Panchkula, September 7
District and Sessions Judge Manjit Singh today dismissed the bail application of Sahil Puri, an accused in the Panchkula gangrape case. After hearing the arguments from both parties- the applicant and the prosecution- the court had reserved its order on the bail application.

Puri in his application had stated that he was being falsely implicated in this case. But the Panchkula police had opposed his bail application stating that the investigation of the case was at a very crucial stage and bail to the accused would ultimately hamper the probe.

On the complaint of the victim’s family, the Panchkula police on June 28 had arrested Sahil Puri, a resident of Sector 2, and a mechanical engineering student at a Baddi-based private university, and Marshal Arora of NAC, Mani Majra, a BA student of a private college in Chandigarh.

An FIR has been lodged under Section 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her into marriage) and 376-G (gangrape) against both the accused at the Sector 5 police station.

The victim’s father said the accused were known to his son and often used to visit their house. He said on June 26 he had gone out for some work and when he returned his daughter was missing. He said after looking for her for some time, he informed the police and soon the two accused threw her near the gate and fled in a car.

As the girl was in a semi-conscious state, they could not get any information from her. He said her daughter narrated the whole incident to them on June 27 and thereafter they lodged a complaint with the Sector 5 police station.

Chandigarh, September 7
A local court today remanded the PGI admission scam mastermind, Gaurav Shalin, in 14 day judicial custody after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not press for his further police custody.

The CBI produced Gaurav Shalin in the district court after the completion of eight days of police remand. CBI counsel Tarun Goyal moved the application for accused’s judicial custody, which was granted by the court.

Gaurav was arrested on August 30 on charges of running the entire racket involving admissions in the PGI for MD/MS courses in 2009. On September 28, 2010, the anti-corruption branch of the CBI had arrested two junior resident doctors of the PGI, Dr Amit Musale and Dr Sujay Sonawane, who had allegedly secured admission by paying hefty sums and cleared the entrance examination with the help of impersonators.

According to the CBI, Gaurav had got Amit and Sujay admitted to MD pharmacology and MD paediatrics, respectively, at the PGIMER, Chandigarh, by using unknown persons to impersonate the two in the entrance examination.

Amit and Sujay used to convince aspiring candidates of the legitimacy of the admission process being followed by Gaurav.

Chandigarh, September 7
Giving a sudden boost to the spirit of players, the UT sports department has decided to award Rs 2 lakh to winners of the forthcoming 9th All-India Administrator Challenge Cup Football (U-17) Tournament, scheduled to be held from September 22 to 30 here.

It is for the first time in the history of UT sports department that the authorities have decided to award the winners with this hefty amount.

The authorities have also decided to award Rs 1 lakh and Rs 50,000 to the first and second runner-up of the tournament, respectively. The third position holder will be awarded for the first time in the tournament.

According to the given information, 21 teams will vie for the running trophy, including two teams from the city. The players would be provided free lodging and food.

“A total of Rs 20 lakh is expected to be spent to organise this tournament. Except cash prizes, organisers will also adjudge the best players and mementoes will also be awarded to team members,” said Rahul Gupta, director sports, Chandigarh.

Notably, the All-India Football Federation (AIFF) will back this tournament for the first time and will provide railway travel concessions to the teams coming to participate in the competition after travelling a distance of more than 500 km.

“We were expecting more participation this year and we hope that the hefty cash prize will make the tournament more popular,” added Rahul.

Chandigarh, September 7
The Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42 (GCG-42), defeated Post Graduate Girls’ College, Sector 11 (GCG-11), in the first match of the ongoing Panjab University Inter-College Kabaddi Tournament for Women being played at the gymnasium hall, Panjab University, here today.

For the first time the tournament has been organised on the mat surface indoors.

GCG-42 thrashed GCG-11 by 58-6. In the second match of the day, Khalsa College, Garhdiwala, overcame SGGJ Girls College, Raekot, by 46-24 and GCG-42 defeated GN College, Narangwal, by 55-32.

The GN College for Girls, Muktsar, got the better of GM Khalsa College for Girls, Kottan, by 44-09 and GNN College, Doraha, overcame SD College for Women, Moga, by 63-15.

Chandigarh, September 7
Ajay Gupta got the better of Rishi Wahi during a match of the 1st Chandigarh Club Amateur Snooker Tournament being held at the Chandigarh Club here today.

Ajay beat Rishi by 2-1 (39-50, 63-33, 32-22). In another match, Vishal Gupta overcame Sanjay Kaushal by 2-0 (69-13, 60-40), while Saurav Nayyar defeated Suresh Chaudhary by 2-0 (66-50, 70-64).

Results: Vineet Khosla bt Neeraj Kaushal 2-0 (81-40, 53-35); Ravi Mohan Singh bt Mahesh Chaudhary 2-1 (48-38, 48-52, 61-59); Vaibhav Anand bt Jaspal Singh 2-1 (69-57, 51-57, 49-31).