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COURTS

Six detained till rising of court for drunk driving
Rajinder Nagarkoti
Tribune news service

Chandigarh, July 19
Continuing its drive against drunk driving, the special traffic court imprisoned six persons till the rising of the court today.

Since the past one month, the special traffic court of Deepak Raj Garg has awarded punishment to 25 drunk drivers.

The court awarded punishment to Prem Singh, a resident of Sector 47, (alcohol content of 146 mg, Harbir Singh, a resident of Mohali, (alcohol content 253 mg), Sunil Kumar of Sector 12-A, Panchkula (alcohol content 185 mg), Rajesh Kumar, a resident of PGI, (alcohol content 236 mg), Sandeep of Sector 32 (alcohol content 255 mg) and Mohali resident Sukhwant Singh, (alcohol content 184 mg).

DSP (Traffic) Vijay Kumar said apart from awarding punishment, the court also imposed a fine ranging between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 on drunk drivers.

The police also challaned 200 drivers, including 20 minors, for various traffic violations. A total of 125 challans were issued for helmet-less driving, the DSP added.

CRIME

Bus crushes BCA student to death
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 19
A 19-year-old student of Government College for Girls (GCG), Sector 11, was killed after being crushed by a speeding bus near Badheri roundabout in Sector 41 here this evening.

The victim, Romi, was a final-year BCA student and the youngest of three sisters. The police has arrested the driver of the bus, Satvir Singh, in a case of causing death due to negligent driving under Section 304-A of the IPC. A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

The incident took place when she was on her way to her residence in Sector 56 from a coaching centre in Sector 41 on her Honda Activa scooter. A Punjab Roadways bus hit her scooter from the rear. Her head was crushed under a wheel of the bus. She was rushed to GMCH-32 where she succumbed to her injuries.

2 get life term for murder

Additional District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra today awarded life term to the two residents of Faida village, near Sector 48, for murder.

The court had convicted the duo on Monday and had deferred the quantum of sentence for today. The case dates back to September 2009. The court has also slapped a fine of Rs 5,000 on the convicts.

On September 29, 2009, Jaspal Singh and Shiv Kumar had set Brij Lal, a resident of the same village, afire after pouring kerosene oil on him. Brij Lal succumbed to his injuries on October 1, 2009.

Driver flees with Rs 11 lakh belonging to employer
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 19
A 35-year-old man hired as a car driver fled with Rs 11 lakh cash belonging to his employer in Sector 17 on Tuesday. The police has filed a case against him based on the complaint lodged by a property dealer residing in Sector 15, Randhir Sood, alleging the suspect stole a briefcase containing Rs 11 lakh and some documents from his car.

The incident reportedly took place at around 2:30 pm when Sood went to Sector 17 to meet a senior government official. The driver of his car, later identified as Tara Chand, a native of Nepal, is absconding along with his family members.

Sources close to the police said the briefcase was kept on the rear seat of the car and Chand was aware about the cash kept in it.

Several important documents pertaining to land deals and properties were also in the briefcase.

Chand was hired by Sood a few months ago and was staying along with his wife in Kansal village near Chandigarh, the police said.

SPORTS

Deb-Dutta toil for win
Eetee-Vaibhavi made to sweat for victory
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 19
Bibaswan Deb and Anshuman Dutta defeated Himanshu Malli and Vishwanath Savadi in the men’s doubles of the CLTA-AITA Chandigarh Open-50K Men and Women Tennis Tournament, being organised at the CLTA complex and the Lake Sports Complex, here today.

In a tough match, Deb and Dutta won 2-6, 6-3, 10-8. In a prequarterfinal match in women’s doubles, Vineeta Singh and Victoria Chahal went down to Eetee Mehta and Vaibhavi Trivedi in a tough three-setter 2-6, 6-4, 10-6.

In a women’s singles prequarterfinal clash, Nupur Koul blanked Baljinder Kaur 6-0, 6-0. Gurinder Singh defeated Pulok Bhatacharya 6-0, 6-2 in the men’s singles category.

Results: women’s doubles: Manya Nagpal and Sanya Madan bt Nimrat Walia and Ayenaaz Sidhu 6-1, 6-2; Sonal Phadke and Sagaika Phadke bt Krishnali Bhonsale and Shilpa Dalmia 6-0, 6-0; Eetee Mehta and Vaibhavi Trivedi bt Vineeta Singh and Victoria Chahal 2-6, 6-4, 10-6.

Women’s singles: Natasha Palha bt Disha Saigal 6-0, 6-1; Shruti Dhawan bt Vineeta Singh 6-2, 6-0; Eetee Mehta bt Sonia Dayal 7-6(2), 6-3; Tarannum Handa bt Ravnoor Kaur 6-3, 6-2; Sagrika Phadke bt Vaibhavi Trivedi 7-5, 7-6(4); Natalia Khaniejo bt Abhilasha Ahuja 6-3, 6-2; Nupur Koul bt Baljinder Kaur 6-0, 6-0; Shweta C Rana bt Likita Shetty 6-0, 6-2.

Men’s doubles: Shahbaaz Khan and Sagar Ahuja bt Chinmay Pradhan and Sanjib Karkette 6-3, 6-3; Ankit Chopra and Gurinder Singh bt Aashish Kapoor and Surender Pal Singh 6-3, 6-4; Gary Singh Amor and Gurmohit Singh bt Nishit Vakil and Lohani Murtaza 6-1, 6-2; Vishvesh Sinha and Krishna Karsolia bt Maninder Singh and Abhilash Srivastava 6-2, 6-1; Pradeep Deswal and Arvind Sharma bt Bhavtaran Preet Singh and Ranjeet Singh 6-1, 6-3; Bibaswan Deb and Anshuman Dutta bt Himanshu Malli and Vishwanath Savadi 2-6, 6-3, 10-8; Rohit Bisht and Pulok Bhatacharya bt Ajay Yash Paul and Shyam Jagat 6-0, 6-1.

Men’s singles: Sidharth Rawat bt Sanjib R Kerketta 6-0, 6-3; Ankit Chopra bt Surya Pawan 6-1, 6-2; Pradeep Deswal bt Arpit Sharma 6-4, 6-7(4), 6-1; Sagar Ahuja bt Sachin Kumar 6-3, 6-4; Rohit Bisht bt Maninder Singh 6-4, 6-1; Vaidik Munshaw bt Shantanu Rajput 6-2, 6-3; Digvijay Singh Mehta bt Amardeep Jaglan 6-1, 6-2; Gurinder Singh bt Pulok Bhatacharya 6-0, 6-2.