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Chandigarh, April 30
Additional District and Sessions Judge GC Garg today acquitted a Chandigarh Police head constable, Anil Kumar, who was allegedly involved in a rape case.

The court acquitted the accused as the counsel for the complainant could not prove the rape charges against the head constable. The delay in lodging an FIR after over nine months of the crime was also noted by the court while pronouncing the order.

“It is clear from the defence evidence that the complainant is in the habit to file complaints and withdraw thereafter. She will not even hesitate to level allegations of attempt to rape on her husband Gurdip Singh,” the order noted while dismissing the charges against the police official.

The police had registered the case against Anil on the complaint of a woman, a resident of Kishangarh, on January 17, 2007. She claimed that Gurdeep Singh, who had helped her in getting divorce from her husband and promised to marry her, had ditched her. She went to the Mani Majra police station to lodge a complaint against Gurdeep, but the police reportedly did not take any action.

The woman had alleged that Anil, who was then posted as munshi at the Mani Majra police station, sexually exploited her on the pretext of giving her a copy of the DDR.

Chandigarh, April 30
The police today arrested BJP leader Narinder Chaudary, a resident of Dadu Majra Colony, on the charges of slapping a shopkeeper and later assaulting a woman constable and tearing her uniform.

The police said, Chaudary had slapped Ram Parkash, a shopkeeper in Maloya, following an altercation as the latter had been insisting him to pay back his dues. Chaudary had bought grocery from the shopkeeper and had allegedly not paid for the same. Today also he had come to the shop and took packets of biscuits and chips, but when asked to pay, he started to quarrel, the shopkeeper alleged. Ram Parkash alleged that his Chaudary also tore his shirt and broke his spectacles.

The in charge of the Maloya police post said the police control room (PCR) received the information at 6.20 pm about brawl in Maloya. A police team comprising of a woman constable, a head constable and a driver reached there.

Chaudary also attacked the police team. Chaudary pushed the woman constable and in the process, a portion of her shirt was torn.

The police has registered a case of causing hurt, obstructing a public servant from discharging her duty and assaulting her, outraging modesty of a woman and criminal intimidation against Chaudary and arrested him.

Chandigarh, April 30
The police has arrested a minor boy on the charges of raping a 14-year-old girl in Colony NO. 4 here on April 28.

The SHO of the Industrial Area Police Station said the 17-yaer-old accused, a resident of Colony No. 4, was arrested today. He had allegedly raped a minor girl of the colony on April 28.

Mohali, April 30
Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala and Jalandhar won their respective matches on the basis of first innings lead and logged two points each in the Katoch Shield.

In the first match held at the Sector 16 cricket stadium, Chandigarh bundled out Ropar for 185 in 45.5 overs.

Amrinder Brar, who came one down and was involved in a 53-run partnership for the seventh wicket with Arjun Kumar (21) remained unbeaten till the end.

He went on to score 113 off 118 balls, hitting 19 boundaries and a six. He played spin and pace alike in a brilliant display of batsmanship.

Amrinder was the only stumbling block between the rampaging Chandigarh bowlers and the Ropar batting lineup.

For Chandigarh, Amit Uniyal (3 for 42), Bipul Sharma (3 for 33) and Karanveer (2 for 31) were the main wicket-takers.

Chandigarh in their second innings scored 168 for one in 24.1 overs. Amit Prashar and Simrat Bawa added 168 runs for the opening partnership before Simrat was caught by Amrinder of Arjun for 37.

Amit, who had hit a century in the first innings, remained unbeaten on 127 off 94 balls. His aggressive knock was studded with 18 fours and four sixes. He became the first batsman to score a century in each innings.

In the second match played here, Ludhiana carved out and upset win over Mohali.

Resuming at 73 without loss, Mohali recorded an opening partnership of 115 between Sunny Sohal and Ankit Pursharthy before Pursharthy was caught by Deepak Bansal off the bowling of Karan Goel for 30.

Sunny Sohal departed with his team’s total at 152 and his individual score of 96 when he stepped out to drive left-arm spinner Ankur Kakkar and was smartly stumped by Gitansh Khera to miss his coveted century by four runs.

From 152 for 3 in 37.5 overs, Mohali slumped to 192 all out in 53.2 overs. Medium-pacers Love Ablish (3 for 33) and left-arm spinner Ankur Kakkar (3 for 37) did most of the damage.

