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Kalka, July 16
In an incident of theft, the thieves decamped with cash and jewelry from a house in Amravati Enclave colony adjacent to NH-22, near Surajpur.

Anil Gupta, owner of the house, in his complaint to the police alleged that cash and jewellery was lying in the cupboard and he along with his family had gone to Dehradoon two days back.

Chandigarh, July 16
A local court today acquitted four accused-Jai Pal Singh, Harinder Singh, Gurshahid Singh Pawar and Harpreet Singh-as the prosecution failed to prove their involvement in the case.

The police got a tip-off that four persons, who had committed a robbery at a shop in Ludhiana were on their way to Chandigarh, carrying illegal arms and the looted cash to commit another robbery here.

They were members of an inter-state gang of highway robbers operating in Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.

The police had, on October 30, 2009, erected a barricade near a police check post in Sector 42. The police then intercepted a white Maruti Swift car with a Punjab registration and arrested the accused.

The police had recovered four revolvers, 25 cartridges, the Swift car and Rs 4.64 lakh in cash from them.

An FIR was registered against them under Sections 401, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 473 of the IPC. They were also booked under Sections 25, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act.

The accused had robbed a gun house at Hoshiarpur, about 100-km from here in April 2009. Three members of the gang were arrested by the Haryana police on June 5, 2009, and 85 weapons, a large amount of ammunitions and two luxury cars were seized from them.

Chandigarh, July 16
Baba Pritpal Singh, an accused in a land deal case, who is also the head of the Gurdwara Gursagar Sahib management committee, was today granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Justice MMS Bedi of the High Court granted the regular bail to the baba after hearing at length his counsel SK Garg Nirwana.

The baba, along with others, was accused of selling a piece of land for over Rs 1.2 crore to a private company on a forged general power of attorney.

The alleged fraud was detected last year when Kamaljit Kaur, landowner residing in the USA, came to know that her 12 bigha and 13 biswa at Madhopur village in Patiala district had been sold to a Sector 8-based private company, on forged documents on September 30, 2005.

The matter was reported to the local police, which registered a case of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC against the baba and others on May 20, 2009.

The land was registered in the name of Rattan Anmol Singh Bhullar on the basis of a general power of attorney. It was mentioned in the power of attorney that the sale deal was finalised for Rs 1, 20, 17,500 of which Rs 49 lakh were given in advance and the remaining Rs 80, 17,500 was paid through a demand draft dated September 28, 2005.

The power of attorney was made in the name of Baba Pritpal Singh. Alleging that it was a fabricated power of attorney, Kamaljit Kaur maintained she was abroad when it was made.

The police got the power of attorney examined from a government examiner at the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory in Sector 36, which confirmed the signatures of JP Singh and Inderpal Singh, as witnesses on it, were original. The police had taken their handwriting samples in a local court on December 23, 2009, and that of Baba Pritpal Singh on January 7.

Chandigarh, July 16
Two residents of Maloya, who were driven by an urge to live lavishly and drug addiction and were allegedly involved in 25 cases of snatching, burglary, theft and robbery were finally arrested by the police late yesterday night.

The cops arrested the youths, both in their early twenties and identified as Sunny Chauhan and Ashish Walia, from near a roundabout on the road dividing Sectors 25 and 38. The youths, who were riding a motorcycle, were chased and nabbed after they tried to dodge the police team at a checkpoint near a Bharat Petroleum depot in Sector 25.

Jagbir Singh, DSP (Central), said the accused were found to be driving the motorcycle with fake number plate. This made the police to doubt their antecedents. Both accused were throughly searched. This led to the recovery of a .303 country-made pistol and a cartridge from Sunny and two cartridges from Walia.

The DSP said both accused, during interrogation, disclosed that they had committed 25 snatchings, robberies, burglaries and thefts in different parts of the city so far. They used to target the drunkards lying on the roads during late night hours and loot them.

