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Rs 9.5 lakh fake currency seized, two held
Rajpura, July 8 Though the police did not disclose much detail about the case, however, a senior police officer, on condition of anonymity, confirmed the arrest of two Patiala residents. He said the arrests were made this evening from near Rajpura. He said one of the accused is already facing similar charge of using or preparing fake currency in the past as well. The officer said the source of computers or printers used in preparing fake currency or the modus operandi was yet to be ascertained. He said appearance of the seized currency almost match with the original one. The officer said the police was working on the case for the past many days and two accused were finally arrested today. Preliminary investigation revealed that one shopkeeper from Patiala was also involved in the crime and could be arrested tonight. The police officials said they would disclose all details tomorrow at a press conference at Rajpura.
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Residents allege irregularities in free allotment of plots
Ambala, July 8 The village sarpanch, Kusum Devi, and Jarnail Singh complained to the Deputy Commissioner Sameer Pal Srow demanding information through the RTI Act. The residents also met MLA Venod Sharma and asked him to intervene in the matter. They alleged that several names had been deleted from the approved list by village sarpanch Ram Swarup in 2009.The present sarpanch wanted to oblige his near and dears, they alleged. The Deputy Commissioner has ordered a thorough investigation in the irregularities in the allotments to the BDPO, Shahzadpur. As many as 183 plots at Badagaon were reported allotted to those families that were not eligible. The residents alleged that some plots had been allotted to those persons availing pensions after retirement and already owning plots. As a result a large number of genuine applicants were deprived of their rights. However, when the issue was raised in the grievances-committee meeting a few months back in which the Deputy Commissioner directed the BDPO to investigate and submit a detailed report but no action was taken in this regard. According to the policy, the eligibility of the family will be determined as per the BPL survey conducted by the Rural Development Department and one family will be considered as one unit. The sources said that the eligible family should be a resident of the concerned village and should not own a house or plot measuring 100-sq. yards or more and should not be an income tax payee.He added, the beneficiary also should not have any gainful employment in the government or semi-government establishment, industry, commercial establishment and society etc. During preliminary investigations, it was found that two cases had been detected where plots had been allotted to those already having plot in their name, nine cases had been detected in which plots had been allotted to those employed in government jobs or getting pensions and two plots had been allotted to a single person.
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Youth’s body found
Ambala, July 8 A case has been registered at Saha police station against five youths of the village on the complaint of the deceased’s family who told the police that five persons including Panni, Banti, Vikki, Manish and Bittu took him along with them last evening and he did not return in the night. Further investigations were on, the police said. |
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2 hurt in roof collapse
Ambala: Two women were seriously injured when the roof of a house collapsed in Ravi Das Basti of Ambala City following heavy rain in the region this morning.
According to information, the roof of the house was made of wooden planks. Four members of the family got buried under the debris and were rescued by neighbours. The injured women have been admitted to the Civil Hospital while two of the children who sustained minor injuries have been discharged. Karamjeet and Rajpal, owners of the house, said the house was old and they could not repair the roof due to financial constraints.
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12-yr-old boy drowns
Dera Bassi, July 8 As per information, two children, one aged 12years, vishal Thapa, son of Rishal Thapa, and 17-year-old Ramu, son of Ram Bhadur were trying to cross the choe with the help of an electricity pole and suddenly they slipped in to the choe from the pole that was put up on the choe for crossing purpose. Guddu and Bhajna of Dappar village who were present at a time of the incident jumped in to the choe and saved Ramu. Later, Ramu was sent to the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi, where his condition was stated to be stable and out of danger. Body of Vishal was found after six hours hours after the incident by the divers. SDM Puneet Goyal , tehsildar Gurminder Singh, SHO Gurdyal Singh and Santokh Singh , fire officer Avtar singh and personnel of fire brigade Dera Bassi and Dappar also reached the spot. The parents of victims belong to Nepal and are employed in the nearby industries. Parents of the children said that they were on duty and not aware of where their children had gone.
