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Tribune News Service

Kharar, September 3
A student of Mata Sahib Kaur Nursing Institute in Kharar today committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her room in hostel. The student has been identified as Anjali (22), studying in BSc I and a resident of Solan in Himachal Pradesh.

Police officials said no suicide note was found in the room and the college management, too, claimed that they were not aware of the reason behind suicide. Father of the girl Harish Kaushal said he admitted his daughter in the college in August last year.

Chandigarh, September 3
A local court today granted bail to Trilok Kumar who, along with his minor brother, was arrested for kidnapping and raping a minor on August 2.

Trilok works as a peon in the Punjab Accountant General’s office. The police had registered a case against Trilok and his minor brother on August 2.

According to the prosecution, the victim, a student, had lodged a complaint that her classmate had raped her on July 29 at his brother’s house. The victim, who lives with her grandmother, had reportedly informed the cops that the accused had told her to come to her whenever she had any problem.

On July 29, her grandmother scolded her and she went to his house. After midnight, the accused called her to the terrace and allegedly raped her.

While arguing the case, the counsel for accused said before the court that the accused had been falsely implicated in the case.

Chandigarh, September 3
A Kaimbwala-based property dealer today alleged that four car-borne miscreants car robbed him of Rs 2 lakh after waylaying him near Saketri village this afternoon.

The victim, Joginder Singh, also accused the police of inaction. He alleged that one of the assailants had smashed the windowpane of his car with a hockey stick and his three accomplices snatched a packet containing Rs 2 lakh from him.

Joginder maintained that he had withdrawn the cash from the State Bank on Patiala at Kaimbwala and left for Raipur Rani village along with his uncle Sanjeev Kumar.

Joginder said the occupants of a Hyundai Elantra car with black films stopped him near Saketri at around 3.30 pm.

He informed the police control room about the incident and was told by the policemen to report the matter at the Sector 3 police station.

The SHO of the Sector 3 police station, however, feigned ignorance about any such incident. 

Chandigarh, September 3
Two Muktsar-based youths were booked today under the charges of gangrape, kidnapping, extortion and criminal conspiracy after a 22-year-old resident of Panchkula alleged that she was abducted and raped by them.

The woman, in her complaint, alleged that the accused had kidnapped her from near Sector 22 on September 1 and took her to Muktsar and raped her.

The incident came to light when a traffic police personnel stopped a Maruti Esteem car, in which the boys were taking the woman, spotting some violations. It was then, the woman told the policemen that she was kidnapped. The traffic police personnel called the area police, which took the woman and the boys to the Sector 22 police post.

The woman told the police that the accused were demanding Rs 20 lakh from her for her release. The accused have been identified as Lakhbir Singh and Gurdarshan Singh. The woman also alleged that boys had beaten her up. 

Panchkula, September 3
A 30-year-old software engineer committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his house in Sector 21 here today.

The deceased was identified as Mohan Chaudhary, a native of Raipur in Chhatisgarh. He worked as a senior software engineer in a private firm at IT Park in Chandigarh.

A team from the Central Scientific Forensic Laboratory also arrived at the site and took samples of the fingerprints.

The police said the body had been sent to the Sector-6 General Hospital Mortuary and added that the post-mortem would be conducted only after the parents of the deceased arrived.

The incident came to light when deceased’s younger brother Nand Lal Chaudhary knocked at his door.

After finding no response from his brother, he peeped through the window and found his brother hanging from the ceiling fan. He informed his owner Prem Kaushal who further informed the police.

Nand Lal, who had arrived in the city six months ago, informed the police that they went to sleep after having meals about 10.30 pm.

He said his brother had not told him about any problem or stress. 

Chandigarh, September 3
Fortyfive-year-old Mukesh Kumar of Mhow kept his cool on a wet cloudy day carding a steady one over par 73 to clinch the PGTI Players Championship title at nine under 280 on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Finishing one stroke behind the seasoned golfer were Chandigarh’s Harendra P Gupta and Gaurav Pratap Singh of Noida who tied for the second slot at seven under 281.

On a day when even par scores were on ration, Shamim Khan (Delhi) carded the day’s best of two under 70. Three others managed an under par score of 71.

The hovering clouds threatened to upset the last round of the tournament. But the organisers continued with the game after an interruption of one hour and 15 minutes due to the heavy showers.

Mukesh Kumar (70-67-70-73) pocketed the winner’s cheque for Rs 4,04,125. The win also saw him climb up to the spot in the Rolex Rankings Order of Merit.

Overnight joint leader Vinod Kumar was no where in contention today. Gone was that fiery image of yesterday. On the other hand Mukesh steadied himself after bogeying the first hole. An excellent five-iron tee shot on the par-3 third landed a few inches from the pin resulting in a birdie. He sank two more birdies on the seventh and eighth before bogeying the ninth to be one under 35 at the turn.

Mukesh maintained a steady lead of three strokes till the 15th. But then he bogeyed the last three holes because of some poor putting. As luck would have it Gaurav Pratap Singh also bogeyed the 17th finishing the chance of a playoff.