Sukhbir Rana, SHO, Sector 11 police station, said so far a Maruti car, two motorcycles, five mobile phones, two bicycles, three gas cylinders, a country- made pistol and three cartridges had been recovered from them.

The SHO said more recoveries were likely to be made from the accused following their sustained interrogation. Sunny’s parents had disowned him while Ashish’s mother had died. Both are known to the two robbers, Ijlas and Vinod, who were arrested earlier this month.

The DSP said these youths knew each other and were in touch with the two others accomplices of Vinod and Ijlas, who are yet to be arrested. 

Chandigarh, July 16
A 25-year-old lovelorn youth, Varun Bhatia, committed suicide by hanging himself at his Sector 19 residence here in the wee hours of today. He was the only son of his parents.

The police said Bhatia, who was pursuing MCA through correspondence, had left a suicide note, in which he had held no one responsible for his death.

SHO of the Sector 19 police station Inspector Ram Gopal said Varun had an affair with a girl for the past over four years. Recently he came to know that she was involved with someone else.

Both of them had severed ties and the boy was under depression.

The police said the body was spotted by the deceased’s mother when she had gone to wake him up around 6.30 am. Shocked, she raised an alarm, following which her husband Avinash Bhatia rushed towards her.

They informed the police about the incident. The police rushed the victim to the PGI, where he was declared brought dead. The body was then shifted to the Sector 16 Government Multi Specialty Hospital for an autopsy.

Chandigarh, July 16
A robbery took place in the house of a bank employee in Sector 10, here

Satinder Singh Gularia, a senior executive with the ICICI Bank. in a complaint lodged with the police, alleged that Rs 18,000 in cash, jewellery worth Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3 lakh and a few expensive gifts were stolen from his house. Gularia was away to Gurgaon from July 14. He came to know about the theft on his return to city today evening. A case has been registered in this regard. 

Chandigarh, July 16
The police arrested four persons from Sector 22 today for allegedly consuming liquor at public place.

Chandigarh, July 16
The UT police seized 12 cartons of liquor from a car after its occupants fled when the police singled them to stop near the Kali Bari Traffic Lights Point on Tuesday night.

The police said Head Constable Ravinder Singh, posted in the police control room, lodged a complaint alleging that he signaled a Maruti Zen car (HR 51 M 8979) to stop near the Kali Bari Traffic Lights Point, Chandigarh, on Tuesday night. Its two unidentified occupants fled leaving the vehicle behind. During search, 12 cartons of liquor were seized.

Chandigarh, July 16
A strong contender, Manipur defeated Chattisgarh by 7-0 in their first match of the 9th Junior National Football Championship for Girls being held at PEC grounds here today.

Manipur’s Kamla and Reena Rai Devi netted two goals each. Reena drew the first blood in the 13th minute of the game, following second goal in the 16th minute by Ph Bina Devi. Just after the second goal, Reena again strike the ball in the goal in the 18th minute, Kamla added one more goal in the 39th minute thereby taking the lead to 4-0 at the end of the first half of the game.

After the breather in the 47th minute, Kamla again netted a goal. While in the closing minutes of the game, Umavati and Kamla contributed one goal each in the 63rd and 73rd minutes, respectively.

In another match of the day, Tripura defeated Punjab by 7-2 in the cluster VIII match. Janu Debbarama from Tripura scored a hat-trick to ensure win against Punjab.

The Punjab team lost possession over the ball in the very first minutes of the game. Sangeeta Debbarama scored the first goal in the seventh minute, whereas Rita Karmakar shot the ball in the net just after the first goal in the eighth minute. With a minute left for the breather, Shoba Devi gave Tripura a lead of 3-0 in the 44th minute.

The second half of the game was completely dominated by Janu Debbarama, as she took the lead to 6-0 in the 52nd and 54th minute of the game and scored the hat-trick.

Meanwhile, the Punjab team got the first goal of the tournament when Rajveer Kaur placed the ball besides goal line. Rajveer strike again and took the score to 6-2, but the goal in the 82th minute of the game by Sumitra Kalai of Tripura sealed their victory.

