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Three killed in train mishap
Tribune Reporters

Ambala, July 7
Two sisters, Megha Batra (17) and Richa Batra (16), were killed in a train mishap near Tangri bridge near here.

According to sources, Megha and Richa, residents of Nanhera village near Ambala Cantt, were killed when they were hit by separate trains on the Ambala-Saharanpur railway track last evening.

Megha was trapped on the Ambala-Saharanpur line and was run over by a train. Sources said on hearing Megha’s cries, Richa, a few metres away on another railway line, in a attempt to save her sister, was hit from another train coming from Saharanpur.

On getting information, the GRP reached the spot and took the bodies in their possession and sent them to the Civil Hospital for the postmortem today.

In another accident, Rajesh Kumar (22), a resident of Parshu Ram Nagar, Ambala City, died after reportedly jumping before a running train near a closed railway crossing in Ambala City last night.

A suicide note recovered from the victim’s pocket stated that he was ending his life due to failure in love affair with a girl of different caste since her parents were not prepared for inter-caste marriage. The victim had also disclosed the name of her beloved in the suicide note, police sources said.

Two youths killed in accident

Bassi Pathana: Two local motorcycle-borne youths died in an accident here last night. Pankaj (25) and Jaspreet Singh (24), residents of Dhobi Mohalla, were returning to their homes when they hit an electricity pole on the roadside near the bus stand. Some bystanders and the police took the victims to the Civil Hospital where they were declared dead on arrival.

Some residents, led by senior Congress leader OP Tangri, protested against the non-availability of doctors to conduct the postmortem today. Ultimately, the SMO called doctors from the Civil Hospital, Fatehgarh Sahib.

Pankaj was the only brother of three sisters, whereas Jaspreet had returned from England and was about to go back. The bodies were handed over to the relatives after the postmortem and cremated in the evening.

4 booked for building illegal colonies
Tribune Reporters

Lalru, July 7
The police has booked four persons, including two brothers, for building illegal colonies in Humayunpur village near Lalru.

This case was registered on the complaint of officials of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority.

A case was registered under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995, under Section 36 (1) against Harpreet Singh, Hardeep Singh, Surinder Singh, and Gurpreet Singh, residents of Humayunpur village.

Youth ends life

Mohali: A youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a factory in the Industrial Area, Phase VIII, today. The victim, Mohammad Mustafa (27), was working in the factory.

The police got information about the suicide from factory workers. The police said he was under depression from the past few months. A suicide note stated that no one should be held responsible for his death. An inquest proceeding has been initiated.

3 arrested for cheating

The Mohali Police today claimed to have arrested a gang involved in arranging fake visas. Mohali SSP GPS Bhullar said three employees of Sri Sai Kairpa, SCO 549, Sector 70, Tamana, alias Nidhi, manager Taranjeet Singh Kohli and Vikram Jaiswal were arrested for possessing passport with fake visas of Canada.

Owner of the immigration company Nina Sharma was absconding.

The case was registered on a complaint lodged by Jagjit Singh, a resident of Ferozepore, who said on June 15 the accused charged Rs 1.30 lakh as advance from him to arrange visa for Canada.

Another Rs 9 lakh was charged after the vias was arranged and the passport was handed over to him. On reaching the Canadian Embassy he found it to be fake.

A case under Section 420, 465, 467, 468 and 120-B of the IPC and Section 24 of the Immigration Act has been registered at the Matour Police Station.

Arrests sought

Zirakpur: Family members and relatives of Gagandeep Kaur (26), who was allegedly strangulated to death for dowry by her in-laws on June 30, today demanded the arrest of the three family members of Gagandeep’s in-laws. However, the husband of the deceased, Kulwant Singh, had surrendered to the police. He was sent to jail today.

On June 30, Gagandeep was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her house in Himmatgarh Dhakola village. The police said the other accused would be arrested soon.

One held for murder

Panchkula: With the arrest of Dharam Pal, a drug addict, the police here today claimed to have solved the murder case of Prem Pal, a resident of New Indira Colony, whose body was found near the railway underpass in the Mansa Devi Complex area on July 5.

The police said there was old rivalry between Prem and Dharam.

Dharam had first drugged Prem and then hit him with a brick on his head, resulting to his death on July 4.

Earlier, Ganga Bishun, father of the deceased, had also alleged that Dharam had murdered his son as both had a verbal duel about eight months ago.

He had alleged Dharam had been threatening his son to eliminate him for the past about six months.

