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Patiala, October 30
Hosts MM Modi College secured 34 points to bag the Punjabi University Inter-College Boxing Championship that concluded at the college here today.

Government Ranbir College, Sangrur, stood second with 16 points, whereas Public College, Samana, got the third position with 15 points.

Pankaj Saini of Akal Degree College, Mastuana, was declared the best boxer.

Chief guest Dr Raj Kumar Sharma, sports director, Punjabi University, honoured the medal winners.

Mohali, October 30
A local court today directed the Mohali police to act on a complaint of police inaction filed by Fiza alias Anuradha Bali, the estranged wife of Chander Mohan.

After being booked in a tresspass case, Fiza has filed a criminal complaint under Section 156(3) of the CrPC seeking investigations into her complaint of the police not acting against her neighbour Ram Krishan. She alleged that despite her relative being assaulted, the police did not register any case.

On the other hand, Ram Krishan has alleged Fiza of throwing eggs at his house. On the basis of his complaint, the police had arrested Fiza for allegedly disturbing peace in her locality in Sector 48-C where she lived.

She was released by the magistrate after she furnished surety bonds. The police claimed that it acted on a complaint lodged by her neighbour Ram Krishan, who stated that Fiza had thrown eggs at his house, claimed to have captured her action in a CCTV footage.

Chandigarh, October 30
Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau today arrested a Kullu-based contractor and an orchardist from the Sector 22 market here and recovered 1.5-kg charas, worth Rs 1.5 lakh.

According to officials, timber contractor Raj (32) and Veernath (28) were arrested following a tip-off when they arrived in a Hyundai i20.

A search of the car led to the recovery of the contraband, which was concealed in specially designed cavities in the car.

Officials said they had received prior information about the duo arriving in the city with the contraband.

“We were waiting for them and the search led to the seizure,” said an official, adding that they were booked under the NDPS Act.

During preliminary interrogation, the suspects revealed that they had come to the city to strike a deal for franchise with a share trading company.

Officials were trying to ascertain the veracity of their claim and find details about their local connections with drug peddlers. The local bureau office had registered 10 cases in as many months and seized contraband worth about Rs 1.5 crore. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 30
The police arrested two persons for selling duplicate deodorants and perfumes during the mela at Sector 34 here today.

They were identified as Deepinder and Bipin Kumar from Uttar Pradesh. The police seized around 6,000 items worth Rs 30 lakh from them.

According to the police, the accused were selling duplicate Reebok, Adidas, Dove, Park View, Axe and Brute products. The matter was noticed by officials of a local firm, authorised by Hindustan Lever to provide information about duplicate products.

After getting information that some products were on sale at two stalls, the officials bought some deodorants and perfumes and sent those to the laboratory for tests.

“The test reports confirmed that not only were the products duplicate, but also caused skin problems,” said an official.

Following a complaint by Rachna Kapoor, the police conducted a raid at the mela and recovered the duplicate items. “During investigations, it was found that these duplicate items were being manufactured by a company in Delhi, which used to hire persons to sell those only at melas and exhibitions,” said Anokh Singh, SHO of the Sector 34 police station.

The accused attracted unsuspected consumers by offering special discounts on the duplicate branded items.

The police sent a party to Delhi for further investigations. A case under Sections 420, 120-B and 270 of the IPC and Section 63 of Copy Act was registered.

Zirakpur, October 30
The police arrested Adarsh Sharma, a resident of Chandigarh, from Baltana while he was riding a stolen motorcycle yesterday. A police team laid a naka near Harmilap Nagar, Baltana.

Chandigarh, October 30
Magnificent all-round performance by Karan Aggarwal (53 runs and four wickets for 24 runs) against GNPS-36 helped hosts St Stephen’s School win the 7th Moily Carver Cricket Tournament for the second time in a row in Sector 45, here today. Karan was declared the man of the match in the final.

After winning the toss, St Stephen’s put on a mammoth 275 for the loss of six wickets in their stipulated 40 overs.

Udit Hari Mehta (79 off 71), including 7 fours and 3 sixes, and Karan Aggarwal cemented a 127-run partnership for the first wicket.

Gurmohan Singh scored 65 runs off 48 balls, hitting eight fours and two sixes.

