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Tribune News Service

Kharar, May 18
Two buses, in a bid to over take each other, hit pedestrian and damaged vehicles that were standing nearby. The incident took place in the evening near Balongi village. Both the buses were coming from Mohali and one of them was bound for Amritsar.

In its bid to over take another, the bus bound for Amritsar collided with a street light, motorcycle and finally with a car of one Rajan Kumar from Chandigarh.

Instead of stopping the bus, the driver continued due to which both motorcycle and car got dragged along with the bus and got damaged.

A rehri owner Achhru Ram got injured. The driver fled, leaving behind the bus along with the passengers. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 18
The court of additional district and sessions judge GC Garg has directed officials of Nari Niketan to submit a report stating the names of the caretakers who had assisted the mentally retarded rape victim during her stay there. The prosecution had moved an application seeking appointment of an assistant to be present with the victim to help the court during the latter’s crossexamination. On May 13 the UT administration had pleaded that one person should be allowed to assist the victim during her crossexamination.

The counsels for the rape suspects, however, opposed the application yesterday only. The defence counsels contended no one had any right to intervene in any capacity in the trial. They further contended the plea on the grounds that the proceedings of the case were being held in camera and the public prosecutor, the suspects, their counsel and the judge’s staff were the only persons who should be present to render assistance in the trial of the case.

The judge today asked Nari Niketan officials to submit a report to the court stating the names of people who had assisted the victim with her day-to-day chores during her stay at the institution. The judge has fixed May 25 as the next date of hearing in the case. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 18
The Himachal Pradesh police arrested a former constable of the Chandigarh police on Sunday with 14.5 kg of ‘charas’. The accused, identified as Satish Kumar, had been dismissed after he was arrested in a cheating case registered against him at the Sector 17 police station here in 2008.

Talking to the Chandigarh Tribune on phone from Kullu district in Himachal Pradesh, DSP Parveen Kumar Thakur said 39-year-old Satish of Jind was arrested along with three other persons from different parts of Haryana.

They were travelling in a Tata Indigo (HR16H-6422). The search of the vehicle led to the recovery of the contraband from under the rear seat of the car.

Satish told the investigators that the three persons had hired his car to go to Himachal Pradesh and he was not aware that they were carrying contraband with them.

He also claimed that he was placed under suspension after his name cropped up in a case. He was also carrying an identity card of the Chandigarh police.

The Chandigarh police stated that Satish was dismissed after he was booked in a cheating case on April 1, 2008.

It was alleged that the accused had duped someone by handing him a wad of fake notes by putting genuine notes on top of fake ones.

Chandigarh, May 18
A rickshaw-puller reportedly hanged himself from a tree at green belt in Sector 48 here this morning. The police said the victim had been identified as 35-year-old Munna Ram of Jagatpura village in Mohali. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Munna reportedly came home drunk last night and his wife had a quarrel with him over his drinking habit. He went out of the house around 10 pm and never came back.

Ruling out any foul play behind the death, SHO of the Sector 31 police station Inspector Bakhshish Singh, said no visible injury marks were found on the body. The victim’s purse contained Rs 10, along with a watch that was found on the body.

The police received information about the death at 7.15 am. The SHO said Munna climbed on a bicycle to hang himself. The police informed his wife about the death and shifted the body to a hospital for post-mortem and initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC.

Panchkula, May 18
A 20-year-old youth was injured when he tried to break barriers setup by the traffic police near Budhanpur village on the Sector 16 main road here today.

The police, however, let him off without registering a case against him. High drama was witnessed at the barrier, as passersby alleged that the policemen were at fault.

According to eyewitnesses, Kumar collided with the barrier and was hit in the face. He was later taken to the Sector 6 General Hospital by the police and was discharged after first aid.

The police had setup three barriers on the main road for checking vehicles. The incident occurred when Swatantra Kumar, resident of PGI, Sector 12 Chandigarh, was going to Sector 16 after collecting blood samples from a doctor at Bartana. He was driving fast and didn’t stop at the first barrier when the policemen tried to stop him. He also crossed the second barrier, but failed to cross the third as the policemen pushed the steel barrier in his way.

The policemen claimed that Kumar had ignored their signals and they were duty bound to stop him. They said Kumar knew that he was at fault, as he was over-speeding, they added. 

Chandigarh, May 18
Chandigarh players, Ravnoor Kaur and fifth seed Ikttesh Chahal, reached the quarterfinals of the women’s singles category in the ongoing All-India Ranking (Rs 50,000) Tennis Tournament at CLTA Courts, Sector 10, here today.

While Ravnoor upset sixth seed Jani Patel of Gujarat in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 with quite ease. Ikttesh Chahal registered 6-3, 6-4 win over another Gujarat’s player Vaibhavi Trivedi.

Apart from CLTA, the matches are being held at the Lake Club here, simultaneously. In the men’s singles category, top seed and former Davis Cupper Nitin Kirtine of Maharashtra put up a good show to end the journey of qualifier Jitin Bishnoi of HSIIDC in straight sets 6-1, 6-4.

On the other hand, Gujarat’s Alen Gomes stunned third seed Adit Jain of Delhi 6-3, 6-4.

