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Dera Bassi, October 19
One person was seriously injured when he was attacked with a knife at Dappar village last evening.

Injured Mangu, son of Karmchand and a resident of Aganpur was admitted to CMCH, Chandigarh. Mangu had been attacked by a knife 16 times over. The police registered a case against accused Summy, son of Labh Singh, a resident of Dappar, under Sections 307, 324 and 323 of the IPC and arrested him. The police said that the two were drunk and had a brawl. The policesaid the accused would be presented in the court tomorrow.

Chandigarh, October 19
A local court has acquitted all four accused of murdering 42-year-old kitchen supervisor Vijay Kumar, who used to work at Western Court Hotel, Sector 43, after all six witnesses, including the victim’s wife, turned hostile. The case dates back to March this year.

Though the order was passed on Tuesday, its contents were made available today. The court acquitted Harvinder Singh, a former employee of the hotel and a resident of Kajheri village, and three others Jaswinder, Harmit and Tegvir Singh.

On March 10, the victim, Vijay Kumar, a resident of Butlera village, was assaulted with blunt weapons at Kajheri village by assailants and was dumped in front of his house in Buterla village in Sector 41.

Vijay had refused to take any medical help and gone to sleep even as his condition deteriorated the next morning. He was taken to the the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, where the doctors declared him brought dead.

Earlier, the victim’s wife, Anita, had told the police that her husband had told her before going to sleep that he had been beaten up with hockey sticks and iron bars by a former hotel colleague, Harvinder, a resident of Kajheri, along with some other people. He had refused to take medical help and gone to sleep, she had told the police.

However during the trial, she changed her statement and told the court that she was asleep when her husband had reached home that night and the next morning, when her husband’s condition started deteriorating, she along with some relatives took him to the hospital.

Vijay’s brother-in-law Khem Singh and four employees of the hotel also turned hostile during the course of the trial.

The police had informed the court that Vijay had left the hotel with the accused in a car. His scooter was found parked outside the hotel.

It had cited old enmity between Vijay and the main accused, Harvinder, as the cause of the crime.

The police had registered a case of murder at the police station-39.

Chandigarh, October 19
In what is being seen as a setback to the under-suspension Principal of Chandigarh DAV College, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the operation of a Panjab University communication recommending the revocation of his suspension.

Staying the operation of the orders, the High Court also issued notice of motion to the university and Dr BC Josan.

The directions by the Bench headed by Justice SK Mittal came during the hearing of a petition filed by the governing body of the DAV management committee.

The governing body submitted that as per the rules, Panjab University could not override the suspension order passed by the body.

Josan was appointed as Principal in April, 2008. He was transferred to Malout town in September, 2010 after differences with the committee. Josan did not comply with the orders and his services were placed under suspension on September 23 last year by the DAV college managing committee.

Among other things, he was blamed for running courses without affiliation. The committee then appointed Shashi Gupta as the officiating principal.

After Josan approached the High Court against his suspension orders, the Bench directed PU Registrar to take a fresh decision on the issue of his suspension.

Dubbing the DAV College, Sector 10, controversy unfortunate, the High Court had, in effect, refused to grant relief to the under-suspension Principal, but had directed the completion of the departmental proceedings against him within two months in July.

Panchkula, October 19
A 22-year-old woman was allegedly strangulated here today. The deceased identified as Puja, a resident of Bhaisa Tibba, had left for Baddi at around 5 am. Later her body and was found lying on the road near SCO 3 on the IT Park road.

The police has registered a case under Sector 302 of the IPC against unidentified persons.

There were no injury marks, but it was presumed that the deceased had been stragualted as a scarf was found around her neck, said the police.

Savitri, the mother of the deceased, said Puja used to go to Baddi for work and she always left home around 5 am. She was going to get married in January, she said.

The body had been sent for post-mortem examination and no rape was attempted on the deceased, said the police.

Chandigarh, October 19
An auto-rickshaw passenger was killed after the vehicle was hit by a CTU bus in Sector 26 here today. The victim was crushed to death in the mishap that occurred near the Sukhna bridge.

Chandigarh, October 19
Hoping to make a comeback in the ongoing India and England series, the English team sweated its out during their practice session at the PCA Stadium, Mohali, today.

The ‘Men in Blue’ will take on England in the third ODI to be held at Mohali tomorrow.

Indian team members, in the absence of their star left-handed batsman Gautam Gambhir and pacer Parveen Kumar, worked out in the morning, while their English counterparts underwent training in the afternoon.

Members of both teams opted to undergo a light practice session, including fielding, in the nets.

While Indian captain MS Dhoni tried his hands at his famous “helicopter” shot, Virat Kohli and Ravinder Jadeja concentrated on fielding.

Opener Ajinkya Rahane, new entry to the squad, was seen facing the bowl-thrower to practice bouncers.

Mohali, October 19
These days Dhoni is sniffing around explosives to ensure safety of celebrities and cricket fans during the one-day international match between India and England scheduled for October 20 at the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) stadium here.

A trained canine in sniffing out explosives, Dhoni is lone four-and-a-half-year-old Labrador with the district police entrusted with the pivotal job of sniffing explosives during matches at PCA and during the visit of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister to the district. Dhoni is shouldering the responsibility alone after the security wing of the Punjab CM requisitioned his teammate, Jojo, another Labrador.

Handlers of Dhoni, Jasbir and Kulbir, are all praise for the canine for performing the daunting task tirelessly. Many a times, Dhoni has single-handedly performed duty for long hours.

Though the dog squad of the Mohali police has a tracker canine, Preeti and a sniffer of drugs, John, but it is Dhoni who is always in demand during VVIP duties. Kulbir, handler, said at times it becomes tough for the canine to perform long hours of duty. In such situations, the duty is interspersed by brief intervals of rest and refreshments.

To keep Dhoni fit, the trainers feed it on fixed vegetarian diet and standard dog feed as advised by the veterinary doctor. The dog squad needs another canine to sniff out the explosives.

Chandigarh, October 19
Dhurav Sheron finished first in the Boys category (A) after securing 157 points during the 3rd CGA Junior Tournament being held at Chandigarh Golf Club, here today.

In the same category, Pradeep Ghai (161 points) and Anant Singh Alhwat (164 points) finished second and third, respectively.

A total of 71 golfers participated in the two-day tourney.

Results:Girls category E (Puneet Bajwa 136); category D (Vasundhra Thira 229, Ashmeet Saini 230, Anyaa Bindra 336); category B (Kainaat Singh 195, Ashi Jain 200) ; category A(Sukhneer Saini 187)

Boys-Category E (Aditya 124, Ayaan Gupta 140, Ayush Krishan 151); Category D (Aadil Bedi 159, Ekambir Guron 180, Harmanbir Bajwa 182); Category C (Karandeep Kochhar 162, Jaiveer Sandhu 164, Kartik D Singh 165);Category B (Harsh Gangwar 151, Paramjeet Yadav 155, Vivek Gupta 160).