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Five booked in fraud case
Tribune News Service

Ambala, April 12
Five persons, including two jewellers of Sarafa Bazar, Ambala Cantt, have been booked in a fraud case. Sources said the manager of Andhra Bank complained to the police against three persons, including Madan Lal Verma, Geeta Verma and Deepak Verma, all residents of Ram Nagar area of Ambala Cantt, who had secured a loan of Rs 8 lakh. They took the loan in October 2009 against gold ornaments, which were later found impure.

The police said local jewellers Sanjay and Pardeep had inspected gold ornaments on the direction of bank officials for the sanctioned the loan and issued a certificate of purity to the bank, which was fake.

Bank sources said not a single loan instalment was paid by the accused in the past one-and-a-half years, which made them suspicious and gold ornaments were got checked again and were found impure.

The police started investigations after registering a case against five persons, including the two jewellers.

Wheat procurement begins at Dera Bassi
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, April 12
The government purchasing agencies started procuring wheat yesterday, 10 days later than the date fixed, in the grain markets of Dera Bassi and Lalru. Farmers of this area were waiting for the government agencies to purchase their crop.

Some farmers were forced to go to the grain markets of Haryana due to the delay on the part of government purchasing agencies. Market committee officials said nearly 1,500 quintal wheat was purchased in the grain markets of Lalru yesterday out of the total arrival of 4,000 quintal wheat.

Markfed, Warehouse, Punjab Agro and the FCI had started procuring wheat at Lalru, Jarout and Tasimbli. Nearly 400 quintal wheat was purchased in the grain markets of Dera Bassi, out of 1,200 quintal arrival, till yesterday by Punjab Agro and the FCI.

Secretary of the Dera Bassi market committee said this time wheat procurement was being done at the new grain market at Dhanouni, which was spread on 10 acre. Earlier, farmers were forced to take their crop to congested one-and-a-half-acre grain market in a residential area. He expressed hope of more wheat arrival in this market than last year.

Literacy camp for jail inmates
Tribune News Service

Ambala, April 12
A special legal literacy camp was organised at the Ambala Central Jail under the directions of the Haryana legal services authority. Several undertrials brought their problems to the notice of a senior advocate and former president of the bar association Om Parkash Malik.

He promised them that their problems would be brought to the notice of the District and Sessions Judge, who is also the chairman of the District Legal Social Authority.

A retired ASI of the Railway police said his pension was not being paid to him since he was confined to the jail.

Another undertrial said he hailed from UP and was not being given an advocate free of cost for the past four months. Malik said that anyone whose annual income was less than Rs 75,000 and belonged to the general class could get the benefit of free legal aid.

Under the law, women, freedom fighters and their families, persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and destitute were entitled for free legal aid, irrespective of their annual income. He said majority of the criminal acts were committed under the influence of intoxicants like liquor, opium, poppy husk, smack etc. He appealed to the jail inmates to pledge not to take intoxicants. On the appeal of Malik they raised their hands to desist from taking intoxicants.

2 thieves nabbed in Pinjore
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, April 12
The district police nabbed two thieves who were trying to escape in a car after stealing a laptop and silver jewellery from a house in Officers’ Colony at Pinjore late last night.

A police team, led by SHO Dalip Singh of the Pinjore police station, apprehended two thieves near Mallah turn point, when they were trying to escape in an Indica car.

However, their third accomplice, identified as Sammi, managed to escape from the site. Hari Dass received a fracture in his leg as he made a futile attempt to flee from the site.

A case has been registered in the Pinjore police station and a laptop, silver jewellery worth Rs 95,000 and Indica car were recovered from the accused.

The two accused were produced in a court today which remanded them to judicial custody at Central Jail, Ambala. Further investigation in the case was on and the police was claiming to arrest the remaining accused soon.

YPS come down heavy on Scindia school
Tribune News Service

Patiala, April 12
On the second day of the 10th Dhruv Pandove Memorial Cricket Tournament being played at Yadawindra Public School (YPS), Patiala, hosts Yadawindra Public School beat Scindia School, Gwalior, by 123 runs.