In the third match of the day, Orissa was given a walk-over over Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) as J&K pulled out from the tournament due to curfew. In the fourth match of the day, West Bengal thrashed Rajasthan by 15-0. Rajasthan Failed to defend themselves against the players from the soccer city of India.

From West Bengal, Pooja Karmakar netted seven goals. She scored five goals in the first half, while the rest in the second half. On the other hand, Pooja scored six goals, while Rajina Khartun contributed two goals in the total tally.

In the cluster VII match, Assam overcame Uttarakhand by 5-0. From the winning team, Pranati scored two goals in the 37th and 48th minutes, respectively. While Ranjumon scored in the 40th minute which was followed by a goal from Sobita in the 41st minute and Manoni in the 61st minute.

Chandigarh, July 16
Singhal defeated Khushi 11-1,11-1,11-1 in the 16th Bhavan Hawk State Table Tennis Tournament being held at Table Tennis Hall, Sector 23, here today.

Results

Cadet girls final: Paavan (Saupin’s School) defeated Khyati (Sacred Heart 26) 12-10,12-10, 12-10.

Semifinals:

Paavan (Saupin’s School) defeated Aayushi (St Annes) 11-7, 9-11, 11-2, 11-4; Khyati (Sacred Heart) defeated Inayat (Sacred Heart) 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9.

Quarterfinals:

Khayati (Sacred Heart-26) defeated Anushka (Sacred Heart-26) 15-13, 12-10, 5-11, 15-13; Aayushi (St Annes) defeated Shubhangi (DPS-40) 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Inayat Singhal (Sacred Heart-26) defeated Neha (St Xavier’s) 11-7, 11-7, 11-6; Paavan (Saupin’s School) defeated Himani (Manav Mangal-21) 12-10, 11-7, 11-5.

Pre-quarterfinals: Inayat Singhal (Sacred Heart-26) defeated Khushi (The Gurukul) 11-1, 11-1, 11-1; Shubhangi (DPS-40) defeated Aayushi ( The Gurukul) 11-1,11-1,11-4; Aayushi (St Annes) defeated Vasundhara (The Gurukul) 11-5,11-1,11-7; Paavan (Saupin’s School) defeated Shivangi (The Gurukul) 11-3,11-2,11-1; Khayati (Sacred Heart-26) defeated Jasmine (Carmel Convent) 11-4,11-4,11-2; Neha (St Xavier’s) defeated Vibhuti (The Gurukul) 11-3, 11-8, 11-2; Anushka (Sacred Heart-26) defeated Serena (The Gurukul) 11-5,11-1,11-2; Himani (Manav Mangal-21) defeated Kavya (The Gurukul) 11-3,11-1,11-2.

Cadet boys final: Santanu Sikdar (New Public School-18) defeated Mukund Kakkar (Ryan-49) 11-8,11-6,11-9.

Semifinals:

Mukund Kakkar (Ryan-49) defeated Tushar Bansal (St Stephen’s-45) 12-10,6-11,11-8, 11-9, Santanu Sikdar (New Public School-18) defeated Shaurya Gupta (St Annes) 11-9,11-4,11-5.

Quarterfinals: Mukund Kakkar (Ryan-49) defeated Manav (Manav Mangal-21) 11-5, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7; Tushar Bansal (St Stephen’s-45) defeated Ninad Sharma (St Soldier’s) 11-5,11-7, 11-6; Shaurya Gupta (St Annes) defeated Ishu Dhingra (DAV-8) 11-8, 11-9, 12-10; Santanu Sikdar (New Public School-18) defeated Sahil Sharma (Ryan-49) 11-5, 11-4,11-3.

