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Tribune News Service

Lalru, February 17
The police has booked five persons for stealing copper scrap from a company premises here. According to sources, the scrap was stolen from the spinning unit No. 1 of Nahar factory last night.

The police has registered a case on the statement of a company official.

Those booked include Harchand Singh and Charan Singh, both of Dappar, and Lakhwinder Singh of Sher Majra, near Patiala. The three were employed in the factory.

A shopkeeper, Mohan Sharma of Rajasthan, has also been booked in this case.

Kharar, February 17
A passenger of an HRTC bus was killed in a road accident near Balongi around 11.30 pm tonight. The bus driver, who was in an inebriated state, was driving the vehicle on the wrong side of the road.

Irate passersby thrashed the driver and tried to torch the bus after smashing its windowpanes.

The bus was later towed away to the Balongi police station. — TNS

Patiala, February 17
Students of Baba Zorawar Singh House, Khalsa College Patiala, bagged the overall trophy in the 51st annual two-day sports meet that concluded today. Joginder Singh, secretary, education, SGPC, was the chief guest.

Students of Baba Ajit Singh House, Baha Jujhar Singh House, Baba Jorawar Singh House and Baba Fateh Singh House participated in the final athletics events.

Dr Dharminder Singh Ubha, principal, Khalsa College, congratulated the winners.

Results

400m race (girls): Manpreet Kaur 1, Gurvarleen 2 and Amandeep Kaur 3; 400m race (boys): Gursewak Singh 1, Jagtar Singh 2 and Simarjeet Singh 3; discus throw: Jaspreet Kaur 1, Amandeep Kaur 2 and Reeta 3; shot put (boys): Jatinder Singh 1, Sandeep Kumar 2 and Karam Singh 3; single-legged race: Gurluvleen Kaur 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2 and Manpreet Kaur 3; 1,500m race (boys): Jagtar Singh 1, Sidharth 2 and Simarnjeet Singh 3; javelin throw: Gurjeet Singh 1, Gurinder Singh 2 and Jarinderpal Singh 3; discus throw (boys): Sandeep Kumar 1, Navdeep Singh 2 and Gurwinder Singh 3; long jump (girls): Amandeep Kaur 1, Gurpreet Kaur 2 and Rachandeep Kaur 3.

Students of Baba Ajit Singh House stood first in march past. Jagtar Singh and Gurluvleen Kaur were declared best athletes.

Chandigarh, February 17
A major theft in broad daylight was reported at the house of a lawyer at Sector 21 here today. The theft took place when all three members of the family had gone to work and the house was locked.

Neelam Makkar, lecturer at the MCM College in Sector 36, returned home to find her house ransacked and cash and jewellery worth over Rs 6 lakh missing.

Her husband, CM Makkar, is a lawyer and their son Ankush is a manager with a bank at Sector 9.

The couple left in the morning and Ankush left home at 11 am after locking the house.

Thieves broke the locks and fled with Rs 1 lakh in cash and gold and diamond jewellery sets within half an hour.

At 1.30 pm, Neelam returned to find the house ransacked. The police was called, which took samples. A case of theft was registered at the Sector-19 police station.

Chandigarh, February 17
Following a report by the UT administration into the disappearance of heritage items from Chandigarh, the police have booked former modeller Jaswinder Singh, a resident of Sector 27, in a case of criminal breach of trust under Section 409 of the IPC. A case has been registered at the Sector-3 police station.

He has been accused of selling objects, believed to be the UT’s property, to auction houses. He is the son of a modeller, the late Giani Rattan Singh, who worked closely with Le Cobusier’s team during the city’s early years.

The police have also formed a special investigation team, headed by DSP (Crime) Satbir Singh and comprising inspector Amanjot Singh and Sector-3 police station SHO inspector Mahavir Singh, to probe the case.

“He clearly sold items, which in most probability were the property of the administration. He was still having a large number of old drawings of important buildings like Raj Bhawan and the Secretariat in his possession. It poses a great security threat if these fall in wrong hands,” states the report by the administration.

In his reply to the inquiry officer, Jaswinder Singh has claimed that the models, drawings and carvings sold by him were his personal property and some of the auctioned items were, in fact, replicas made by him.

The inquiry was ordered following the auction of heritage items by the auction house Artcurial on February 16, 2010. The police will also seek an explanation from Kiran Joshi, former in charge of the heritage cell and an inventory of items in personal possession of the first Chief Architect, MN Sharma.

