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Land Grab Case
Six booked, two held
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, June 16
The Dera Bassi police has booked 6 persons under the charges of land grabbing and arrested two accused out of the six, including a lawyer and his clerk.

According to information from the police, Advocate Narinderpal Singh Kohli and his colleagues had made a plan to grab a land of NRI Parmjit Kaur, who lives in America, by making forge documents. NRI Parmjit Kaur is the owner of nearly two-acre land near the national highway at Lohgarh village.

One kanal and 18 marla land was acquired by the national highway authority for the purpose of road widening out of the 2 acre. As much as Rs 14 lakh compensation for the acquired land was lying in the SDM office, Dera Bassi, because Parmjit Kaur was not here.

Following the plan of Kohli fake Parmjit Kaur had made an agreement with Saranjit Kaur to sell16-acre land that was lying with the national highway authority and Rs 40 lakh was shown as agreement money given to fake Parmjit Kaur.

To hide the forgery, purchaser Saranjit Kaur in the court of Dera Bassi filed a case against fake Parmjit Kaur and later a compromise was shown between the two sides.

Two members of the gang, Raghbeer Singh and Maghar Singh, identified Parmjit Kaur and signed on the forge documents as witness. Now this gang was trying to get the compensation money of the acquired land that is lying in the SDM office, here.

The case of forgery and land grab came in to light when some neighbours of NRI Parmjit Kaur had gone to SDM office to receive compensation of their acquired land. The police booked advocate Narinderpal Singh and his clerk Gurpartap Singh, Raghbeer Singh, Maghar Singh, Saranjit Kaur And fake Parmjit Kaur under Sections 420,465,467,468,471,120B and 511 of the IPC. The police arrested Kohli and his clerk. The case was registered on the statement of Ravi Sher Singh Sekhon.

DSP Jatinder Khaira said a land mafia was active in the area that was trying to grab the land of NRIs but these efforts could not be successful. The police would take action against such prsons, he added.

Dera Bassi, June 16
The shortage of power and labour has been adversely affecting the industrial production in this area. This was claimed by some industrialists here.

The June-September period is very tough for industrialists as far as labour and power are concerned.

The owner of Cheema Spinning Mill, Lalru, who is also president of the industrial association, Lalru, informed that they had suffered a loss of 20 to 25 per cent in production due to shortage of labour and electricity in this season. A major fall had been noted in the turnout of labour from other states due to implementation of NREGA, he added. This scheme (NREGA) has been quite a successful in providing employment to a considerable number of labourers in the states of Bihar, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh from where a large chunk of manpower(labour) had been continually visiting and fulfilling the needs of industries and agriculture in Punjab.

Cheema said there were a total of 300 workers in his factory. Out of which 100 were female workers because male workers are not available in sufficient number.

Elaborating on the purchase of power, he said they were bound to purchase the power from other states, but the state government was charging 70 to 80 paise per unit.

Owner of Punjab Agro Dutch, near Lalru, M S Bhinder also decried over the shortage of power and labour.

He said the competition was tough as the Chinese products were already available at cheaper rates on the international market and shortage of power could do more harm to their businesses. He demanded that the government should take steps to remove the shortage of labour and power in the industry.

Hawara (Khamano), June 16
A 70-year-old man was beaten to death by his brother and nephews over a land dispute at the village last evening.

The dec-ased, Joga Singh, was collecting green gram (moong dal) from his fields when he was attacked by his brother Modan Singh and nephews Randhir and Gurmail.

They beat him with an iron tool with a long wooden handle and he died on the spot. The accused fled from the spot, leaving him in a pool of blood.

Some passerby informed members of Joga’s family, who rushed to the spot and found him dead.

As per investigating officer Manohar Singh, the deceased had three brothers, including Mahinder Singh, an ex-serviceman.

Mahinder was not married and had handed over 7.5 acres to Modan before his death two years ago.

Joga and his family had been nagging members of Modan’s family for taking possession of the entire 7.5 acres and still eying their land.

Joga accused his brother and nephews yesterday of trying to change the demarcation of his fields and cursed them for changing the boundary lines of fields.