Overbridge construction hangs fire, commuters bear brunt
NHAI wants Punjab government to bear 50 per cent cost of project at Dera Bassi, which the latter has not approved so far
Parmod Mehta

Traffic chaos is routine near the bus stand, posing a threat to pedestrians crossing the national highway, at Dera Bassi. And (right) Commuters drive on the wrong side for a shortcut. Tribune photos: Nitin Mittal

Dera Bassi, July 7
The issue of constructing an overbridge on the national highway here has been pending due to a cost-sharing disagreement between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Punjab Government.

Though residents of the area have been raising the demand for an overbridge, the cost-sharing issue has not been resolved till now. In the absence of an overbridge, a number of accidents have occurred near the bus stand on the highway.

The municipal council and the block grievances committee have passed resolutions for constructing an overbridge. The NHAI has been demanding that the state government bear 50 per cent of the cost, but the latter has not approved the project yet.

NHAI project director Anil Dahiya says the GMR, which has done four-laning of the highway, has not constructed an overbridge as it is not in the agreement. The GMR has quoted Rs 40 crore as project cost and the NHAI has agreed to bear 50 per cent of it.

An appeal has been sent to the state government to bear the other half of the project cost, but there has not been any response. A meeting in this regard will be held with the Chief Minister shortly, says Dahiya.

Deputy Commissioner Varun Rojam has said the case has been sent to the department concerned, but a response has not been received yet.

MLA Jasjit Singh Bunny has said the issue has been raised with the Chief Minister.

Councillors Sheema Sharma, Ranjna Saini and Vipin Thaman say the absence of an overbridge has been causing accidents near the local bus stand. GMR official Vaibhav Sharma says they have not gone ahead with the project as it is not in the agreement.

COURTS

Hit-and-run case suspect appears in court
Gives undertaking he won’t leave country before trial
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
Baljot Singh Gill, a suspect involved in the case relating to the death of VN Singh, a former principal of Government College of Art, Sector 10 and a consultant with the Le Corbusier Centre, gave an undertaking before a local court on Thursday that he would not go abroad without seeking the court’s prior permission.

Gill, a non-resident Indian, appeared in the court response to an application moved by Singh’s family members in which they had sought directions from the court to the Chandigarh police to impound the former’s passport. After the suspect’s statement before the court, additional chief judicial magistrate KK Goel disposed of the application.

The complainant, Singh’s son Nishal Anand Singh, argued in the application Gill’s passport should be impounded as there was apprehension about the suspect having an intention to get rid of criminal liability and could flee the country to escape trial.

Earlier in February, Gill failed to get any immediate relief from the Punjab & Haryana High Court as the latter directed him to move a fresh application in the trial court for restraining the local police from impounding his passport. Earlier too, a city district court had dismissed his application in this matter.

Singh, a resident of Sector 7, succumbed to his injuries on December 9 last year at Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32 where he was in a state of coma ever since the two-wheeler he was riding was hit by a speeding car driven by Gill, a Sector 8 resident.

The incident occurred on November 28, 2010 on the road dividing Sectors 7 and 8 and the car’s driver managed to flee the accident scene after abandoning the injured man at Government Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 16. Later the hit and run suspect was arrested on December 1 last year.

Fatal accident

The incident took place on November 28, 2010 on the road dividing Sectors 7 and 8 and the car’s driver managed to flee the accident scene after abandoning injured VN Singh, a former principal of Government College of Art, Sector 10, at Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16.

Khushpreet Murder case
Supplementary chargesheet filed against accused
Rajinder Nagarkoti
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
The UT Police today filed a supplementary chargesheet against three accused in the Khushpreet murder case that was cracked in March this year.

The police filed a supplementary chargesheet against prime accused Sukhdev Singh, a resident of Burail, his brother Gurvinder and their servant Nand Kishore in a case of murder under Section 302 of the IPC. Earlier on May 27, UT Police had filed the first chargesheet against the accused.

Meanwhile, counsel of the accused filed an application before the court in which he demanded copies of 25 photos of crime spot which were clicked by the UT Police, call details and statements of witnesses recorded under Section 161 of the CrPC. Replying to the application moved by the counsel of the accused, UT Police counsel assured the court that the same would be provided on the next date of hearing. The court has deferred the hearing till July 13.

The brutal kidnapping and murder case that rocked the city was cracked with the arrest of two brothers on March 22. The accused lived in the neighbourhood of the victim and had planned his kidnapping to tide over their financial liabilities. Khushpreet, a kindergarten student and son of a dairy owner, was kidnapped December 21 last year from near his house in Burail. The family, which informed the police within a couple of hours, bemoaned that the casual attitude of police officials led to the kidnappers getting away as a police trap to arrest the kidnappers failed and they fled with the ransom amount of Rs 4 lakh on December 23 last year. The boy's body was then recovered on January 5 near a pit in Mohali.