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6 hurt in clash, 13 booked
Lalru, July 8 As per information from the police, men of one group had attacked on the house of Subash Chand during which 6 persons got injured, including Subash Chand and his son
Dharminder. The police has registered a case against 13 persons including Sadhu Singh,
Mohit, sonu, Narinder , Davinder, kaku, Rajbeer, Billa, Balwinder,
Yashpal, Raghbeer all residents of Rajapur and Robin of Haryana under Sections 307, 323,452,432,148 and 149 of the
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High Court reposes faith in administration
Chandigarh, July 8 As the case came up for hearing this morning, the special Division Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Augustine George Masih called for placing on record a list of urgent requirements of the child and mother, to be provided with the intervention of the court. Before parting with the order, the Bench added it had no reason to doubt that the UT Administration would immediately swing into action and do the needful. The case will now come up for hearing on July 22. The High Court has already directed the UT Administration to open a bank account in the name of newly born child. The Bench had directed that the Chandigarh Administration, being the
principal guardian of the victim and her child, would open an account in the name of newly born child in a nationalised bank and inform the particulars to amicus curie in the case - senior advocate RS Cheema and Tanu Bedi. The Chandigarh Administration had earlier stated it would take full responsibility of upbringing the girl child, Pari, and her mother, the rape victim. The mentally challenged girl was allegedly raped by a sweeper of Nari Niketan. She complained of abdominal pain after shifting from Nari Niketan to Ashreya. After she was medically examined, she tested positive for pregnancy. The matter was then reported to the police. Passing orders against the termination of pregnancy of the victim, a Division Bench of the Supreme Court headed by the then Chief Justice, KG Balakrishnan, had held the medical opinion
given by the PGI favouring the continuation of pregnancy. The court also laid special emphasis on the desire expressed by the victim to deliver her baby.
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Resolve Kajauli water works issue, HC to Punjab, UT
Chandigarh, July 8 The High Court asked the state and the UT to convene a meeting and submit a detailed report on the decision taken to resolve the issue. The meeting was directed to be convened by October 3. The matter came up for hearing before the High Court during the resumed hearing of an ongoing petition filed by Mohali resident Kuljeet Singh Bedi. He was seeking directions to expedite the completion of phase five and six of the Kajauli water works, which would bring an additional 40 million gallons of water every day for the areas under covered by the tricity. Apprehending water scarcity in Mohali in the coming days, municipal councillor Bedi had also sought directions for the installation of adequate tubewells in Mohali and providing hotlines to water works at Mohali on priority basis. It was contended that presently a total of 13 million gallon water per day (MGD) was being supplied to Mohali, which included 10 MGD from Kajauli canal water and three MGD from the tubewells, whereas the requirement as of date was of 28 MGD. The Kajauli water works are located on the Bhakra mainline (BML) canal near Morinda in Ropar district from where the water requirements of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula, including Chandimandir Cantonment are met. UT standing counsel had earlier informed the Bench that Chandigarh was prepared to bring 40 MGD water from the Phase-V and VI of the scheme from Kajauli water at its cost and will allow 11 MGD as long-term royalty, free water to Mohali.
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Graft Case
Panchkula, July 8 Meanwhile outside the court complex, Kaushal’s family members were claiming that Kaushal was falsely implicated in the case. The Haryana vigilance team, led by inspector Madan Lal, had arrested Kaushal and Virender from the club at Sector 6 on Thursday night. Kaushal was allegedly demanding bribe from the swimming pool contractor, Harjit Singh, for not issuing a notice to him. As per vigilance officials, Kaushal was threatening Harjit Singh that he would issue a notice to him for a few faults in the pool. Finally, Kaushal told Harjit that he would not be issued a notice till he paid Rs 20,000. Thereafter, Harjit had filed a complaint with the vigilance and a trap was laid. Vigilance officials had arrested when Kaushal, after collecting the money from Harjit, was giving it to Virender to keep it in safe custody. Sources added that high drama was also witness on Thursday night when vigilance sleuths took both Kaushal and Virender to General Hospital, Sector 6, for the medical checkup. There Kaushal started complaining of chest pain but when doctors conducted a medical examination he was found fit.
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Domestic help held for theft
Chandigarh, July 8 Shyam Sunder Gandhi, a resident of Sector 35, alleged that Mukesh Rani laid her hands on diamond jewellery from his residence between February and May. The police has arrested the maid from her residence in Raipur Rani. A case under Section 381 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 36 police station. In May, five such cases were reported when domestic helps fled with cash from their employer’s house. In some cases, cops have managed to arrest domestic helps. Purse snatched
Two unidentified motorcycle-borne youths snatched the purse of a woman, Sitara Devi, a resident of Sector 26, last evening. The purse contained Rs 1,000, jewellery and some documents. The snatchers disappeared in the nearby colony after committing the crime. This is the 12th incident of snatching in the past six days.
