Ludhiana, December 19
In a major success, the police has arrested 10 notorious criminals on charges of murder, extortion and attempted murder. However, what sets these men apart is the fact that each member has an estimated earning of over Rs 2 lakh per month and can easily put any top B-School graduate to shame.

They have been in and out of jail for an array of criminal activities, including murder, extortion and attempted murder. According to the police, they were the face behind the “peti” mafia, illicit liquor trade and drug peddling in the city.

These brand-conscious youths are the new generation of criminals that the city police is currently dealing with.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Swapan Sharma said: “We have busted three gangs and arrested 10 members, who were behind increasing incidents of criminal activities in Upkar Nagar, Guru Nanak Pura, Chhawani Mohalla and the old city area.”

Sachin, Ajaypal, Kakkri, Palla, Johnny and Kali, all members of the Mohani gang and residents of Daresi and surrounding areas, were arrested from the railway station area. However, the kingpin of the gang, Mohani, managed to escape the scene.

Similarly, Honey Sidhu, Jagroop Rupa and Butta Nonna of the Ghuggi gang were arrested from the Guru Nanakpura area. The gang leader, Ghuggi, is also at large.

The arrest of Gugga, kingpin of the third gang, a fortnight ago led to the busting and arrest of the other two gangs.

“Each member of the gang has a daily income of around Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 from anti-social activities. Palla and Johnny were operating as their conduits and used to arrange money for them. The arrests will come as a huge relief for the residents of the old city area, as they had been living under constant fear of these criminals,” said ACP Swapan Sharma.

Police sources said the three gangs had been operating at will.

“Gang war was turning ugly with each passing day. The members of the Mohani gang were behind the shootout that took place in the Haibowal area last month, which left a youth injured. Fortunately, they are not organised. Had they been organised, it would have been quite difficult to arrest them,” he said.

The sources said the arrests were made following election commission’s guidelines to crack down on anti-social elements.

The city police had received a rap during a recent meeting of the Chief Electoral Officer for going soft on criminals.

Ludhiana, December 19
Cold wave has gripped the region with the minimum temperature plummeting to 2.2 °C in the past 24 hours.

This is the lowest temperature recorded in the city in December this year. Last year, mercury had touched 2.6 °C. The temperature is four degrees below normal.

However, there hasn’t been much change in the day temperature, which is hovering around 20 °C.

Dr KK Gill, assistant agro-meteorologist, Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), says the night temperature has fallen drastically in the past 24 hours. The reason for the fall is the sudden blowing of northerly winds.

“Snowfall has been witnessed in the higher reaches due to which chilly winds have started blowing. The minimum temperature has come down further. As such, the temperature has fallen all over Punjab. Similar weather conditions will prevail in the next 24 hours,” adds Dr Gill.

While the director, weather department, Chandigarh, Surinder Paul, says both minimum and maximum temperatures will fall further after two days. “We can expect more fog in the region,” he adds.

Those worst affected by the sudden cold wave have been schoolchildren and the downtrodden.

Many schools have not yet changed their winter timing and plan to reschedule it after the winter break.

Monika Jain, a homemaker, said till recently, the temperature was normal but in the past 24 hours, chilly winds had started blowing and it was becoming difficult to send small children out in such severe weather.

Prem Narayan, a rickshaw-puller, said December and January were the worst months for the poor, as they had to bear the chilly weather out in the open in the absence of any shelter. “To keep ourselves warm, we sip tea. In the evening, we make a small fire to keep the chill at bay,” he said.

Ludhiana, December 19
If you want to get a refilled domestic LPG cylinder, you will have to wait for 21 days to get it booked. And even after the booking, it will take between nine and 12 days to get a cylinder. But if you are ready to shell out a few more bucks, you may get a cylinder at that very moment or within five to six hours. All this, thanks to callousness on part of authorities concerned, which have failed to ensure regular supply of domestic gas cylinders to the consumers in the city.

