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Rape: Husband held, 2 others booked
Tribune Reporters

Dera Bassi, December 7
The police has booked three persons for raping a married woman. According to information, a resident of Amlala village, was allegedly raped by two friends of her husband. The woman was married to Randheer Singh of Mohali in 2006.

The couple was undergoing a stressful relationship since the time of their marriage. The victim had alleged in her complaint that she was repeatedly raped by Kala and Jasbeer Singh, both residents of Bagrian district, Sangrur, with the consent of her husband, for a long time.

She informed the police that she was taken to Shimla by the accused and was raped for several months. She alleged that she was threatened by the accused for keeping this matter secret.

The police has booked Randheer Singh, Kala and Jasbeer Singh under Sections 498-A, 376, 506, 368, 328, 376 and 120-B of the IPC. Though Randheer Singh was arrested, the other two accused were absconding.

2 bikers killed in accident

Bassi Pathana: Two motorcyclists died in a head-on collision of their motorcycles on the Bassi Pathana-Khamano road near Bhakra main canal bridge today. A schoolboy was also seriously injured in the accident.

While one of the motorcyclists, identified as Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Giljian Mohalla, Bassi Pathana, died on the spot, another victim, identified as Charanjit Singh, a resident of nearby Mustafabad village, died in the local civil hospital.

According to the DSP, Gurmeet Singh was returning home with his child from Navodya Vidalya on his motorcycle. As he reached near the bridge he had a head-on collision with the motorcycle of Charanjit Singh, who was returning to his village from Bassi Pathana.

Both the motorcyclists and the child were seriously injured. A passer-by informed the police about the accident. While Gurmeet Singh died on the spot, Charanjit Singh and the child were taken to the civil hospital. After some time Charanjit Singh also breathed his last. The child was still recovering from injuries.

The bodies were handed over to the relatives after the postmortem. The police has registered a case.

Punjabi singer’s briefcase stolen

Zirakpur: Unidentified miscreants took away a briefcase of a Punjabi singer by breaking a windowpane of an SUV parked outside his office on the Zirakpur-Patiala highway here this afternoon.

In his complaint to the police, Jaipal Sahota stated that he had parked his car outside his office around 12 pm.

When he came out around 1 pm, he found the rear side windowpane of his car was broken and the briefcase, containing official documents, house registry, cheques and ATM cards, was missing.

The police stated that the matter was being looked into after receiving the complaint.

One held with stolen truck

Fatehgarh Sahib: The police today claimed to have recovered a stolen truck with stolen scrap worth Rs 13 lakh from steel town Mandi Gobindgarh.

Mandi Gobindgarh SHO Bikramjeet Brar said the truck was driven away by its cleaner Ujwal,, a resident of Assam.

The accused was intervened near a police post on the Delhi-Rajpura road and was arrested by a special team of the police especially constituted to arrest him.

A case in this connection has been registered against the accused at the Mandi Gobindgarh police station and further investigation is on.

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800 take part in school sports meet
Tribune News Service

Patiala, December 7
Narain Public School celebrated its annual sports meet in the school stadium, here today. Municipal Commissioner Manjit Singh Narang was the chief guest.

Enlightenment of the baton marked the beginning of the meet. School managing director Avtar Singh Arora also graced the occasion. The entire school was abuzz with activity and the students were having a gala time. The students that left the audience spellbound presented many sports events including aerobics, yoga, martial arts etc. More than 800 students participated in various sports events. The students who had brought laurels to the school in the international arena were also awarded.

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Auditorium for Kalka College by month end

Kalka, December 7
The Aruna Asif Ali Government Postgraduate College, Kalka, will soon get an auditorium. Informing this, SK Manocha , principal of the college, said that the construction work of the auditorium was in full swing and was on the verge of completion.