Angry over the nagging, the accused attacked and beat him to death. A case under Sections 302 and 34 of the IPC was registered on the complaint of Gurnam Singh, son of the deceased.

Chandigarh, June 16
A Sector 45 resident was injured after he jumped form the first floor of a house when he was allegedly caught stealing cable wires.

Sukhpal Singh, a resident of Banur, reported to the police alleging that he caught Malkhan Singh, a resident of Sector45, red handed while stealing cables from an under construction house in Sector 21 yesterday.

In a bid to escape, the accused jumped from the first floor of the house and landed on the ground. He escaped with minor injuries.

Malkhan Singh was rushed to the Sector 16 government Multi Specialty Hospital, from where he was discharged later.

Panchkula, June 16
The body of a 38-year-old resident of Sector 26 was found under mysterious circumstances from a 300-feet gorge near Madna village in Morni block here today.

Deceased, who has been identified as Ram Kumar (38), was missing since June 14 and a few shepherds found the body this morning.

They immediately informed the police and his family members.

Chandimandir Police Station SHO, Jangsher Singh, said the victim had left for his fields, located on the top of the hill. While farming he lost his balance and fell, which resulted in his death, he added.

He further said they found his footmarks and it’s not the case of murder. Thakur Das, deceased’s brother said Kumar’s first wife had died 10 years ago and he has a 15-year-old son. He added that he had come to Mandana a few days ago and they thought he had left for his house in Sector 26, Panchkula, where he lived with his second wife.

He said they came to know about his death this morning.

On the other hand, cops have initiated the proceedings under 174 of the CrPC.

Mohali, June 16
After lying vacant for years, the prime land in the Sports Complex opposite the PCA stadium would now be used to construct an international level hockey stadium with synthetic turf.

Besides, volleyball, basketball and gymnasium facility and other sports facilities have also been planned on the 20 acres at a cost of Rs 25 crore.

Already four-kanal in the complex has been allotted for an Olympic Bhavan.

The process would start with the construction of hockey stadium, said NK Sharma, chairman of the Mohali District Planning Board. He said he had already discussed the issue with the sports director Pargat Singh.

According to sources, though the land has been handed over to the sports department, the Punjab Infrastructure Development Board (PIDB) had appointed consultants to chalk out the plan.

For the past 17 years, the prime 20 acres has been converted into a dumping ground. Heaps of garbage remains scattered all around in the area, as plans remain only on papers.

Sources in GMADA said against Rs 1.85 crore to be spent on construction of boundary wall, PUDA had spent Rs 6.85 crore. An inquiry into expenditure had proved the wasteful spending of Rs 6.85 crore by PUDA.

Besides, the chairman said a sports complex would come up on 20 acres at Nabha village near Zirakpur. A decision had also been taken to construct a mini stadium for every 10 villages to promote sports culture.

A garnt of Rs 50,000 would be given to villages to develop sports ground, the chairman added.

Mohali, June 16
After PCA’s secretary MP Pandove Aired serious concerns on the fitness of Punjab’s senior players by , an off-season fitness camp for Ranji players has got underway at PCA stadium Mohali. The emphasis is on fitness, endurance and building up of stamina of the cricketers, said Adrian Dias, chief strengthening and conditioning coach, who is also a fitness coach in the IPL’s Punjab outfit Kings XI. He has been called by the association for the purpose.

Speaking on the issue, Dias said that he was working iso that he could take out the beat in players. “Though I have not found any major shortcomings among the players here, as far as their fitness level is concerned, but certainly, there is lot of scope for improvement,” said Dias.

Dias further added that instead of sweating out at gyms, he was in favour of bringing them to the grounds and do natural exercises to improve their endurance and stamina. A total of two sessions are being conducted daily, in which the players are made to toil hard.

Expressing satisfaction over the ongoing in the camp, senior player Reetinder Sodhi, Amit Uniyal and Gaurav Gupta said that the training would help them a lot in the season.

“Under the guidance of Adrian sir, the things have been improving a lot. We are following a well-planned schedule and it will really help us in the coming days”, said Sodhi.