Ludhiana in their second innings scored 126 for 4 in 43 overs. Gitansh Khera and Akhil Aggarwal cemented an opening stand of 66 runs before Akhil was trapped by Varun Khanna for 41 off 49 balls.

Gitansh Khera (28) and Tarun Passi (21) were the other run-getters for Ludhiana.

Varun Khanna (3 for 45) was the main wicket-taker for Mohali.

Ludhiana got two points for their first innings lead.

The third match held at Patiala saw the home team declaring their first innings at 337 for 2 in 83 overs against Mansa after resuming at the overnight score of 112 for no loss.

Jivanjot Singh (94), Ravi Inder Singh (89) hammered 155 runs for the first wicket before Ravi Inder Singh was caught off the bowling of Parvinder for 89 off 161 balls.

Pankaj Dharmani then joined Jivanjot Singh and the two scored 56 runs for the second wicket before Jivanjot was caught by Ramandeep off Parvinder for 94 off 143 balls.

Pankaj was then joined by Reetinder Sodhi. Pankaj was however retired hurt for 82 off 105 balls.

Reetinder Sodhi remained unbeaten at 58 off 75 balls. Parvinder Singh (2 for 65) was the most successful bowler for Mansa.

Mansa in their second innings scored 106 for 3. Vivektas Bawa (25), Gurpreet Singh (24), and Parminder Singh (24) were the main run-getters for Mansa.

Mohit Mohndera, Ankur Jund and Himanshu Chawla picked up a wicket apiece.

In the fourth match, Jalandhar defeated Amritsar on the basis of their first innings lead of 56 runs and logged two points.

Chasing Jalandhar’s total of 428, Amritsar folded for 372 in 88.2 overs.

Amritsar at one stage were 217 for 8 but medium-pacer Tarun Sharma coming in at No. 10 went after the Jalandhar bowlers hammer and tongs, scoring a blistering century (103 off 94 balls) studded with 10 boundaries and six towering sixes before he was caught by Mandeep off the bowling of Ishan Malhotra.

Earlier, Sharad Loomba (78 off 103 balls) had taken the team’s score to 118 off 29.2 overs when he was snapped by wicketkeeper Sarabjit singh off the bowling of Navdeep Singh.

Other notable contributions came from Rahul Matto (32), Pankaj Chaudhary (35), Manish Bhatia (36), Manish Sharma (24), Sumit Sharma (25). For Jalandhar, Rahul Sharma (4 for 144) and Gurkirat Singh (3 for 117) and Navdeep Singh (2 for 30) were the main wicket-takers.

Chandigarh, April 30
In an effort to promote sports, the Panjab University sports authority in association with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has started a day boarding scheme for sportspersons on the campus.

Under the scheme, selected sportspersons in seven disciplines — badminton, basketball, football, hockey, swimming, wrestling and athletics — will not only be given qualitative training and other required facilities but also stipend and other incentives.

Dr CS Grewal, director, PU sports, said as many as 20 sportspersons between the age group of 14 and 21 would be selected after trials in each discipline.

“Each player will be given Rs 6,000 as stipend in a year apart from Rs 2,000 per trainee per year for competition exposure under the scheme. The sportspersons would also get sports kit worth Rs 4,000 whereas Rs 150 would be spent on providing insurance coverage to all trainees,” said Grewal.

The university will get Rs 1 lakh as financial support for the maintenance of infrastructure in the selected discipline annually.

The selection trials will be held from May 5 to 7 at the grounds of the university and all interested players are required to bring their sports certificates.

Chandigarh, April 30
Six girls and 14 boys of the tricity have converged on the five-hole miniature golf course of the British School Junior Golf Academy in Sector 44 here for a month-long junior golf camp, which got under way under Indo-Canadian Golf Association coach Manjit Singh Kochar yesterday.

Manjit, who also heads the academy, said the purpose of the academy was to make golf affordable and accessible to children of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

The academy, which was inaugurated by Chandigarh Golf Club president Birinder Singh Gill on February 5, is endorsed and supported by the club and the Indo-Canadian Golf Association, Canada, under their junior golf development programme.

The young trainees have been provided with all necessary equipment, including golf sets, golf balls, caddies, etc. free of cost.