CRIME

Woman hurt in snatching incident
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
A 40-year-old woman resident of Sector 27 faced a harrowing time as her purse was snatched by two youths on a bike and as she resisted, she suffered an injury on the arm.

A mother of two daughters, the woman was going towards her residence on foot when she was attacked. She reported to the police that two unidentified persons riding a black motorcycle snatched her purse containing Rs 2,000, a mobile phone, ATM card, bank passbook and PAN card. She suffered an injury and was administered first aid at the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16.

The police has added Section 323 (causing hurt) in addition to Sections 356, 379 (snatching) of the IPC in the FIR registered at the Sector 26 police station. Sub-Inspector Hans Raj said the woman noted the number of the bike, but it turned out to be fake.

Woman held for Rs 2.3-cr fraud

Chandigarh, July 7
The police today arrested a woman, identified as Rajni Sabharwal, for the alleged forgery of Rs 2.3 crore.

The woman was booked along with six others following a complaint by Amit Dewan of Sector 2, Panchkula. The complainant alleged that Kamlesh Handa, Harsh Handa, Ravi Handa, Jog Mitter and Rajni Sabharwal entered into an agreement to purchase House No 771 at Sector 22 with him and total sale consideration was made between them for Rs 2.3 crore. He paid Rs 70 lakh as token money to the persons. However, the accused did not get the agreement executed in the office of the Sub-Registrar, Chandigarh, and also got the NOC granted by the Estate Officer cancelled, which was in the name of the applicants. — TNS

SPORTS

Cricket tourney
Banyan Tree drub Stepping Stones to enter final
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
Banyan Tree School (BTS) defeated Stepping Stones Cricket Academy, to enter the final of the ongoing St. Stephen's Junior Cricket (U-12) Championship, being held at St. Stephen's School, Sector45, here, today.

Earlier in the match, while batting first, Stepping Stones team set a target of 119 in the allotted 25 overs. Hardik scored 51 runs for the team. For BTS school, Manan took 3 wickets for 23.

In reply, BTS achieved the target in 24 overs. Manan after a fine bowling spell, contributed 37 runs to guide the team to victory. For Stepping Stones Rishab took 2 wickets for 35.

Brief Scores

Stepping Stones: 119 for 8 in 25 overs (Hardik 51, Abhijot 14, Manan 3 for 23 and Karan 2 for 17);

Banyan Tree School:120 for 6 in 24 overs (Manan 37, Ayush 19 and Rishab 2 for 35).

CLTA-AITA National tennis Series
Sachin beats Dheeranush in quarterfinal match
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
Local player Sachin Kumar defeated his counterpart Dheeranush Singh Bhatti in the Boy’s (U-14) quarterfinal match, in the ongoing CLTA-AITA National Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-14 and U-16), being held at CLTA and Lake Club Complex, here today.

Sachin defeated Dheeranush by 0-6, 6-2 and 6-4.In the boys (U-16) category, Fatehdeep Singh of Punjab defeated Jajbir Singh in straight sets by 6-3 and 6-1.

In a pre quarterfinal clash of girls (U-14) category, Zeel Desai of Gujarat overcame city girl Gayatri Kumariah by 7-6(6) and 6-1 whereas in the girls’ (U-16) category, Victoria Chahal of Haryana defeated another city girl Bhavya Wadhawan by 6-4, 4-6 and 6-1.

Results

Quarterfinals

Boys (U-14)

Sachin Kumar (Chandigarh) defeated Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (Chandigarh) 0-6, 6-2, 6-4;Alex Solanki (Delhi) defeated Nikhil Passi (Maharashtra) 6-2, 6-3;B.R. Nishkep (Karnatak) defeated Dhruv Pal (Uttrakhand) 6-3, 7-6(3) and BS Rahul (Karnataka) defeated Param Pun (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-1;

Boys (U-16)

Fatehdeep Singh (Punjab) defeated Jajbir Singh (Punjab) 6-3, 6-1;Sachin Kumar (Chandigarh) defeated Jude Raymond (Andhra Pradesh) 6-4, 6-4;Hardeep Singh Sandhu (Punjab) defeated Gagan Sharma (Rajasthan) 6-3, 6-2 and Shashank Nautiyal (Delhi) defeated I.B. Akshay (Tanil Nadu) 6-2, 6-4.