Panchkula, February 17
The local police today booked a man along with two others for allegedly trying to rape his daughter here.

A 15-year-old girl had yesterday accused her father of trying to rape her in the bathroom in December.

She had alleged that her father, along with an uncle and aunt, had beaten her up after she narrated the incident to the wife of her eldest uncle.

She said her father Surinder Singh had tried to outrage her modesty when she was bathing. When she resisted, he told her that he was under the influence of drugs and asked her not to talk about it to anyone.

She alleged that her father had made advances to her for several days after the death of her mother.

In his complaint to the Superintendent of Police, her grandfather said he learned about the incident from the girl recently.

“Surinder Singh, Satinder Singh and Savitri Devi had thrashed me, my two granddaughters, including the victim, and my elder son over some domestic dispute,” he alleged.

The police has registered a case under Sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC against Surinder Singh, uncle Satinder Singh and aunt Savitri Devi at the police station-5. — TNS

Chandigarh, February 17
Kapil Dev’s close associates pin their hopes on Team India to end the 28-year drought by lifting the World Cup while getting nostalgic about Kapil hoisting the Prudential Cup at the Lords in 1983.

“The only difference between the two sides being, the team back then were a dark horse, while the current Indian team are outright favourites,” felt Kapil’s coach DP Azad and his close friend Rakesh Jolly.

“When our team left the country to participate in the tournament, nobody had ever thought that Kapil’s squad would emerge winners,” said Rakesh Jolly.

“Winning the World Cup by the Indian team was like a miracle. And June 25, 1983 (the day when India won the cup) has become a red-letter day in India’s cricket history,” added the two.

Going down the memory lane, 74-year-old Azad said he still remembered each and every moment of the match.

“I watched the match at Chandigarh Press Club, Sector 27, with my family. We were all upbeat and convinced that our boy (Kapil) would do wonders in the match. But when India were bowled out for 183, all of us became apprehensive about the team’s win,” said Azad.

Recalling the highlights of the match, including Kapil’s brilliant catch of Vivian Richards, and the subsequent win over two-time World Cup winners, the septuagenarian coach termed the moment a dream. “It is difficult to define the feeling when I saw my disciple hold the coveted trophy in his hands,” said Azad.

“That day, we all friends, including many local journalists, celebrated like anything. People gathered outside my house in Sector 22 and started dancing to the beats of ‘dhol’, which went on into the midnight,” said Azad.

Azad recalls that he met Kapil on the third day after his arrival in the country. “He called me up and requested me to reach his Sector-16 residence. Kapil was very humble, as he personally attended all visitors,” said the coach.

Kapil’s close friend Rakesh Jolly, also a former Ranji player, said the former skipper threw a lavish party for his friends in Delhi the very next day of his arrival in the country.

“Kapil was happy taking the catch of Richards. Like everyone, he was of the view that the catch had changed the fate of the game. I then told him that it was his greatest knock of 175 not out against Zimbabwe that had laid the foundation of the win. We all just talked about the catch and the win while celebrating,” said Jolly.

“Whenever someone talks about the World Cup, Kapil Dev’s name automatically surface in our minds. We are proud that we are the closest associates of the legend,” said the two, adding that like every Indian they again wished Indian team to repeat the history.

Chandigarh, February 17
The 16th Annual Special Olympics Athletic Sports Meet for differently abled was organised by the Special Olympics “Bharat”, Chandigarh chapter, and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, at Sports Complex, Sector 7, here today. Around 250 special athletes from the tricity participated in 10 different events.

Pradeep Mehra, Adviser to the UT Administrator, distributed the prizes among the winners.

Results

Asha School for the Handicapped, Chandimandir, won eight gold medals, six silver medals and four bronze medals; Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, Chandigarh, clinched eight gold medals, six silver medals and four bronze medals; Don Bosco Navjeevan School, Chandigarh, won a gold medal; Institute for the Blind, Sector 26, Chandigarh, won 10 gold medals, nine silver medals and 10 bronze medals; Sadhana Vocational Centre, Mani Majra, Chandigarh, won three gold medals, two silver medals and four bronze medals; SOREM, Sector 36, Chandigarh, won eight gold medals, 11 silver medals and 10 bronze medals; Vatika High School-36, Chandigarh, won 12 gold medals, nine silver medals and 10 bronze medals; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, Chandigarh, won three gold medals, six silver medals; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, Chandigarh, won a gold medal; Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, Dhanas, won three gold medals and six silver medals.