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COURTS

Samjhauta Blasts
Accused to be produced on Feb 8
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, January 27
Swami Aseemand, arrested in connection with Samjhauta blasts, was not produced in district court here by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) today.

The officials of the NIA moved an application before the specially designated NIA court stating that as the ATS of the Rajashthan police, probing the Ajmer blasts, has got Aseemanand’s police remand till February 5, so they would be able to produce the accused only after February 5.

Aseemanand, whose 14-day judicial custody ended today, was to be presented before the court here. However, the Rajasthan ATS had taken him into custody on production warrant earlier in connection with blasts in Ajmer.

Ajmer Court’s order about the police remand of Aseemanand was also produced in the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Kanchan Mahi by an official of the Rajasthan ATS. After going through the documents moved by the NIA and the ATS, the court deferred the hearing till February 8.

CRIME

Two youths stabbed
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 27
Two youths, including a student, were stabbed in two incidents on January 26. The condition of the injured was stated to be critical. They were admitted to Government Multi Speciality Hospital, Sector 16.

Unidentified persons stabbed Pardeep Singh, a student of Class XII Government Model School Sector 32, in Sector 22 yesterday. The police said he had a verbal altercation with someone and the latter stabbed him six times before fleeing from the spot.

The police said the two did not know each other and got involved in a violent brawl. Pardeep told the police that he could identify the accused. Pardeep’s friend Ravinder Singh was an eyewitness to the incident. The police have registered a case of attempt to murder under Section 307 of the IPC against the unidentified accused at the Sector 27 police station.

In the other incident, Suresh Kumar, 26, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 26, was stabbed and robbed of Rs 500 and his cell phone by unidentified assailants who came in a Qualis car. The incident took place near Timber Market, Sector 26. The assailants came in a White Qualis car. A case under Section 397 (robbery with intent to cause death) of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 26 police station. The victim sustained serious stab injuries. “The victim failed to note down the registration number of the vehicle. We have recorded his statements and have registered a case,” said Inspector Sri Parkash, SHO, Sector 26 police station.

Jewellery worth lakhs stolen

Chandigarh, January 27
A wedding ceremony turned awry for a Panchkula resident after her bag containing heavy jewellery was stolen from a house in Sector 37 today. Charu Sharma, a resident of Sector 9, Panchkula, reported to the police she had come as a guest of her relative to the house where her cousin’s wedding ceremony was scheduled to take place.

She told the police her bag containing a Nokia cellphone, two diamond jewellery sets, a ‘polki’ diamond set, two diamond bangles, a gold chain, a diamond pendant, a gold earring, 13 gold bangles, a gold ornaments set, four diamond rings, a gold ring, a diamond ring, two gold coins, a gold pendant and ` 5,000 in cash were stolen from house no 3505 in Sector-37, Chandigarh. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. — TNS

One arrested for theft bid
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, January 27
The police has arrested one person who attempted to steal money by breaking a State Bank of India ATM at the Zirakpur-Patiala highway near Lucky Dhaba yesterday. The case has been registered on the complaint of Tarlok Singh, security guard posted at the ATM, against Gursabh Singh, a resident of Ambala.

Investigating officer Shamsher Singh said the security guard complained that the accused had tried to break the upper portion of the ATM with a stone. The accused was produced before a Dera Bassi court yesterday, which remanded him in judicial custody, the investigating officer added.

Fraud

The police booked eight persons on charges of forgery and cheating on the complaint of Amarjit Singh, a resident of Sector 45-B.

The accused have been identified as Harnek Singh, Mal Kaur, Kuldip Singh, Bahadur Singh, Baljit Singh, Balkar Singh, Sewa Singh and Hair Singh, all residents of Pabhat village and Hardayal Singh, a property dealer.

The complainant had stated to the police that he had purchased a plot of 20 kanal from the accused and they took Rs 11 lakh in advance. He alleged the accused kept on dilly-dallying whenever he asked them to get the plot transferred in his name.

The accused neither got the plot transferred in his name nor returned his money, added the complainant. The investigating officer stated that the case was registered after recording the statements of the complainant.

Eve-teasing

Mohali: A security guard, Amandeep Singh, posted at the Army Institute of Law (AIL), Sector 68, allegedly misbehaved with a girl student of the college who had gone out of the college in connection with some work on January 23.

In a complaint to the police, Akansha stated that on January 23, when she entered the college gate, the security guard passed a lewd remark at her and tried to physically abuse her. She ran towards the girls’ hostel and lodged a complaint with the college authorities. The security guard is yet to be arrested.