Pre-quarterfinals: Tushar Bansal (St Stephen’s-45) defeated Pranav Miglani 11-4, 11-5, 11-4; Santanu Sikdar (New Public School-18) defeated Satyam 11-5,11-8, 11-5, Manav (Manav Mangal-21)defeated Rohan Taneja (DAV -8) 11-9,11-6,12-10; Sahil Sharma (Ryan-49) defeated Shyam Sen (Bhavan Vidyalaya-27) 11-5, 11-9, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9; Mukund Kakkar (Ryan-49) defeated Sarthak (Saupin’s School) 11-2, 11-5, 11-9; Ninad Sharma (St Soldier’s) defeated Sehajroor (St John’s-26) 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 11-1; Shaurya Gupta (St Annes) defeated Mudit (Manav Mangal-21) 11-1, 11-2, 11-3; Ishu Dhingra (DAV-8) defeated Nishant (St Annes) 12-10,12-10,11-5.

Chandigarh, July 16
After city players made an early exit in the HTA-AITA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Tournament-2010 at Jassowal (Ludhiana), GP Prajnesh from Chennai won the final of the men’s singles category.

In the final match, GP Prajnesh defeated Suraj Beniwal of Haryana in straight sets 6-0, 6-1.

While in the women’s singles category, Sharmada Balu beat Bhuvana Kalva from Andhra Pradesh 6-2, 6-3.

On the other hand, Ajay Yadav and Gurinder Singh pocket the men’s doubles crown. In the final match, the duo defeated Sagar Manjanna and Rashein Samuel 6-0, 6-1, whereas Natasha Palha from Goa and Bhuvana Kalva from Andhra Pradesh defeated Shweta C Rana and Sharmada Balu 6-2, 6-3 to win the women’s double title.

Results:
Men’s singles final:

GP Prajnesh (TN) (WC) defeated Suraj Beniwal (Har) (Q) 6-0, 6-1; women’s singles final: Sharmada Balu (Kar) (WC) defeated Bhuvana (AP) (WC) 6-2, 6-3; men’s doubles final: Ajay Yadav (Har) and Gurinder Singh (Pb) defeated Sagar Manjanna (Kar) and Rashein Samuel (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; women’s doubles final: Natasha Palha (Goa) and Bhuvana Kalva (AP) defeated Shweta C Rana (HP) and Sharmada Balu (Kar) 6-2, 6-3.

Chandigarh, July 16
The city senior hockey team failed to overcome the Mumbai hockey team in the semifinal match of the 63rd Ranga Swami Cup Senior National Men’s Hockey Championship being held at the Aishbag Stadium in Bhopal. The Mumbai hockey team defeated the city team by 6-0. With this defeat, the city team is out from the title chase, however, the team would play against the loser of the second semifinal match, which is underway between Haryana and Tamil Nadu to grab the third position in the tournament.

The city team failed to convert three penalty corners into goals, whereas the opponents successfully converted two out of four penalty corners into goals. The first goal of the match came through the stick of Mumbai forward Gursewak Singh in the sixth minute of the game through a penalty corner, meanwhile, the city team got the possession of the ball, but failed to cross the ball through the goalkeeper.

After water break, Chandigarh goalkeeper Harjeet Singh was awarded yellow card by referee for his rough tackling in the penalty area. Taking full advantage of the situation, Gurusewak Singh again scored for the Mumbai team to read the score board 2-0 in the 50th minute of the game. The final goal of the game came before the finishing whistle in the 65th minute of the match.

Chandigarh, July 16
Two wrestlers of the Gulzar Akhara, Zirakhpur, have been selected to represent India in the forthcoming international events. According to Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach RS Kundu, one of the wrestler Mahpat would compete in the 54 kg in the Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship to be held in Bangkok in July.

Whereas another trainee Hardeep Singh would compete in the 96-kg category of the World Junior Wrestling Championship to be held in Budhapest from July 18 to 24.

Rajinder Kumar (56 kg) and Ashok Kumar (96 kg) would represent India in the “Golden Grand Prix” International Wrestling Tournament, being held at Baku (Azerbaijan) from today onwards. — TNS