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Decomposed body found in Sector 31
Chandigarh, July 8 The body was emanating foul smell and was at least five days old, the police said. The body is yet to be identified and the police suspects it to be a case of murder. The incident came to light at 4 pm when a gardener with the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation was cutting wild grass on the roadside near the Sector 31-C market and stepped on the body, which seemed to have been thrown in the grass. He informed the Police Control Room. The police reached the spot and a forensic examination team was called to collect samples. The body, with its head dumped in the ground, was lying flat and had maggots all over it. The man was wearing a grey coloured pant which had been torn apart. A search of the body was conducted and nothing was found that could ascertain the identity of the deceased. The police said it was possible that the man had been murdered somewhere else and his head smashed following which the body was dumped in the wild grass in Sector 31. However, the police also said the highly decomposed state of the body had made it difficult to ascertain whether he was killed or if he came to urinate and died in a drunk state. The police has initiated inquest proceedings. SHO, Sector 31 police station, inspector Jaspal Singh said it seems to be a case of murder but the picture would be clear only once the post-mortem is conducted.
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5 held in assault case
Panchkula, July 8 The police arrested Pankaj, son of Sudesh Rani, along with Amit Rana, Ankit Chaudhary and two minor accused. The police produced all the accused before a court and the court sent Pankaj to one-day police and others were sent to 14 days judicial custody in Ambala Central jail. The Panchkula police had registered an FIR under Sections 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC against Pankaj and other accused at the Sector 5 police station. Complainants Pankaj Chaudhary and Sarthak, residents of Harmilap Nagar in Zirakpur, had stated that the accused, Pankaj, along with 12 youths, had alighted from a white Innova car and attacked them at a Sector 10 market on Tuesday night.
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Swimming meet: Lovedeep, Maninder claim top spots in 50m butterfly
Chandigarh, July 8 The winner finished the race in 0.35.19 seconds, Manider finished second after completing the race in 0.36.59 seconds, whereas Sahil finished third after touching the finish line in 0.37.01 seconds. In the boys’ (14) 50m backstroke event, Rajaprithu Sharma finished first after covering the patch in 0.37.24 seconds, Tejinder Singh finished second in 0.37.77 seconds and Abhishek Arora finished third after completing the race in 0.40.19 seconds. Results Boys (U-17) 50m butterfly: Lovedeep S Banipal 0.35.19, Maninder Singh 0.36.59 and Sahil Ravesh 0.37.01; boys (U-14) 50m backstroke: Rajaprithu Sharma 0.37.24, Tejinder Singh 0.37.77 and Abhishek Arora 0.40.19; boys (U-10) 50m freestyle: Asav Kumar 0.36.03, Raghwansh 0.37.95 and Deepanshu 0.40.88; girls (U-10) 50m freestyle: Jasmeet Kaur 0.39.23, Soumya Nayyar 0.42.51 and Diksha Gupta 0.54.37; girls (U-12) 100m breaststroke: Khushnoor Kaur Walia 1.50.00, Anhad Kaur 1.58.36 and Disha 2.04.42; boys (U-14) 100m breaststroke: Kanwaljeet Singh 1.35.38, Amitoj Singh 1.38.16 and Ankit Arya 1.38.50; boys (U-17) 100m breaststroke: Maninder Singh 1.25.11, Ravesh 1.33.16 and Annwesh Dass 1.34.66; girls (U-17) 100m breaststroke: Anmol Kaur 1.29.91, Sukriti Nehra 1.36.37 and Sakshi Snarda 2.14.26; boys (U-12) 50m freestyle: Roshan Chirag 0.32.62, Ranjot Singh 0.34.08 and Shubam 0.35.29; girls(U-12) 50m freestyle: Akansha Sethi 0.39.11, Anhad Kaur 0.40.57 and Manvi 0.42.29; girls (U-14) 50m freestyle: Chahat Arora 0.30.61, Prachi Wadhawan 0.33.52 and Varsha Tanwar 0.37.64; boys(U-17) 50m backstroke: Ravinder Arya 0.30.82, Mridul Punia 0.33.42 and Vishwas 0.49.44; 50m (U-17) girls backstroke: Sahibpreet Kaur 0.39.42, Guntaash Kaur Gill 0.52.67 and Sakshi Sharda 0.58.52; 50m (U-14) boys freestyle: Kanwaljeet 0.32.46, Mukesh Trar 0.32.46 and Nilesh Biswas 0.32.74; girls (U-17) 50m freestyle: Sahibpreet Kaur, Anmol Kaur and Simran 0.49.73; boys (U-17) 50m freestyle: Mridul Punia 0.26.04,Ravinder Arya 0.26.34 and Lovedeep S Banipal 0.29.31; girls (U-14) 50m backstroke: Chahat Arora 0.39.15, Prachi Wadhawan 0.47.00 and Varsha Tanwar 0.48.48.
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