The participants are being taught the basic fundamentals of the game, including putting, chipping, short and long irons.

The academy has a five-hole miniature golf course where children are taught course management, golf etiquette and basic rules. The academy will continue to organise different golf camps in the near future.

Mohali, April 30
Param Pun of Saupin’s School had a dream day as he clinched twin titles at Manav Mangal Total Tennis AITA Talent Series Tournament at Manav Mangal Total Tennis Academy at Phase X here today.

Param played a controlled game against Karandeep of Punjab in boys under-12 final and gave no chance to Karandeep in the first set, which lasted less then 30 minutes, and clinched it 6-0.

Karandeep, known for comebacks, bounced back to take the second set 6-4.

The third set saw long rallies as both players toiled to win every point. Till 2-2, they both held their serve but Param hit good down the line passing shots to take the fifth game and the lead in the decider and maintained the lead till the end to take the game, set, match and the boys’ under-12 title.

Param paired with Shrey Gupta of Haryana to clinch his dual title, beating Nihit Rawal and Raghav Talwar of Chandigarh in boys’ under-14 doubles 6-3, 6-3 in the final.

The girls’ under-12 title went to Soumya Sexsena of Chandigarh, who defeated Nimret Walia also of Chandigarh 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Both played well from the baseline to play a marathon match. Soumya showed her strength in the final set to take the final set 6-4.

Gayatri Kumaraiah of Gujarat showed her class to beat Pooja Morya of Punjab in three hard-fought sets 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (17-15), which lasted three hours and went into Gayatri’s kitty.

This was the longest match of the tournament. The match went to a tie-break, which could have gone either way, but fourth seed Gayatri was lucky enough to topple the top seed for the title.

The boys’ under-14 event couldn’t be completed because of bad light.

Tegbir Singh Hara, student of Sacred Heart Convent School, Ludhiana, played a keenly-contested match against Dheeanush Bhatti of Chandigarh, as they were tied 6-6 in the deciding set before the play had to be suspended. The match would be completed tomorrow at 8.30 am.

Brief results: Boys’ under-12: Paran Pun (Chd) b Karandeep Singh (Pb) 6-0, 4-6, 6-4.

Girls’ under-12: Soumya Sexsena (Chd) b Nimret Walia (Chd) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

Girls’ under-14: Gayatri (Raj) b Pooja Mourya (Pb) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (17-15).

Boys’ under-14 unfinished: Tegbir Hara (Pb) v Dheeranush Bhati 7-5, 5-7, 6-6.

Chandigarh, April 30
Rakesh Bakshi, general secretary of the Chandigarh Football Association, has been appointed match commissioner for five matches in the ONGC I-League to be played in Goa from May 2 to 7.

According to a communication received here from Sunando Dhar, CEO of the ONGC I-League, Rakesh Bakshi has been directed to report one day before the matches begin.

The matches to be played in Goa, are MPCB vs SAL (May 2), SCG vs MU (May 4), DEM vs AI (May 5), SAL vs MFC (May 6) and MPCB vs MMB (May 7), he added.

Bakshi had also accompanied the Indian senior team to the South Asian Federation Games in Islamabad and the Indian sub-junior squad in Tehran.

He is also a member of the AIFF Disciplinary Committee.

Goculdas Nagvencar of Goa has been appointed referees’ inspector/match commissioner for the match to be played between PFC and JCT in Pune on May 3.

J Ravishankar of Delhi will officiate as referees’ inspector/match commissioner for the Calicut matches to be played between VIVA and MFC (May 1), and VIVA and LAJ (May 4).

Chandigarh, April 30
Pugilists from the city won a silver and three bronze medals in the Federation Cup Senior Boxing Championship, which concluded at Jangaon (Warangal), recently.

Giving details, Dr CK Jerath, honorary secretary, Chandigarh Amateur Boxing Association, who acted as chairman, jury of appeal, in the tournament, said Karamveer Singh won a silver in the 60 kg category, while Inderjeet Singh (64 kg), Gagan Preet Sharma (75 kg), and Vinod (+91 kg) won bronze medals.

He said a total of 83 top pugilists from nine states of national ranking participated in the tournament.

Services won the overall championship with 45 points while Railways lifted the runners-up trophy with 35 points, he added.