arrested from Mansa Devi Complex with a stolen bicycle, two others were arrested for stealing solar panels. The police had launched a round-the-clock patrol drive yesterday, in which various DSPs, SHOs, additional SHOs and inspectors had been deputed.

The police said stolen solar panels were recovered from Kamaljit and Mukesh Kumar, both of Budanpur village, Sector 17, Panchkula. The two had stolen the panels from Sector 9 here. — TNS

Panchkula, November 26
Some unidentified persons threw stones and damaged windowpanes of a car and house of an INLD leader during the wee hours of today.

Ashok Sherwal, general secretary of the INLD, was asleep at the time of the attack.

Sherwal said he heard a big thud around 3.45 am and when he came out of the house, he found the windowpanes of his Scorpio and house damaged.

Stones were also found in the courtyard and inside the car, he added.

He had no enmity with anyone, claimed Sherwal. The police has registered a case in this regard.

Kharar, November 26
Students of Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, bagged top positions in PTU inter-college weight lifting event that began at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran campus, here today.

The three-day tournament will witness competitions in weight lifting, power lifting and best physique competitions.

Over 40 college teams affiliated to Punjab Technical University will take part.

On the first day of the events in weight lifting competitions, winners in 56 kg weight category were Rakesh Kumar of CGC, Landran; in 62 kg category Arun Dev Singh of CGC, Landran; in 69 kg category Subash Sharma of Doaba, College; in 77 kg category Munish Sharma of Rayat College; in 85 kg category Harjit Singh of CGC, Landran; in 94 kg category Gurpreet Singh of CGC, Gharuan; in 105 kg category Gautam of Patani Kalan College, Ludhiana, and in 105 plus Ajay pal Singh of RIT, Phagwara.

Chandigarh, November 26
St John's High School entered into the final of the UT Inter-School Under-16 tournament, being organised by education department, Chandigarh administration, at GMSSS-19 here today. In the semifinal, St John's beat Ryan International School, Sector 49 by seven wickets.

Electing to bat first, Ryan posted a total of 111 runs in the stipulated 20 overs.

Ishit was the top scorer with 58 runs while for the St John's, Aditya Duggal took two wickets for 10 and Sidharth Prasad took two for 24 runs.

In reply, St John's lost both its openers, with only 11 runs on the board, but thereafter Shine Sharma 30 n.o. and Tejas Kang 29 runs saw their team through in the 18th over.

Ishit took two wickets for the Ryan.

Score: Ryan: 111 for seven in 20 overs (Ishit 58, Aditya two for 10 and Sidharth two for 24)

St John's: 112 for three in 18 overs (Shine Sharma n.o., Tejas 29 and Ishit two for 18).

Chandigarh, November 26
Group captain Rana logged maximum number of points to clinch the individual title in the Retired Air Force Officers Golf Championship played in the stableford format on the par 72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Wing Commander Titu Gill and Wg Cdr DS Bajwa were winners in the team event with Grp Capt PP Gill and Wing Commander Bhupinder finishing runners up.

Grp Capt MS Sihota, who plays with a handicap of 15, won the nine-hole competition with Air Cdre BI Singh finishing runner-up.

As many as 33 retired Air Force officers teed off in the competiton which has become a regular feature from its inception in 1995.

The wooden spoon was taken away by Group Captain Dhadli. 85-year-old Sqn Ldr JS Gill was honoured for being the oldest participant.

Moin Grewal putted her way to glory, winning the ladies putting event with Nagi finishing runner-up.

Air Marshal Arup Raha, AOC, Advanced HQ, Western Command, was the chief guest and also among the winners were five lucky golfers: Wg Cdr P Singh, Grp Capt PR Singh, Air Marshal MM Singh, Gaitri Singh and Narendra.

Chandigarh, November 26
Chandigarh Police Club (CPC) and Guru Gobind Singh College (GGSC) -26 lifted the Senior State Volleyball Championship trophy in men and women section, respectively, on Wednesday.

Final match in women section was played between GGSC-26 and GCG-11. GGS Club defeated opponent team in three sets- 25-18, 25-19 and 25-14. Poonam of the victorious team displayed excellent game and the opponent team could not defend her powerful smashes.

Poonam was selected best player in the women section.

In men section, final match was played between CPC and Athletic Club, Sector 7. CPC defeated Athletic Club Sector 7 in a five-set thriller. In the first set, CPC dominated the proceedings and did 
not allow the opponents 
to coordinate.

In the second set Athletic Club 7 regrouped and gain confidence and fought for each point at 24-24, and won the set at 27-25.

In the third set, CPC team bounced back and won the set by 25-19. In the fourth set, players of Athletic Club-7 changed their technique and the opponent could not follow them. 

Chandigarh, November 26
Trials for volleyball, weightlifting and sqay martial art for the 55th National School Games 2009-10 will be held from November 27.

The spokesperson for the department while giving details said trials for volleyball (U-14, U-17 boys) will be held on November 27 at 9 am at the Sports Complex, Sector 7, while for girls, the trials will be held on November 28 at 9 am at the same venue.

For weightlifting (U-17, U-19 boys) trials will be held at the Sector 42 Sports Complex and for sqay martial art (U-17, U-19 boys and girls) at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector- 21, on November 28 at 9 am.