He said that the construction work, which was likely to be completed by May, 2010 was now expected to be completed by December, 2010. — OC

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CRIME

Molestation Case
Students record statement with police
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 7
Four molestation victims today recorded their statements, strengthening the prosecution case, against the music teacher Shyam Bahadur Thapa, who had surrendered in the district court last evening.

According to sources, the children in their statement confirmed that Thapa used to call them one by one in his room and touched their private body parts. They told the police that they had informed their parents about this who had further complained to the principal of Army School, Chandimandir.

The principal, after conducting the inquiry, had filed a complaint to the Chandimandir police for registering a case against Thapa under Section 354 of the IPC. However, Thapa had said false allegations were being levelled against him as he had refused to teach the ward of one of the teachers after school hours.

Superintendent of Police Maneesh Chaudhary said they were investigating the case. However, he refused to divulge the details stating that this could hamper the investigation.

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Theft at bank: Cops zeroing in on suspect
Akash Ghai/TNS

Chandigarh, December 7
In an effort to crack yesterday’s case of theft of a bag containing Rs 5.45 lakh from the HDFC Bank at Sector 17 here, the Chandigarh Police is zeroing in on a person who made a transaction just before the incident.

The police suspects that the person, who entered just two minutes before the other three suspects, made a transaction at the bank.

“After verifying the CCTV clippings, we have found that the first person suspected entered the bank at 12.56 pm while the other three came in at 12.58 pm. The first also made a transaction at the bank,” said Jaswinder Singh, SHO of the Sector 17 police station.

Meanwhile, another employee of SIPL, Manjit Singh, who was present at the time of the incident, said he, along with Jaspal Singh, was counting the cash when the bag was lifted.

“Jaspal placed the bag near him on the floor. I told him to be careful,” said Manjit, adding that they noticed four persons sitting on chairs behind them. “After some time, two of them came to us and stood near us. After the bag went missing, we first thought that a staffer of another company, who was there to deposit money, had played a prank,” said Manjit.

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Student assaulted in school
Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 7
Ashwani Kumar, a class XI student of Government Senior Secondary School, Phase III-B1, was injured when a group of about 10 boys, who were armed with lathis, barged into the school canteen and injured him.

The boy who led the attack is reported to be from the same school. Hundreds of students were present in the school when the incident took place. A complaint has been lodged at the Matour police station.

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Two bookies arrested
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, December 7
Acting on a tip off, the police today arrested two bookies involved in betting on the cricket match between India and New Zealand from Sant Kirpal Singh Nagar in Pabhat village here this evening.

The accused have been identified as Gobind Kumar Ahuja, a resident of Sant Kirpal Singh Nagar, Pabhat village, and Naresh Kumar of Badal Colony, Zirakpur.

The police team raided a house and arrested them and recovered two mobile sets and a note book from the bookies.

The police official stated that during interrogation it was found that the culprits had links with Haryana-based bookies and were betting in favour of India’s victory. A case has been registered.

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Man killed while boarding bus

Panchkula: Jatinder Pal, a resident of Raipur Rani, was run over by a bus at Trilokpur Chowk this morning. He died on the spot as his head was crushed under the rear tyres of the bus.

According to information, Jatinder was boarding a moving bus to go to his office, an automobile company located outside the town. However, his foot slipped and he fell in front of the rear tyres, which resulted in his death.

A case of negligent driving has been registered against the bus driver in the Raipur Rani police station.

Notably, such incidents have occurred earlier as well as the drivers hardly stop at the bus stop. The passengers were being forced to board the moving buses. — TNS

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Youth dies in mishap
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 7
A 25-year-old youth lost his life after his motorcycle skidded on the road leading to Mauli Jagran here last night. The deceased was identified as Vijay Bhatt of Baltana village, NAC Zirakpur.

An employee of Cafe Coffee Day, he was going towards Mauli Jagran after finishing his duty around 11 pm, according to police sources.

It seemed that his motorcycle skidded as the road was under repair, said the police.

