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Patiala, August 21
The CBI today moved an application in the court of special judge (CBI cases) Balbir Singh to cancel the bail granted to former SGPC chief Bibi Jagir Kaur and seven other accused in the case of the alleged murder of her daughter Harpreet Kaur.

As the hearing in the case resumed today, the CBI counsel pleaded in the court that witnesses in the case had been turning hostile under the influence of the accused and hence, the bail granted to all accused in the case should be dismissed.

The other accused included Dalwinder Kaur Dhesi, Pramajit Singh Raipur, Nishan Singh, Harminder Singh, Sanjeev Kumar and Satya.

Barring Dhesi, who was currently abroad, the other accused were present during the court proceedings. The next date of hearing in the case was fixed for August 28.

Ambala, August 21
A middle-aged person was electrocuted late last night when he came in the contact with a high-tension wire passing over the roof of his house.

The deceased, identified as Ghanshyam Das, had come on the roof of his house to check the water-tank. The high-tension wire was crossing close to the water tank. When he opened the cover of the tank to check water, he came in contact with the live high-tension wire.

The eye witness said Ghanshyam was stuck to the electric wire for three hours. The employees of electrical department reached the site and the body was taken out.

Meanwhile, deceased’s brother has demanded an action against the electricity department and demanded compensation.

Chandigarh, August 21
The police has booked a woman on charges of concealment of birth after the body of a premature stillborn female child was found in a toilet of the PGI on Friday.Police investigations later revealed that the woman was not medically fit and was not aware that she had delivered the baby.

In charge of the PGI police post sub-inspector Usha Rani said the incident came to light around 3.30 am on Friday when a security guard found the body of a stillborn female in a toilet near the labour room. She informed the police and a case of concealment of birth by secret disposal of body under Section 318 of the Indian Penal Code was registered.

Usha Rani said later during the investigation, the police traced the woman as a 28-year-old resident of Mohali.The doctors treating her told the police that they had conducted an ultrasound of Sarabjit, which revealed that the foetus had died in the womb.They administered medicine to her for delivery.

 Since Sarabjit was also suffering from hypertension she was not aware what had happened to her.The police said it was probing the matter and if the conduct of the woman was found to be aboveboard during the investigation, the case registered against her would be cancelled.

Chandigarh, August 21
Two persons, including a child, were injured in two different road accidents in the city.Harnek Singh, a resident of Mauli Jagran Colony, filed a complaint alleging that a car knocked down his 12-year-old child near Azad market, Sector 20, on August 19. The victim was admitted to the PGI. 

The police has arrested car driver Vijay Singh, a resident of Defence Enclave, Zirakpur.In another incident, a truck hit an unidentified pedestrian near the traffic lights on Sectors 45, 46, 49 and 50 intersections last night.

The victim was admitted to the Sector 32 Government Medical College and Hospital.The two cases have been registered.Vehicles stolen Surinder Kumar, a resident of Mani Majra, reported that someone had stolen his Maruti car (HR-03-A-9425) from in front of his residence on August 18. 

Similarly, Gautam Sharma, a resident of Sector 37-D, reported that someone had stolen his Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle (MH-02-BE-5302) from his house on August 19. Two cases of theft have been registered in this connection.