The second-wicket partnership between Karan and Gurmohan yielded 91 runs.

Gurpinder Singh remained not out at 34 with three sixes and one four. For GNPS-36, Charanjit Singh (3 for 48) and Sachit Madra (2 for 58) were the only ones to impress with the ball.

Chasing the victory target, GNPS were bowled out for a partly 113 runs in 27.2 overs.

Sanjog Singh (40), hitting 6 fours and one six, was the only batsman who could face St Stephen’s bowlers with some courage. For St Stephen’s, Karan and Gurmohan were the pick of the bowlers taking four wickets each and giving away 24 and 40 runs, respectively.

Udit Hari Mehta was declared the best batsman as he scored 175 runs in four innings. Jagpreet Singh walked away with the best bowler award for his 11 wickets in the tournament.

Gaurav Singh was declared best all-rounder as scored 169 runs and took eight wickets in the tournament.

Brief scores: St Stephen’s School: 275 for 6 (Udit Hari Mehta 79, Karan Aggarwal 53, Gurmohan Singh 65; Gurpinder Singh 34 not out, Charanjit Singh 3 for 48 and Sachit Madra 2 for 58).

GNPS-36: 113 runs all out in 27.2 overs (Sanjog Singh 40; Aggarwal 4 for 24 and Gurmohan Singh 4 for 40).

Harold Carver Principal St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, gave away the prizes to winners.

Mohali, October 30
Top seed Milind Mehta of DPS, Sector 40, and second seed Abhishek Munjal had a cakewalk against their respective opponents to move into the quarterfinals of men’s singles event in the Manav Mangal Total Tennis Tournament on the school premises in Phase 10 here today.

In the pre-quarterfinal matches in the men’s category, Milind beat Sunny 6-0, while Abhishek defeated Karan Kapoor 6-1. Nikhil Sandhu of Punjab thrashed Ashutosh 5-0, while Shiva Kumar of Chandigarh had to concede two games to make it to the quarterfinals. Somya Raj and Rakesh Hooda were the others who also booked their berth.

Jai Pama of Chandigarh took no time in defeating Aryaan Chopra of Punjab in boys’ under-10 event. Similarly, Manveer Singh of Punjab beat Sumer Sandhu of Chandigarh 6-2 without having to break a sweat in the second round of boys’ under-10.

Naman Gupta of British School of Mohali outplayed Vishavjeet 6-0 and Yuvraj Singh of Manav Mangal School thrashed Bhavjeet Singh 6-0.

Brief results: Boys under-10: Jai Pama b Aryan Chopra 6-0; Gurang b Mohit 6-2; Naman Gupta b Vishavjeet 6-0; Rana b Harmol 6-2; Manveer b Sumer 6-2; Ashav b Gaurav 6-1; Shyra b Aditiya 6-2; Yuvraj b Bhavjeet 6-1.

Boys under-14: Aman b Rahul 6-0; Chandan Agnihotri b Ajay 6-1; Vaibhav Rattan b Akashdeep 6-0; Rohit Dhiman b Adit Goel 6-1; Kaditiya b Abhey 6-1; Ankush Thakur b Rinkanjan 6-1; Nikhil Sandhu b Ashutosh Badala 6-4; Aftab b Sanchit Dhiman 6-1; Rajat b Hari Om 6-2; Anumanit Bains b Aniket Tiwari 6-1; Manveer b Karan Hooda 6-0; Sachit Malhotra b Himat Kadiyan 6-0.

Boys’ under-16: Chandan Agnihotri b Vaibhav 6-2; Amit Deshwal b Ankit 6-2; Ankush Thakur b K Aditiya 6-0; Ayush Verma b Nikhil Sandhu 6-1; Kashish Sehgal b Adit Goel 6-3; Anumanit Bains b Ashtosh 6-0; Sachit Malhotra b Sushank 6-0.

Men’s singles: Nikhil Sandhu b Ashutosh 6-0; Milind Mehta b Sunny 6-0; Shiva Kumar b Sushank 6-2; Somya Raj b Sumit 6-2; Rakesh Hooda b Anumanit Bains 6-0; Kashish b Aftab 7-5; Abhishek b Karan Kapoor 6-1.