Cheating

Harpreet, a resident of Sector 70, complained to the police that Parkash Chand, Baljeet Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Sandeep Kumar, while posing as owners of a house, cheated him of Rs 6 lakh while charging the amount as the consideration amount for sale of the house. The accused have been booked for cheating.

SPORTS

Aadil, Dhruv shine in junior golf
Our Golf Correspondent

Chandigarh, January 27
Nine-year-old Aadil Bedi carded a 10 over par 82 score to clinch the D category title in the fourth Chandigarh Junior Golf Championship played on the par-72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

The Class IV student of Vivek High School finished four strokes ahead of Digraj Singh who could muster a card of 86 followed by Arnav Jain at 88. An 81 card saw Mankirat Singh winning the C category title with Karandeep Kochhar finishing four strokes behind at 85, followed by Jaiveer Singh at 86.

Jaywant Choudhary and Karandeep Bajaj were tied for the top slot at 78 in the C category. However Jaywant was declared the winner as he had a better back-nine score. Another stroke behind occupying the third slot was Harsh Gangwar.

Dhruv Sheoron emerged the winner in the A Category firing the day's best card of four over 76. Placed a distant second, eight strokes behind, was Natasha Gill at 84, with Prabhdeep S. Ghai another three strokes behind at 88.

Chandigarh Golf Club president BS Gill said the fifth and final tournament of the 2010-11 five-leg junior golf championship would be held on April 13 and would be sponsored by Bajaj Travels.

Capt GS Ghuman, chairman, tournament committee, said: “We will hold the final junior tournament of the series on April 13 which will be called the Baisakhi Open. Thereafter every year till 2016 the Chandigarh Golf Club will conduct five tournaments to promote junior golf in the tricity.”

Gill also welcomed budding golfers to attend the first EGTF junior golf coaching programme of 2011 which will commence at the Chandigarh Golf Club on March 19.

FC Mittal Trophy
Chandigarh to clash with Jalandhar in final
Tribune News Service

Mohali, January 27
Chandigarh and Jalandhar will meet in the summit clash of the FC Mittal Trophy Cricket Tournament.

While Chandigarh disposed of Patiala by four wickets in the semifinal match played at the PCA Stadium here today, Jalandhar shown the doors to Ludhiana after registering a thumping victory of 119 runs over them in the second semifinal held at Ludhiana.

Earlier, Chandigarh won the toss and elected to field first. Patiala scored 280 runs for the loss of six wickets in allotted 50 overs. The local team achieved the target by losing six wickets in the course.

For Jalandhar, Kunwar Raina played a good innings and scored 98 runs in 113 balls with the help of nine boundaries and a six. He was ably supported by Jiwanjot Singh, who chipped in 72 runs in 104 balls.

For Chandigarh, Amit Uniyal (one for 48), Siddharth Kaul (two for 47), Bipul Sharma (one for 52) and Anshul Tripathi (two for 48) were the main wicket takers.

In reply, Chandigarh chased the target of 281 in 48 overs with the loss of six wickets. Bipul Sharma guided the team to victory with his unbeaten 73-run knock, while Gaurav Gupta (28), Amit Uniyal (34), Karanveer (34) and Gaurav Gambhir (44) were the other run getters.

In the second semifinal, Jalandhar were 245 all out in 49.5 overs. In reply, Ludhiana were all out at 126 in 39.4 overs.

Brief scores I:

Patiala: 280 for 6 in 50 overs (Kunwar Raina 98, Jiwanjot Singh 72, Amitoz Singh 44, Perry Goel 28 not out; Amit Uniyal 1
for 48, Siddharth Kaul 2 for 47, Bipul Sharma 1 for 52, Anshul Tripathi 2
for 48).

Chandigarh: 281 for 6 in 48 overs (Gaurav Gupta 28, Amit Uniyal 34, Karanveer 34, Bipul Sharma 73 not out, Gaurav Gambhir 44; Mohit Mohindra 1 for 22, Amitoz 1 for 24, Sarabjit Ladda 1 for 63, Ankur Jund 1 for 37, Jiwanjot 1 for 20).

Brief scores II:

Jalandhar: 245 all out in 49.5 overs (Satpal 40, Robin Singh 70, Sarabjit Singh 37, Abhishek Gupta 23; Deepak Bansal 2 for 49, Bharat Malhotra 2 for 18, Love Ablish 1 for 52, Rahul 1 for 27).

Ludhiana: 126 all out in 39.4 overs (Bharat Malhotra 25, Ankur Kakkar 20, Tarun Passi 21, Nitin Goel 18; Ishan Malhotra 3 for 30, Gurkirat Singh 2 for 36, Yogesh 2 for 18, Rahul Sharma 1 for 29).