Mukesh, the overnight joint leader, started with a bogey on the first, but pulled it back with an excellent five-iron tee shot on the third that landed a few inches from the pin and led to a birdie. He seemed to be sailing to an easy win after he made birdie-birdie-bogey on the seventh, eighth and ninth. It was at this stage that the other contenders Vinod Kumar and Harendra Gupta had slipped down the leaderboard after dropping a few strokes. Gaurav Pratap Singh, on the other hand, was still three strokes behind the leader.

Mukesh said: “I started poorly with a bogey on the opening hole and then played it safe to maintain my lead. The three birdies on the front nine were crucial as Vinod, Harendra and Gaurav were struggling to raise their game at that stage and did not look as if they would catch up with me.”

“his is an important win as it puts me on top of the Rolex Rankings and gives me a huge boost ahead of the crucial second half of the season,” dded Mukesh.

Gaurav Pratap Singh (68-71-70-72) made two birdies against two bogeys in his final round to post a tied second finish, along with Harendra Gupta (69-69-70-73). Gupta made two birdies and three bogeys on Friday. The two pocketed a prize money of Rs 2,17,875 each.

Vinod Kumar, who shot a 76 in round four, came in fourth at five under 283, while Chiragh Kumar was a further stroke behind in fifth place.

Chandigarh’s seasoned Harmeet Kahlon came back with the day’s best back nine score of two under 34 after being two over par 38 at the turn. He climbed up the ladder to finish tied seventh with an overall score of two under 286. Rahil Gangjee secured 18th place as his total read five over 293.

Karan Vasudeva of Delhi won the trophy for the best amateur finishing with a total of eight over 296.

Final leading scores: 280 Mukesh Kumar (70-67-70-73); 281 Gaurav Pratap Singh (68-71-70-72) and Harendra P Gupta (69-69-70-73); 283 Vinod Kumar (72-66-69-76); 284 Chiragh Kumar (74-71-66-73); 285 Ashok Kumar (68-72-71-74); 286 Harmeet Kahlon (71-74-69-72), Om Prakash Chauhan (73-69-71-73) and Shankar Das (70-71-71-74); 287 Shamim Khan (72-72-73-70); 288 R Srinivas (72-73-71-72) and Amardip Singh Malik (73-72-67-76).

Chandigarh, September 3
New Public School (NPS), Sector 18, defeated Youth Club, Rurka Kalan, in their second league match of the 8th All-India Administrator’s Challenge Football (U-17) Cup, tournament being held at the Sector 42 Sports Complex here today.

In an exciting match, the Group CNPS defeated the visitors by 4-3. Arsh Sadana’s last minute goal sealed the victory for the NPS team.

Playing in the absence of their pin-up striker, Jobanpreet Singh, NPS team registered their first victory of the tournament.

In the slippery ground due to rain, Papai Biswas gave the lead to the visitors in the 3rd minute of the game when he converted a pass from Ashit Gupta into a goal. He again had a strike in the 16th minute, when he put the ball over the goal-line after receiving a minus pass from Ashit.

Harjit Singh scored the third goal for Rurka Kalan in the 24th minute of the game.

For NPS, Sahil Bhatt scored two goals in the 8th and 68th minute of the game, while Arshdeep Singh netted a goal in the 21st minute of the game.

The decider of the match came from Arsh Sadana, when he got hold of a free ball and dribbled his way to the opponent’s area in the last minute of the match.

On the other hand, Papai Biswas was rushed to the Sector-16 Government Multi-Speciality Hospital after an injury during the match. While Rurka Kalan team were unlucky as they were denied a goal by the referee, when NPS defender cleared the ball after it had crossed the goal line.

Rurka Kalan players protested against the decision, but the referee stood his ground.

In another match, Mahilpur Football Academy defeated Haryana Football Association in a Group B match by 14-2.

Rajbir Singh registered double hat-trick, as he pumped nine goals in the 11th, 16th, 17th, 26th, 30th, 38th, 41st, 42nd and 71st minute of the game.

Gaurav Bahadur, Sagar Satija, Vacchan Sing, Jot Mashia and Rubal Preet scored one goal each from the winning team.

Vikram converted the penalty awarded to HFA into goal in the 66th minute of the game. While Aditya scored in the 78th minute to reduce the margin. However, Haryana officials alleged that Bachhan Singh, who originally hails from Haryana, and player for Mahilpur team, was among the six players facing a one-year ban for “impersonation” in the Gurgaon Junior Nationals.

Whereas, Bachhan said he had not received any communication from anyone and was not aware that he was facing one-year ban.

Match commissioner Rakesh Bakshi confirmed that six Haryana players had been suspended for one year during the nationals.

In the third match, DAV Senior Secondary School Academy registered their first victory of the tournament by defeating Indian Tigers by 7-1 in the opening Group A match.

From winners, Sonu scored two goals in the 2nd and 64th minute of the game, Uma Kant also contributed in the 43rd and 51st minute of the game. While Navjot, Pradeep and Manish contributed one goal each. Kevin from the visitors reduced the margin in the 44th minute.