Pre-quarterfinal results

Girls (U-14)

Prabhuti Singhania (Punjab) defeated Thanushree Palani Vale (Tamil Nadu) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3;Zeel Desai (Gujrat) defeated Gayatri Kumariah (Chandigarh) 7-6(6), 6-1;Vanshika Sawhney (Delhi) defeated Nandini Sharma (Punjab) 6-1, 6-2; A. Shameema (Tamil Nadu) defeated Jaya Bhandari (Delhi) 6-2, 6-0; Karman Kaur (Delhi) defeated Snehal Umesh Mane (Maharashtra) 7-5, 6-1;Rashmitha Pasula Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) defeated Bhavya Wadhawan (Chandigarh) 6-3, 6-2;Sruta Kirti Gunuganti (Andhra Pradesh) defeated Isha Budwal (Madhya Pradesh) 6-3, 6-3 and Pranjala Yadlapalli (Andhra Pradesh) defeated Simran Wadhwa (Delhi) 6-4, 6-3.

Girls (U-16)

Rimpledeep Kaur (Punjab) defeated Snehal Umesh Mane (Maharashtra) 6-0, 6-0;Himani Mor (Haryana) defeated Tanushree Palani Vele (Tamil Nadu) 6-3, 6-0;Victoria Chahal (Haryana) defeated Bhavya Wadhawan (Chandigarh) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1;Prabhuti Singhania (Delhi) defeated Samriti (Delhi) 6-0, 6-2;Vanshika Sawhney (Delhi) defeated Anupreet Bedi (Delhi) 6-0, 6-4;Pranjala Yadlapalli (Andhra Pradesh) defeated Zeel Desai (Gujrat) 6-2, 6-4;Renu Sharma (Haryana) defeated Pooja Mourya (Punajb) 6-1, 6-2 and Riya Bhatia (Delhi) defeated Kavita Mishra (Punjab) 6-1, 6-1.

Preena, Gurnoor, Kudrat win top honours in swimming
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 7
Preena Kaur, Gurnoor Kaur and Kudrat Takhar won the top honours in the girls (U-8) 25-meter breaststroke event, during the ongoing swimming competition being organised by the Sports Department, Chandigarh, at the All-Weather Swimming Pool Centre, Sector 23, here today.

Preena Kaur secured first position after completing the race in 0.28.99 seconds while Gurnoor Kaur reached the finish line in 0.31.34 seconds. Kudrat Takhar finished third after completing the race in 0.31.91 seconds.

In the boy’s (U-10) 50-meter breaststroke event, Asav Kumar won the race in 0.52.36 seconds whereas Raghvansh finished second after completing the race in 0.56.58 seconds. Deepanshu booked the third position in 1.02.33minutes.

In the girl’s (U-10) 50 -meter breaststroke, Soumya Nayyar won the top place in the 0.59.72 seconds, Nishita finished second in 0.59.82 seconds whereas Luvya Singh Lamba finished the race in 1.00.53 minutes to finish third in the competition.

Results

Boys (U-12) 50-meter breaststroke: Aditya V. Kaul 0.39.84, Ranjot Singh 0.46.76, Shubam Arya 0.47.60

Girls (U-12) 50-meter breaststroke: Akansha Sethi 0.47.12, Khushnoor Kaur Walia 0.48.62, Disha 0.52.85

Boys (U-14) 50-meter breaststroke: Kanwaljit Singh 0.42.55, Ashraf 0.44.87, Amijot Singh 0.45.65

Girls (U-14) 50-meter breaststroke: Chahat Arora 0.36.38, Manimehtab 0.39.49, Varsha Tanwar 0.47.95;

Boys (U-17) 50-meter breaststroke: Amandeep Singh 0.33.37, Sahil Saulania 0.35.42, Maninder Singh 0.37.64;

Girls (U-17) 50-meter breaststroke: Anmol Kaur 0.39,67, Shubhkarman Dhaliwal 0.41.48, Sukriti Nehra 0.44.11;

Boys (U-8) 50-meter freestyle: Saleh Barghamadi 0.47.91, Dhruv 0.57.07, Sidharth Singla 1.03.51;

Girls (U-8) 50- meter freestyle: Preena 1.00.80,Tisha Kapoor 1.03.38, Pavit Bhalla 1.12.33;

Boys (U-12) 50- meter backstroke: Chirag 0.39.10, Aditya V. Kaul 0.41.90, Yashik Goel 0.47.95;

Girls (U-12) 50- meter backstroke: Khushnoor Kaur Walia 0.50.47, Barkat Singh 0.54.05, Kashish 1.03.46.