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Tribune News Service

Kharar, July 14
Youth Akali Dal leader Jaspinder Singh Lali was attacked outside his office in Green Enclave at Daun village today.

While one person had received serious injuries, Lali suffered bruises. The attackers also fired two rounds of gunshots on Lali. As per the police, Manjit Singh and others were sitting at Lali’s office this afternoon when five persons barged into the office.

The accused included Billa from Teor village, Manga, Sukhwinder Chhindi and two unknown persons. They allegedly attacked Lali. When Manjit Singh tried to intervene, the assaulters attacked him too. Lali saved himself using a chair as a shield.

The accused then broke the furniture in Lali’s office and fled away from the scene. Lali and few others tried to follow them. Sukhwinder Singh Chhindi fired two rounds of gunshots on Lali but latter had a narrow escape.

Manjit was admitted to the Civil Hospital, Kharar, with multiple injuries. The Balongi Police has booked a case against Manga, Billa, Chhindi and others under attempt to murder and Arms Act.

Ropar, July 14
Ropar district bore the brunt of sweltering summer as transmission lines of Kotla powerhouse got snapped today.

The conductors number 2 and 3 of 132 kV powerhouse broke down at two places in Bharatgarh. The incident took place around 5 am.

After nine hours, the officials were able to restore one of the conductors. The second conductor could not be restored even past 9.30 pm.

Officials said the cause of conductors snapping could not be ascertained. “Usually, during summers, the load on conductors increases. Moreover, these conductors were old ones,” the officials said.

Chandigarh, July 14
Acting on a petition filed by Capt Sumit Kohli’s sister Namrita for an independent probe into his death a few months after he was awarded the Shaurya Chakra, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued a notice of motion to the Union of India.

Justice K Kannan also fixed November 8 as the next date of hearing in the case.

Seeking an independent inquiry into the mysterious death, Namrita’s counsel Ranjan Lakhanpal contended that the Kohli family had received a letter by an Army officer alleging Captain Kohli was murdered.

“The letter shows Sumit Kohli had expressed apprehension to his life from a commanding officer who was responsible for a number of fake encounters and other illegal acts committed by him and some other officers,” Lakhanpal contended.

Disputing the claim by the Army authorities that Kohli had committed suicide, Lakhanpal asserted that “it is not understandable as to how three empty shells were found at the place if there was only single shot injury”.

The petitioner also referred to two medical reports that were “contradictory”. As per one report, the entry wound was on the left side of the chin and as per the second, the entry wound was on the right side of the chin.

The petition says the family was not provided with the inquiry report. When the family moved an application under the RTI Act, the information was denied on the ground that the Act was not applicable in Jammu and Kashmir.

After the petitioner and her family moved the Delhi High Court, the inquiry report was provided. The petitioner has also attached the photographs taken at the time of Captain Kohli’s death in an attempt to show he was shot from point blank.

Chandigarh, July 14
The local police provided 25 photographs of the crime scene, call details of the accused and statements of witnesses to the counsel for the accused in the Khushpreet murder case at the district courts here today.

The police provided these evidences in response to an application moved by the accused before the court.

Last week, the defence counsel had filed an application before the court in which he had demanded copies of 25 photographs taken by the police of the crime scene, call details and statements of witnesses recorded under Section 161 of the CrPC.

The UT counsel had sought time to provide these evidences on the plea that the pictures were in the process of being developed and would be provided to the defence counsel soon.

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 vicinity of the victim’s house and had planned his kidnapping to tide over their financial liabilities. Khushpreet, a kindergarten student and son of a dairy owner, was kidnapped on December 21 near his house in Burail. The family, which informed the police within a couple of hours of the crime, bemoaned that the casual attitude of the police had resulted in the escape of kidnappers with the ransom amount of Rs 4 lakh from a police trap on December 23. The boy’s body was recovered on January 5 near a pit in Mohali.

Chandigarh, July 14
The police on Tuesday arrested four persons for their involvement in the theft of motor vehicles here.

The accused have been identified as Vishal and Satish, both residents of Burail village.

Two cars, including a stolen Esteem car (PB 12 F 9890) and a Maruti car, were recovered from their possession.

The Esteem car was stolen from the jurisdiction of the police station-34 on Monday.

Also, the police arrested two other accused - Ashu, a Burail resident, and Rohit, a resident of Sector 44 C - and recovered a Maruti and an Esteem car from their possession. The police said the accused were being interrogated for more recoveries.

Chandigarh, July 14
The local police today arrested Mohamed Naseem, a truck driver, after his vehicle hit the wall of a plot, leading to the death of domestic help Uma Dutt.

Mohali, July 14
The Mohali Police today booked the wife of Additional Advocate General, Punjab, Nishinderjeet Singh for allegedly trespassing, causing grievous hurt and intimidating Narinder Kaur, a friend of Nishinderjeet, at her house in Sector 67 here yesterday. The accused, Sukhjeet Kaur, had come from Rajpura.

Though the family of Sukhjeet alleged that the police was acting under the pressure of the Additional Advocate General and was not registering a case against him and his friend, the police claimed that it was Sukhjeet who trespassed into the house of the other woman and caused injuries to her.

The SHO, Phase XI, said the case had been registered on the basis of medico legal report (MLR) of Narinder Kaur issued by the Civil Hospital, Phase VI.

He said the statement of Sukhjeet, who was admitted to Silver Oaks Hospital, Phase IX, could not be recorded as neither she nor her MLR was available.

The SHO further said they would proceed on the basis of the statement to be given by Sukhjeet.

Chandigarh, July 14
A 60-year-old man died when the scooter he was riding on was crushed by a truck near Colony number 5 here this morning.

The victim, Ajit Singh, was going towards Sohana on his scooter when he was killed. The truck driver fled the spot of crime.

The victim was a resident of Sohana and was returning home when he was killed.

A case of causing death due to negligence under Section 304 A of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.

Chandigarh, July 14
Adding one more feather in its cap, the Panjab University’s (PU) sports department is hosting a camp for selecting team for the upcoming Badminton World University Games.

The Games are schedule to be held in Shenzhen (China) from August 12 to 23.

A total of 14 players, including seven boys and seven girls, are selected for the camp. Notably, Oscar Bansal, Saurabh Kapoor and Purnika Bhandri (girls’ category) are local players and students of PU.

The camp is being held under the supervision of coach Suriender Mahajan, Bhupinder Singh of Delhi, whereas third coach from Calicut has yet to join the camp.

“The players are undergoing a tough training during both morning and evening sessions. The strength work is taken up in the morning, whereas stretching and nurturing on techniques and strokes is done during the evening session,” said coach Suriender Mahajan.

According to information, the AIU committee will do the final selection. The team is expected to arrive on June 18. The team will also finalise the number of players in the final list.

“It is a great achievement for us. We are equipped with all facilities and professional coaches are supervising the camp. The players are also provided good stay in air conditioned rooms and quality food,” said CS Grewal, director, sports department, PU, and a member of the organising committee.

Chandigarh, July14
After hosting the camp of Badminton World University Games, Panjab University (PU) has been awarded to host the inter-university tournaments of handball and softball, by the All-India University (AIU) authorities.

The PU campus will organise the inter-university, north zone, and all-India tournaments of handball and softball events this year, after successfully organising the all-India level tournament, last year.

“We were awarded the events at a recently held meeting of the AIU. The final dates to organise the events will be decided after considering the AIU annual calendar. The participants will be given a proper stay, including quality of food,” said CS Grewal, director, sports department, PU.