Vijay sustained head injuries in the accident and succumbed to those in hospital.

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SPORTS
 

Shemrock academy drub Mount Carmel B
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 7
Quick fire 22 off 22 ball by Aman helped Shemrock Cricket Academy beat Mount Carmel B team by 7 wickets in the First BTS Rising Star Cricket Tournament U-11, held at BTS cricket Academy here today.

After winning the toss, Mount Carmel elected to bat first and were all out for 55 runs in just 13 overs. Arjit 15 in 22 balls, Sourav Saha 12 in 19 balls were the main scorers. For Mount Carmel Ashish 2 for13 and Aman 2 for 15 were the main wicket takers.

In reply, Shemrock Cricket Academy achieved the target of 56 runs in just 7 overs and lost 3 wickets in the process. Aman 22 in 22 balls and Zorawar 17 in 25 balls were the main scorers. For Mount Carmel Sarab was the only wicket taker who took 3 wickets for 22 runs.

Brief scores:

Mount Carmel(55 all out in 13 overs) - Arjit (15 in 22 balls)Sourav Saha (12 in 19 balls) Ashish(2 for13) Aman (2 for 15)

Shemrock Cricket Academy: 56 for 3 in7overs - Aman (22 in 22 balls) Zorawar(17 in 25balls) Sarab(3 for 22)

In the second half of the day, Mount Carmel A team defeated BTS Challengers by 6 wickets. After winning the toss Mount Carmel elected to field first.

Brief scores:

BTS Challengers:(92 for 8 in 15 overs) Ashu (18 in 22) Rythem (11in11) Anuj (3 for 21)

Mount Carmel A: (93 for 4 in 9.2 overs) - Alias(20in 22 Parneet (17in18)Gourav (2 for 20) Rythem (2 for 21)

Mount Carmel A won by 6 wickets

Fixtures for tomorrow:

1st Match DAV15 v/s BTS Challengers at 9 am

2nd Match between BTS Royal v/s Shemrock Cricket Academy at 11.30 am.

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Hockey Championship
Army Red defeat Indian Navy
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 7
Army Red defeated Indian Navy by 5-1 on the second day of the 58th Inter Services Hockey Championship being held at 3BRD Air Force Station here today.

From Army Red side, J Kujur scored two field goals in the seventh and 27th minutes. Hav Madhik scored a field goal giving 3-0 lead to his team in the 40th minute.

Subedar Ignace Tirkey also scored a field goal in the 45th minute. Kiro of Indian Navy scored the only goal through penalty corner in the 50th minute to reduce the margin by one goal.

Ekka of Army Red scored the 5th goal in the 64th minute through penalty corner.

The second match was played between Army Green and Indian Air Force. Air Force defeated Army Green by 4 - 2 in penalty shoot out. Army Green was leading by 1-0 at half time by the penalty corner goal scored by Poovanna in the 25th minutes. Air Force replied back in the second half in the 39th minutes by a penalty corner conversion by SS Yadav. The match went on to extra time and ended in penalty shoot out.

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Kuldip gets gold for leadership
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 7
Kuldip was awarded gold medal for leadership and Fatima for being the best all rounder in the school in the first annual function-cum-sports day of the British School, Sector 44, here today.

PK Sharma, D.P.I. (schools), awarded the winners on the occasion. The programme started with a unique event named Monkeynastix followed by a difficult PT, synchronised through practice. Concentrating on physical fitness ethos among its children, the school organised such events. Students stamina and prowess were further endorsed by gymnastics (ground work) performed by boy students. Girl students performed ribbon gymnastics with equal skill and grace.

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Taek won do championship

Mohali: Students of Golden Bells Public School, Sector-77 won 20 medals in the 14th District and 8th Muye men and women categories of BS Walia Memorial Taekwondo Championships at Mohali organised by the District Taekwondo Association, SAS Nagar, a press note released here said. School also got the overall second position in the championship. — TNS

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