Harvinder Singh, who is the bowling coach at the camp, said that their immediate target was to qualify for the knockout round this season. “Though our main focus in this camp is on fitness, but we are also working on skill in the evening session on every alternate day,”.

The camp began on June 10. “We will give a week rest to the players from June 23. After that we will continue with the proceedings”, said the chief coach.

Chandigarh, June16
Chandigarh team will face Manipur in their first quarterfinal match of the 47th Junior National U-19 Football Championship for Dr BC Roy Trophy to be held in Kolkata on June 18.

The teams which get a ticket to quarterfinal stage of the tournament are Chandigarh, Manipur , Karnataka, Uttrakhand, Goa, Meghalaya, Orissa, and West Bengal. Earlier, in the last match of the league stage of cluster VI match, Manipur defeated Tamil Nadu by 8-0 to march into quarterfinal. Chandigarh team that entered quarterfinal for the first time is in high spirits after putting themselves on the top position. Chandigarh in the quarterfinal stage is clubbed with Orrisa, West Bengal and Manipur. In their first quarterfinal match, Chandigarh will take on Manipur.

After their first match, Chandigarh will prove their iron against Orissa on June 20, and in their third match they will face the biggest hurdle of their ticket to semifinal, West Bengal which remained top scorer in their pre-quarterfinal with 39 goals in three matches.

Chandigarh, June 16
The Chandigarh administration has changed the venue of function to welcome the Queen Baton Relay (QBR) of Commonwealth Games-2010 in the city next month.

The function will now be organised at the Sector 16 Cricket Stadium instead of the Sports Complex in Sector 7.

The QBR is scheduled to arrive on July 3 here in the city.

According to sources, the stadium has large space as compare to the Sports Complex. “We are expecting a huge public participation and large during the function. Moreover, the stadium is more beautiful and located at the heart of the city,” said a senior official of the administration.

To welcome the baton, at least four live military bands would play at the venue while an Army helicopter would be pressed in service to shower flowers. Top sportspersons like Abhinav Bindra and city-based dignitaries Brig KS Chandpuri (retd) would grace the occasion.

The itinerary of the baton from the local airport would also be changed. A meeting to finalise the route of the baton would be held on Monday, the sources added.

Panchkula, June 16
Skipper Shivam Arora led his team Hansraj Cricket Academy, from the front (4 for 26 and 27 off 25) to beat the Chandigarh Baptist Cricket team by one wicket in the inaugural match of the First Inter Academy (under-13) League Cricket Championship at the ground of Hansraj Cricket Academy, Sector 6, here, today.

After winning the toss, the Baptist-11 scored 138 all out in 21.5 overs with the help of opening batsman Ayush Sharma’s innings of 30 runs. Another batsman Mayur Sethi chipped in 26 runs.

For Hansraj, right-arm spinner Shivam Arora wrecked the batting lineup, claiming 4 for 26 runs.

Chasing the target of 138 runs, valuable knocks of 33-run by Sachin Chauhan and 27-run innings by Shivam Arora helped the team to overhaul the target.

Chetan Arora remained unbeaten on 20 runs.

Patiala, June 16
A fine batting by Harmik Singh 53 and fine bowling by Atul Singla four for 21 and 28 runs helped Black Elephant Cricket Club to defeat Buddha Dal Public School by 57 runs in the opening match of the CSF U-15 Cup played at MES ground No. 1 today.

Winning the toss first, skipper Param elected to bat first. BECC managed to score 192 for eight in 35 over match. Chasing the target, Buddha Dal boys started their inning on a sound note and added 78 runs in 10 overs without loosing wicket.

Host captain introduced spin bowling from both ends. The first to go was Deepak 26 and soon after Anurag 55. Ultimately, Buddha Dal team was out after scoring 135 on the board.

Score: Black Elephant CC Patiala (U-15): 192 for eight in 35 overs (Harmeek Singh 53, Navkaran Sharma 33, Sahil 32 and Atul Singla 28) (Bharamjot three for 38, Deepak three for 46 and Gurfateh one for 23)