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70-kg gold confiscated, 4 held
Rajpura, July 27 Since the company has its manufacturing unit at the Special Economic Zone in Kathua (J&K) it was exempted from custom duty on imported raw goods, including gold. Director of the Enforcement Wing of the Excise and Taxation Department KBS Sidhu said, “The company officials should have filled the VAT 36 Form at the Information Collection Center (ICC) or the tax barrier in Shambhu to get a transit slip before entering into Punjab. They should have shown the slip at Madhopur before exiting Punjab for J&K to ensure that the gold was not sold in Punjab”, Sidhu added. However to double the money, the gold is sold raw in Punjab without getting any transit slip. “By doing so, the manufacturers get rid off the cost of manufacturing and its subsequent mandatory export,” he said. Patiala SSP Ranbir Singh Khattra too added that it was apprehended that the gold was meant for sale in Punjab. “Security men of the vehicle carrying gold intentionally evaded the tax barrier,” he added. The accused have been identified as driver Ashok Kumar, guards Arun Kumar and Vijay Kumar Pandey and manager Rajeev Kumar. Arrested security men revealed that this was their third such round to Punjab and before this the same amount of gold had already been handed over to the company officials. Khattra said the police was also investigating if the gold was being used for terrorist activities in Punjab. Rajpura DSP Manmohan Sharma, City SHO Bikramjeet Singh Brar and ASI Chhinderpal Singh said that the gold was kept in three bags, which bore stamps of the Emirate Sky Cargo. The consignment reached Delhi on July 9. Three security guards and a manager of Security And Intelligence Service Limited escorted the booty. The guards were carrying .12-bore riffles in a bulletproof Tata Sumo. The company can get its gold released only after paying a hefty 50 per cent fine and 2 per cent tax, which will amounts to nearly Rs 6.15 crore. Punjab would have earned Rs 24 lakh with the transit slip but now with its evasion it’s earning would be around Rs 6 crore, added the officials. |
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2 killed in road mishap
Kharar, July 27 Ajit’s cousin Balcharan, who was driving the car, and servant Dhan Bahadur, a Nepalese, accompanied him when the mishap happened. While Dhan Bahadur died on the spot, Ajit breathed his last at Fortis Hospital. Balcharan, who failed to notice a PRTC bus standing on the roadside and rammed the car into it, is told to be out of danger. As per the wish of Ajit and Bahadur’s family, their bodies will be taken to the respective countries for cremation. A post mortem of both bodies was conducted today at the Kharar Civil Hospital. The bus driver has been booked under Sections 283, 337, 338 and 304-A of the IPC. |
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Tree falls on student, dies
Patiala, July 27 He was a first-year student of civil engineering in the university and had joined just a week back. The other student, Praharsh Kumar, also a resident of Faridabad, was admitted to Columbia Asia Hospital in Patiala. Students later held a protest at the university.
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Swimming result withheld
Patiala, July 27 that began at Mohindra College swimming pool here, yesterday. The result was withheld pertaining to confusion in one of the events in which only three teams took part. As per rules, at least four teams must participate for the championship to continue.
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Attempted Murder Case
Panchkula, July 27 The court, while hearing the anticipatory bail application filed by Sofat, directed him to be present at the Chandi Mandir police station on August 8. Earlier, the High Court had directed the HC’s registry department to list all cases pertaining to Sofat before a single Bench. The local police had registered an FIR against Sofat after he lodged a false complaint against Ramesh Pashan and his sons, all residents of Ludhiana, in July, 2009 stating that they had robbed him of Rs 33 lakh at Morni hills. He had further alleged that Pashans had fired gunshots at his driver Nelson as well. In this incident, Nelson had suffered two bullet injuries in his chest. Sofat had alleged that Ramesh Pashan and his sons — Vinayak and Abhinav — with the help of their driver Ranjit and two other unidentified persons had attacked him, injuring his driver. He claimed that the accused also snatched Rs 33 lakh lying in his Tata Safari. The Pashan family produced evidence before the police to establish their innocence in the case after they were summoned by the local police. The police during investigation found that Sofat had a dispute with Pashans over land since 2005 and had allegedly cooked up the story to frame them in a criminal case. The Pashan family had reportedly presented as evidence their photographs and a CD containing video recording showing them present at a ring ceremony of Vinayak at Nirvana Club at the time of the incident.
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Hockey India Poll
Chandigarh, July 27 The local body, earlier named the Chandigarh Hockey Association affiliated with the IHF, had filed the petition through its president Chander Shekhar and another.
