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NEIGHBOURHOOD

2 in dock for forgery

Dera Bassi, September 30
The Dera Bassi police has booked two persons on charges of forgery. A case was registered on the recommendation of the tehsildar Dera Bassi.

In the investigation conducted by the tehsildar it was found that Dilbagh Singh, son of Darshan Singh, and Rameshwar Dass, son of Babu Singh, both residents of Ranimajra village had presented false documents regarding some piece of land and they had been successful in getting a loan of Rs 63 lakh from Vijaya Bank. — OC

Woman falls off bus, dies

Ambala, September 30
Paramarjit Kaur (26), a resident of Dera village, fell down from a Haryana Roadways bus while boarding it at Naraingarh. She fell down from the bus and sustained injuries.

Passersby took her to the Civil Hospital, where doctors referred her to the PGI, Chandigarh, but she succumbed to her injuries on the way to Chandigarh last night.

In another incident, two MBA students, Deepika and Aastha, were injured after a car hit their scooter near Kalpi. They were on their way to E-Max Engineering College at Kalpi near Ambala Cantt. Driver of the car lost control and also hit another three-wheeler.

COURTS

10-year term for drug peddling
Tribune news service

Panchkula, September 30
A local court today awarded 10 years imprisonment to a Sector 9 resident Sohan Lal, under the NDPS Act. The case dates back to August 2010, when the Panchkula police had arrested Sohan Lal and recovered 10-kg opium worth Rs 5 lakh from his possession.

Meanwhile, the court acquitted another accused Hakam Rai, father of Sohan Lal.

Five get 7-yr jail for causing death

Chandigarh, September 30
District and Sessions Judge SK Goel awarded seven-year imprisonment to five persons on the charges of causing death due to negligence. The case dates back to May 2008. The court awarded imprisonment to Talwinder Singh, Vikram, Balbir, Ajay and Bahadur, all residents of Sarangpur.

The accused had attacked Khuda Ali Sher resident Shiv Kumar with swords on May 2, 2008. After the attack, injured Shiv Kumar was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. — TNS

CRIME

Man booked for damaging govt property
Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, September 30
The Zirakpur police today booked Prithpal Singh, a resident of Bhabat village, for allegedly entering the Pabhat Stadium after breaking the lock of the gate and damaging government property inside. A case has been registered on the complaint of the MC junior engineer.

The police official stated that in his complaint, Ashok Kumar, MC Junior Engineer, alleged that they got an information that the accused had entered the stadium after breaking open the lock of the front gate of the stadium. He alleged that the accused had destroyed the green field inside after running a tractor over it.

The police said that after getting a complaint, a case was registered against Prithpal.

SPORTS

Sambalpur academy lift Administrator's cup
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 30
The Sambalpur Football Academy (SFA) of Orissa defeated Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) to win the ninth Administrator's Challenge Cup Football Tournament for Boys (U-17) at the football stadium in Sector 17 here.

The SFA defeated the CFA 3-0. Gorachand Marandi drew the first blood in the 26th minute of the game, while Md Aziz Hussain doubled the lead in the 40th minute. Sawan Marandi sealed the team’s victory after scoring the third goal in the 66th minute of the game.

Earlier, the Sahayatri Football Academy, Howrah, defeated Indian Football Association, Kolkata, 2-0 in a tie-breaker for securing the third place in the tournament.

The winners were awarded a glittering trophy, along with a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh, while the Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) were given the runners-up trophy, along with Rs 1 lakh. The Sahayatri Football Academy was awarded Rs 50,000.

PU flouts norms, fields ‘ineligible’ players in tourney
Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 30
The sports department of Panjab University has flouted norms by fielding ‘ineligible players’ in the recently held inter-college football tournament. The matter came to the light during the final selection of inter-university football team, when it was found that three players Prabhdeep, Hardeeep and Jagjeet were declared unfit for the tournament.

Notably, the same players participated in the inter-college tournament while representing the campus and the authorities were oblivion of the fact that the players were ineligible to be part of the team. The team, however, secured the third place in the tournament.

Earlier, the players were enrolled in Punjabi stream at GGS Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, Ludhiana, but after they flunked, they sought admission to PU and changed their stream.

But as per rules, a player cannot play or represent the campus, if he or she changes stream after failing an exam.

However, the authorities washed their hands of the issue saying players should have informed them about the matter. But here the question arises whether the clerks cross-checked the players’ documents or not.

“The players kept us in dark, no doubt the clerks failed to cross-check their documents, but we cannot verify each and every degree of a player. We can only take action against such players,” said CS Grewal, director, sports, PU.

On the other hand, coach of the team Bhupinder Singh, who was appointed by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), said, “My duty is to train players. As far as the facts are concerned, office staff should verify those,” said Bhupinder, under whose guidance the same players represented Panjab University in the inter-university tournament held last year.

However, when asked whether the PU campus team would be disqualified for fielding players in the inter-college tournament, he replied, “If the participating teams in the tournament had protested against the campus team, we would have definitely taken action against the players, but now nothing can be done,” said Grewal.

Earlier, a player of Khalsa College, Mahilpur, was allowed to attend the ongoing inter-varsity camp even though he failed to impress the panel of selectors on the day of trials. The player was allowed to attend the camp after a special permission by head of the sports department, Panjab University, was given. But a member of the selection committee said the panel had dropped the player as he failed to perform well. “If he is given a chance, other deserving players should also be given a chance,” said the member.