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3 held in double murder case
Mother, son were killed for money, jewellery: Police
Tribune News Service

Kharar, July 29
The Mohali police claimed to have solved a year-old double murder case with the arrest of three Morinda residents. Two scrap dealers, Anita and her son Sunny, were found dead at their home with their cash and jewellery stolen on July 1 last year. However, the police had initially ruled out robbery.

Over a year later the police said it had apprehended two of the suspects, identified as Shambu and Raj Kumar, in Bangala Basti, Morinda and a third - Bitoo - near the train tracks close to Bangala Basti, Kiratpur. All the three are said to be aged between 22 to 30 years.

Mohali senior superintendent of police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said during investigations into the case a CIA team led by Gurcharan Singh found the two scrap dealers had been murdered by four men. “The fourth suspect, Kala alias Bhundi, a resident of Kurali, is already in an Ambala jail in connection with some other criminal case. He was also questioned by the Kharar police after they took him into its custody on a production warrant”, he added.

According to the police, the four suspects were engaged in collecting scrap from households and markets to sell to Anita and Sunny. One day they noticed a large amount of money kept at Anita’s home and decided to rob it the same night. They scaled the walls of the victims’ home and first strangulated Sunny and then his mother. The suspects then fled with some jewellery and cash that they distributed among themselves near Kurali.

“This Bangala gang used to strike at houses and ‘deras’ situated away from the locality. These people are notorious criminals and are already several cases of robbery and theft have been filed against them in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab. In the recent past they have committed crime near Kalka in Haryana, Nangal in Ropar district and in Una in Himachal”, the cops said.

The police is continuing its investigations into the double murder case.

Ambala, July 29
Two persons, including a woman, were killed and five others seriously injured in a road accident on the National Highway No. 73, near Bichli Dhamoli village in Ambala district here today.

According to eyewitnesses, a Canter driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into a stationary auto-rickshaw. A motorcycle coming from the opposite direction was also hit.

Surjit Kaur, a resident of Bichli Dhamoli village, and Dharam Singh, a resident of Ganeshpur village, who were travelling in the auto-rickshaw, died on the spot.

The five injured were admitted to the Civil Hospital, Naraingarh, with the help of villagers.

Sources said two of the injured, Sushil Kumar and Ami Chand, were referred to the PGI, Chandigarh, while Rajinder Kaur and Balvinder Kaur were referred to the Sector-6 hospital in Panchkula. The fifth victim, Girdhara Singh, has been admitted to the Shahzadpur health centre.

Ambala, July 29
A 22-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging himself in his house at Chhota Shivala in Ambala Cantonment here on Friday.

According to the police, the victim, Ankur, was employed at a shop in Kabari Bazaar.

The death came to light this evening when his mother Sunita Devi returned home after work and failed to get response to her repeated knocks at the door.

The door of the room, on the second floor, was found locked from the inside. She then peeped through the window and saw her son’s body hanging from the ceiling of his room. She raised the alarm and neighbours broke open the door. The victim was taken to the Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantonment, where the doctors pronounced him brought dead. The Parao police has registered a case.

Lalru, July 29
In a freak incident, a two-year-old boy was killed after being hit by buffalo at Tarark village, near here, today. The victim, Vishal, was a resident of Mamumajra, Kurukshetra. The child was staying with his relatives at Tarark village.

The child was playing in the ground of his relatives’ house when a buffalo hit him. He was taken to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he was declared brought dead. The police has initiated proceedings under Section 174, IPC.

Chandigarh, July 29
High drama prevailed at Government School, Khuda Ali Sher, today when an English teacher, Gandhi Verma, was allegedly thrashed by two youths after the school hours.

The incident took place after 2 pm when Verma left the school premises and was headed home. Two youths on a motorcycle approached him and allegedly started slapping him. He caught hold of one of them but he escaped before the police came.

“I could not identify the boys. I am generally on duty in grounds to ward off the outsiders and they must have been scolded by me. We called the police but by the time we could hand over the guy to them, he fled.

This issue has once again brought to fore the lack of security outside schools. Why would teachers bother to maintain discipline when our security is not ensured?” questioned Gandhi.

The police has registered a case and is searching the suspects on the basis of a picture clicked by Gandhi from his mobile.

Chandigarh, July 29
A 25-year-old scooterist died after she was crushed by a car in the inner market of Sector 35 here today.

The victim, identified as Jaspreet Kaur, was employed in a private hospital. Her friend, Gurpreet Kaur, was riding pillion.

The police has arrested the driver of the Maruti Zen Car (PB-65B-0058), identified as Pankaj Goel, in a case of causing death due to negligence under Section 304-A of the IPC.

The accused is a resident of Naya Gaon and runs a factory.

Chandigarh, July 29
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two youths, who took her away from the school during the half break to a house in Ram Darbar.

The police has arrested one of the youths while his accomplice is absconding. The medical examination of the girl has confirmed rape.

The girl, a class X student of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Ram Darbar, was allegedly blackmailed by the youths who told her that they would circulate her obscene MMS.

In her complaint, the girl told the police that the two youths, identified as Bhaskar and Gaurav, were her former seniors and called her outside the school. Both are adults and unemployed. The duo then threatened her and took her to the house of Gaurav where they raped her. They also recorded her in a video camera while being raped, she alleged.

The police said both the accused were notorious and Gaurav had a criminal background. A case of rape has been registered at the Sector 31 police station. Bhaskar has been arrested.

Chandigarh, July 29
Mohammad Sajid Dhot and Jimmy Singh Maibam, two local football players from St Stephens School, have been selected to represent the nation’s football (U-16) team by the All-India Football Federation (AIFF).

The duo has been selected to represent Indian junior team in the upcoming SAARC tournament to be held in Nepal next month. The team has left for Nepal to participate in the competition, from Delhi, today.

After making it to the 30-member probables list, both the defenders were expected to make to the final team, after performing well during the camp held in Goa.

“I am very happy with the selection of the players. The players deserve to be in the final list. Both the players are in good form and they will prove their mettle against the opponents. The achievement will help the players to boost their football career” said elated coach Suriender Singh.