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Woman held for abetting suicide
Chandigarh, July 27 DSP (Central) Jagbir Singh said the police was conducting a discreet probe into the death. “The statement recorded by the victim’s relative and sister were corroborated, which indicated that Marcy had harassed the victim to such an extent that she committed suicide”, the DSP said. Maya was working in Navjeevan Don Bosco Chruch and was living there. She was an orphan and a native of Tamil Nadu. Her sister Monica lodged a complaint with the police alleging foul play behind the death. Monica told the police that Maya was in love with Mercy’s 20-year-old son Anup Sebastian, who was also living in the church. Mercy was against their relationship and warned Maya of dire consequences if she continued her relationship with her son. A day before the incident, Monica said Mercy had sent her up stairs and kept Maya with her. She threatened Maya during the night and next day she was told that Maya had committed suicide. Mercy is a relative of father Sebastian Gose, who first noticed the body. No suicide note was found from the spot. The police has called both parties to the Sector 17 police station and recorded statements before registering a case of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code against Mercy.
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Undertrials attempt suicide at district courts
Chandigarh, July 27 Both the accused were earlier hurling abuses at the policemen to instigate them. When their ploy failed, Kuldeep banged his head against the grills of “bakshikhana” (judicial lockup), while Jaswant tried to jump form the second floor of the district courts. The police has registered two separate cases against the accused for attempting suicide under Sections 309 and 511 of the IPC after getting them medically examined at the Sector 16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital. On the other hand, the counsel for one of the accused alleged that the police had assaulted five inmates - Kuldeep, Jaswant, Sandeep, Parmatama and Arjun - in the judicial lock up. He said family members of the accused wanted to talk to them but the policemen pushed them off to which they objected. At this, the policemen lost their temper and started beating them up, he said. Immediately after the incident, the counsel moved an application in the court against the police action and demanded medical examination of the victims. Talking to TNS, mother of one of accused, Sushila, said: “The police beat up my son without reason. We have been trying to meet them but we were not allowed.”
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Israeli National’s Arrest
Chandigarh, July 27 The police had claimed to have arrested the Israeli national from Industrial Area here while the fiancée of the accused, Lada Svobodova, got an FIR registered at the Panipat police station stating that Lior was kidnapped from there in 2005. The FIR pertaining to Lior’s abduction was registered in 2007 on a complaint filed by his fiancée before the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Panipat. The policeman was summoned on an application moved by the prosecution seeking permission to produce the closure report of the FIR registered in Panipat. Allowing the application, the court observed that the cross-examination was important to the decision of the case. The court observed: “Keeping in view the given set of facts, examination of the police official concerned, who dealt with the arrest of Lior Avi Ben Moyal from Panipat, appears to be essential for the just decision in the case. Thus, instant application under Section 311 of the CrPC moved by special public prosecutor for Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is allowed accordingly. The investigation officer of the case registered by Lior’s fiancée is summoned along with record of the FIR for August 5.” In reply to the application, the defence lawyer argued that the closure report filed by the Panipat police was meaningless until it was accepted by the court. It was further added that the investigating officer in the case, Ravikant Pawar, had already admitted during cross-examination that he was not aware of a case of kidnap of Lior. A sting operation conducted by a convict, Ajay Malik, had shown Pawar confessing on video tape that Lior was arrested from Panipat and not caught “red-handed” from Chandigarh, as claimed by the NCB. Excerpts from the sting operation were also stated in the reply by the defence counsel. The court observed: “It has been stated in the FIR registered in Panipat that Ravikant Pawar had abducted accused Lior Avi Ben Moyal on February 9, 2005 from Panipat. The version of alleged illegal arrest of Lior has been well narrated. Thus, the NCB wants to bring on record actual status report of the FIR for the just decision of the case.”
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City-based gangster held in Meerut after encounter
List of Cases
Chandigarh, July 27 Thirty-four-year-old Satpal, a history sheeter of the Chandigarh police, is involved in 15 cases of cheating, impersonating policemen to extort money, assaulting policemen, rioting and in attempt to murder cases. He has been declared a proclaimed offender in several cases. In some cases, non-bailable warrants (NBWs) had been issued against him. He hails from Meerut and is a resident of Ram Darbar. SHO of the Sector 31 police station Inspector Bakhshish Singh said the police had already obtained production warrants for August 6 from a local court to bring Satpal to the city in connection with cases registered against him here. The Meerut police has contacted its counterparts here, seeking details about his involvement in other crimes and a Maruti Alto car (CH 04 C 4068), which was recovered from him. The Meerut Police had registered a case of attempt to murder and a case under provisions of the Arms Act after recovering three country-made pistols along with cartridges, a knife and a rope from the accused. A .32 bore Chinese automatic pistol was also recovered from Satpal. The police said it laid a trap on getting information that a truck (HR 37 B 4195), loaded with thread, was looted from a village in Meerut. Satpal, who was in the truck, fired at the police to escape. The SHO said Satpal had borrowed the Alto car from a city resident at whose house his mother works. Satpal had given him another car, which he had borrowed from his friend. Satpal later switched off his mobile phone and was inaccessible since then. As per police records, Satpal entered into the crime world by cheating people and later graduated to heinous crimes. He was first booked in a case of cheating on May 3, 2001, for duping Sukhsagar Singh of Mullanpur village after taking Rs 27,000 from him as advance money, posing as a security officer of the PGI. He twice extorted money from two city residents posing as a sub-inspector from the crime branch of the Chandigarh Police. In 2005, he was booked for attempt to murder and rioting on a complaint of a Ram Darbar resident Sanjeev Kumar. In 2009, he was booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder for assaulting two policemen to escape from Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital.