Meanwhile, the matches were delayed due to rain showers in the morning.

Batting first, YPS, Patiala, scored 200 runs for the loss of four wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

The main scorers for the hosts were Viren (87) runs and Harkirat (49), while the main wicket-takers for Scindia School, Gwalior, were Harshwardhan (1 for 21) and Piyush Mittal (1 for 36).

In reply, Scindia School, Gwalior, scored 77 for nine wickets in the allotted 20 overs.

The main scorers for Scindia School was Bharat Binwani (22), while for YPS, Patiala, it was Rajeshwar Brar (2 for 8) and Arush (2 for 29) and Sidhart (2 for 19).

Hockey carnival begins today
Tribune News Service

Ropar, April 12
Silver Jubilee Dashmesh Hawks All-India Hockey Festival, Rupnagar, begins from tomorrow at Hawks Stadium, Bela road, Ropar.

Jatinder Singh Aulakh, SSP, Ropar, and the president of the organising committee of the festival, said Chaudhary Swarna Ram, the Minister for Technical Education, Social Security and Women and Child Development, Punjab, shall inaugurate the festival at 3 pm.

SS Saini, general secretary of the Hawks Club, said 12 teams would participate in festival. The final match would be played on April 17 at 2 pm. The festival woul be covered by Punjabi channel PTC News, Fastways and Doordarshan Jalandhar.

Winning team would be given a cash prize of Rs 51,000, besides the winning trophy. Runner up would get the cash prize of Rs 31,000. All players would receive individual prizes.

SPORTS

Tarundeep wins Baisakhi junior golf
5 get green jackets for topping merit list
Our Golf Correspondent

Chandigarh, April 12
Tarundeep Chadha outplayed Dhruv Kumar in the playoff to clinch the A Category title in the Baisakhi Junior Golf Tournament played on the par 72 greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club here today.

Karandeep Kochhar and Kartik Digvijay Singh were also tied after regulation time in the C Category. In the play-off, Kartik played a better game to clinch
the title with Karandeep occupying the first runner-up spot.

Fresh from his triumph in the CGA junior championship, Harsh Gangwar emerged winner in the B Category, with Aadil Bedi romping home winner in the D Category.

The girls' event was won by Natasha Gill with Jaipreet Ghuman finishing second.

The Chandigarh Golf Club also gave green jackets to five “Players of the year” in different age categories after the completion of five tournaments in the Junior Golf Mission 2016 started by Chandigarh Golf Club president BS Gill.

Those given the green jackets for topping their respective categories were Aadil Bedi (D Category), Karandeep Kochhar (C Category), Feroz Grewal (B Category), Tarundeep Chadha (A Category) and Jaipreet Ghuman (overall girls' category).

Baisakhi junior golf results

Category A: Tarundeep Chadha 1, Dhruv Kumar 2, Rahul Kumar 3; Category B: Harsh Gangwar 1, Pukhraj Gill 2, Feroz Grewal 3; Category C: Kartikye Digvijay 1, Karandeep Kochhar 2, Jaiveer Singh 3; Category D: Aadil Bedi 1, Chinmaya Mahajan 2, Ekamveer Guron 3; girls' overall category: Natasha Gill 1, Jaipreet Ghuman 2.

Junior Golf Mission 2016 merit list (after five tournaments): Category D: Aadil Bedi 166 points, Digraj Gill (133), Karanvir Singha (104); Category C: Karandeep Kochhar (148), Jaiveer Singh Sandhu (136), Kartik Digvijay Singh (115); Category B: Feroz Grewal (135), Jairaj S Sandhu (119), Pukhraj Singh Gill (116); Category A: Tarundeep Chadha (140), Prabhdeep Singh Ghai (78), Angad Aulakh (72); girls’ overall category: Jaipreet Ghuman (113), Natasha Gill (89) and Sukhneer Saini (81).