Other results:

Women’s singles (pre-quarters): Nupur Kaul (MAH) bt Baljinder Kaur (HAR) 6-0, 6-1;Gundeep Kaur (PB) bt Omlata Rai (UP) 6-4, 6-1; Priyanka Rawat (UTK) bt Shalaka Manjunath (KAR) 7-6 (3), 6-4; Ravnoor Kaur (CHD) bt Jeni Patel (GUJ) 6-1, 6-2; Surya Tejaswani (TN) bt Mariam Lubna (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Preethi Srinivasan (TN) bt Bhavika Wadhawan (CHD) 6-0, 6-2; Ikttesh Chahal (CHD) bt Vaibhavi Trivedi (GUJ) 6-3, 6-4; Eetee Mehta (GUJ) bt Abhilasha Ahuja (HAR) 6-4, 6-1.

Men’s singles (pre-quarters): Nitten Kirtane (MAH) bt Jitin Bishnoi (HSIIDC) 6-1, 6-4; Deepinder Singh Bains (CHD) bt Parth Indrodia (GUJ) 6-4, 6-3; Kunal Anand (DLI) bt Abhilash Srivastava (UP) 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3); Bharat Bhardwaj (HAR) bt Manpreet Singh Chawla (DLI) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Arjun Singh (DLI) bt Sagar Manjana (KAR) 6-3, 6-4; Allan Aley Gomes (GUJ) bt Adit Jain (DLI) 6-4, 6-3; Gurinder Singh (PB) bt Gurvinder Singh Mann (DLI) 6-2, 6-3; Adwait Sadvilkar (MAH) bt Ajay Yadav (HAR) 6-4, 6-4.

Men’s doubles (pre-quarters): Rubal Sandilaya (DLI) & Parth Indrodia (GUJ) bt Chinmay Pradhan (ORS) & Santosh K Malik (ORS) 4-2, 5-4 (4); Saurabh Singh (HSIIDC) & Jitin Bishnoi (HSIIDC) bt Vishwanath Savadi (KAR) & Sagar Manjana (KAR) 4-1, 5-3; Kunal Anand (DLI) & Gurvinder Singh Mann (DLI) bt Arun Sikarwar (MAH) & Anshu K Bhuyan (ORS) 4-0, 4-1; Adwait Sadwilkar (MAH) & Bruhad Mankad (GUJ) bt Mandeep Kumar (CHD) & Dipanshu Garg (DLI) 5-3, 2-4, 12-10; Vishvesh Sinha (MAH) & Surya Pavan (AP) bt Arjun Singh (DLI) & Deepak Malik (HAR) 5-3, 4-1; Allan Gomes (GUJ) & Bharat Bhardwaj (HAR) bt Pradeep Deswal (MAH) & Gurmohit Singh (PB) 4-1, 4-2; Manav Dhawan (PB) & Deepinder Singh Bains (PB) bt Ajay Yadav (CHD) & Gurinder Singh (CHD) 5-4(4), 0-4, 11-9; Nittene Kirtene (MAH) & Prosonjit Paul (JHA) bt Rajendra Rai & Nagendra Rai (UP) 4-2, 4-2. Women’s doubles (pre-quarters): Abhilasha Ahuja (HAR) & Nupur Kaul (MAH) bye; Charvi Saxena (CHD) & Nikita Sharma (CHD) bt Anjana Komapally (AP) & Sneha Kondapally (AP) 4-5(5), 4-2, 10-7; Megha Sehrawat (DLI) & Gundeep Kaur (PB) bye; Eetee Mehta (GUJ) & Vaibhavi Trivedi (GUJ) bt Bhavika Wadhawan (CHD) & Priyanka Rawat (UTK) 4-1, 4-1; Sanya Madan (DLI) & Baljinder Kaur (HAR) bt Shiny Raizada (MP) & Lavleen Raizada (MP) 4-2, 4-1; Mariam Lubna (TN) & Surya Tejaswani (TN) bt Disha Agarwal & Pamir Gogoi (ASM) 4-2, 4-1; Radhika Jadhav (MAH) & Omlata Rai (UP) bt Nila S Partheepan (TN) & Preethi Srinivasan (TN) 5-3, 5-3; Ravnoor Kaur (CHD) & Ikttesh Chahal (CHD) bye.

Men’s doubles (quarters): Rubal Sandilaya (DLI) & Parth Indrodia (GUJ) bt Saurabh Singh (HSIIDC) & Jitin Bishnoi (HSIIDC) 4-5 (4), 5-3, 13-11; Kunal Anand (DLI) & Gurvinder Singh Mann (DLI) bt Adwait Sadwilkar (MAH) & Bruhad Mankad (GUJ) 4-5 (4), 4-0, 10-4; Allan Gomes (GUJ) & Bharat Bhardwaj (HAR) bt Vishvesh Sinha (MAH) & Surya Pavan (AP) 4-2, 4-1; Nittene Kirtene (MAH) & Prosonjit Paul (JHA) bt Manav Dhawan (PB) & Deepinder Singh Bains (PB) 5-4(7), 4-1.

Women’s doubles (quarters): Abhilasha Ahuja (HAR) & Nupur Kaul (MAH) bt Charvi Saxena (CHD) & Nikita Sharma (CHD) 5-3, 4-1; Eetee Mehta (GUJ) & Vaibhavi Trivedi (GUJ) bt Megha Sehrawat (DLI) & Gundeep Kaur (PB) 4-2, 4-1; Mariam Lubna (TN) & Surya Tejaswani (TN) bt Sanya Madan (DLI) & Baljinder Kaur (HAR) 0-4, 5-3, 10-4; Ravnoor Kaur (CHD) & Ikttesh Chahal (CHD) bt Radhika Jadhav.