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2 held for snatching
Chandigarh, July 27 The police later arrested
Abhishek, a resident of Sector 43, and Ashok, a resident of Attawa, from the market in Attawa later. The police claimed to have recovered the snatched mobile phone and a stolen motorcycle from their possession. Vehicle
stolen
Omvir Singh Sherron, a resident of 3BRD, Air Force, lodged a complaint with the police alleging that his Hyundai Santro
(PB 10 BC 0783) was stolen from near the Centra Mall in Phase I Industrial Area on July 24. In another incident,
Rajinder, a resident of Sector 20-D, reported to the police alleging that someone had stolen his Yamaha motorcycle (CH 03 Y 0307) from the Grain Market in Sector 26 on July 25. Two cases of thefts have been registered.
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Acid thrown on 19-yr-old youth
Mohali, July 27 In the preliminary investigation, the police revealed that Ladi suspected that Jaspreet had an affair with his fiancé. After which Ladi has thrown acid on him and fled from the spot, the police added. Jaspreet was immediately rushed to a local hospital where he is stated to be out of danger, the police said, adding the victim sustained burn injuries on his lower stomach. The police has registered a case against the youth, who had fled the scene after the incident and started further investigations.
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Shivam scripts Hansraj school win
Chandigarh, July 27 Hansraj Public School defeated Blue Bird School by a huge margin of 151 runs. An all-round performance by winning captain, Shivam Arora helped Hansraj school to overcome opponents. Shivam knocked 65 runs studded with five boundaries and two huge sixes. Brief scores Hansraj Public School: 191 for 1 in 16 overs (Gurdeep Singh 74, Shivam Arora 65, Kartik Bhardwaj 25). Blue Bird School: 40 all out in 10.4 overs (Druv Dua 3 for 12, Shikhar Dhyani 2 for 10, Shivam Arora 2 for 3, Shourya 2 for 10, Kartik Bhardwaj
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Students get tips from Steve Waugh
Chandigarh, July 27 Waugh, who is in town, was invited, as the chief guest in a debate function on the school premises today, too was happy amidst the young players. Giving valuable tips to them, Waugh stressed on hard work and dedication to be a successful cricketer. “One thing which always pays is hard work,” said Waugh while showing the right stance of batting and holding of the bat the right way to them. He also obliged the youngsters with autographs and photographs. The students, especially the cricket players were very happy seeing the Australian star amongst them. “I have seen him playing cricket. When I told my father about Steve’s visit to our school, he told me lot of things about Waugh brothers (Steve and Mark) and their achievements,” said Simranjit Singh, a young player of the school. DP Azad, who runs cricket academy at the school, said that Waugh was touched the way the young cricketers greeted the coach by touching his feet. “This is something amazing,” said Waugh when he was told about the gesture. After interacting with budding cricketers, Steve Waugh addressed the students of the school and participants of the debate. As many as 18 teams participated in the debate. There were two members in one team. The participants were given six topics to speak on. SD Public School won the first position in the debate. Whereas Sacred Heart Convent School was declared the Runners
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Chess meet from July 31
Chandigarh, July 27 Two boys and two girls will be selected during the tournament to represent the city in the National Chess Tournament to be
held in New Delhi (U-15) and Gujarat (U-9) next month. The interested participants should send their entries to the authorities concerned before July 30. |
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DPS claim football title
Chandigarh, July 27 For the fifth time in a row, DPS claimed the title. In the final match of the tournament, the winners defeated Army Public School, Chandi Mandir, by 1-0.Shubham Garg from the champions scored the lone of the match. Qaji Muhajib, Rohit Malik, Akshay Pratap Singh, Karan Malik, Chander Prakash, Shubham Garg, Avadh Raj Malhotra, Akshay Bhatti, Deepak Kumar, Suyug Saxena, Udhey Pratap Singh, Udham Singh, Kumar Harsh, Ruben Amir, Lakshay Yadav and Amekato were part of the winning team.
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Shishu Niketan edge past St John’s
Chandigarh, July 27 The winners defeated St John’s School by 2-1. Both While Gunteshwer and Lalit scored a goal each from the winners, Mohit scored the lone goal to reduce the lead. In the second match of the day, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 36, defeated St Soldier School, Sector 28, by 6-0. Harpal remained the noticeable scorer with two goals, whereas Archit, Jatinder, Shahbir and Danial contributed a goal each from the winners. In the last match of the day, St Anne’s School, Sector 32, got the better off Chandigarh Baptist School, Sector 44, by 4-2. |
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May 3, 2001 Duped a Mullanpur resident of Rs 27,000