A survey by The Tribune revealed that certain dhaba owners and supply trolleys were openly selling the cylinders on the black market, while the agencies are running short of refilled cylinders for regular customers.

Inder Singh, a resident of Punjab Mata Nagar, said he had got a refill for Rs 700 from a dhaba in Dugri. “My friend told me that a particular person could help me get a cylinder immediately. Since we were expecting a few guests at home, I went to the dhaba owner and gave him my friend’s reference. He demanded Rs 700 and asked me to come after two hours. When I went there again, a sealed cylinder was available for me,” he said.

When the TNS asked a gas agency at the Civil Lines to book a cylinder, the attendant said: “We are not getting regular supply from the plant. There is a shortage due to winter. Since there is a backlog, you will get the cylinder only after 10 days.”

Ludhiana, December 19
With poor visibility and thick cover of fog engulfing the northern region, the rail traffic has gone completely off the track and most of the trains passing through the city are running behind schedule by two to seven hours.

To add to the misery of the travelling public, the railway authorities have cancelled a few more trains till January 31.

Railway officials said due to operational problems created by foggy weather and poor visibility, 12413/12414 Puja Express running between Amritsar and Jaipur, 12460 Amritsar-New Delhi Express and 14681 New Delhi-Jalandhar Express trains will remain cancelled till January 31.

Among the trains running behind schedule were 18101 Mury Express (12 hours), 12919 Indore-Jammu Tawi Malwa Express (4 hours), 12029 New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express (3.30 hours), 15707 Amrapali Express (7 hours), 12054 Jan Shatabdi Express (7 hours) and 15210 Jansewa Express (7 hours).

The railway authorities did not rule out the cancellation, suspension, short termination or late running of more trains if the prevailing weather conditions continued without any improvement in the days to come.

Ludhiana, December 19
Panic gripped Pink City in the Kakowal area after the body of a middle-aged man, done to death with bricks, was found lying on the roadside here this morning.

The victim could not be identified, as he his face had been disfigured. According to the investigating officer (IO), the victim was assaulted with bricks. After killing the victim, the perpetrator disfigured the face using bricks.

The incident came to light this morning when some residents saw the body lying in a pool of blood.

Vijay Kumar, a resident, said stray dogs were spotted wandering around the body. “We raised the alarm and informed the police about the matter. The victim’s face had been disfigured so that he could not be identified,” said Vijay Kumar.

The IO said the victim was killed elsewhere and his body was dumped in the Pink City area.

The police has registered a case of murder against unidentified persons and initiated process to identify the victim.

The discovery of a body in the area left women and children shocked. Students going to school were taken aback seeing the disfigured body. To top it all, the police called the area residents to identify the victim. When that did not work, the police took the body around for identification. According to the investigating officer, no purse, mobile phone or other valuables, which could help establish the victim’s identity, were found on the body.

Ludhiana, December 19
The court of Additional Sessions Judge Karamjit Singh Kang has convicted Navdeep Singh of Mansura village in a dowry death case. His wife Neelam died due to burn injuries just five months after the marriage. He was ordered to undergo rigorous imprisonment (RI) for eight years. A fine of Rs 8,000 was also imposed upon the accused.

Pronouncing the verdict, the court held that the prosecution had proved the guilt of the accused beyond any doubt.

Initially, a case under Sections 307 and 498-A of the IPC was registered against the accused at Sudhar police station on April 21, 2004, following the statement of badly burnt wife of the accused at the DMCH. After her death, the police booked the accused under Section 304-B of the IPC (dowry death).

The complainant had stated to the police that she was a resident of Jassowal village. She got married to Navdeep Singh on November 17, 2003.

She told the police that her husband used to maltreat her and subjected her to cruelty. She was being pressurised for bringing a scooter from her parents. She had alleged that her husband set her ablaze, as she could not fulfill his demands. However, the accused pleaded innocence. Even the prosecution witnesses had turned hostile, following a compromise between the parties.

But the dying declaration of the victim, recorded by Judicial Magistrate Anshul Berry, put the husband behind bars.

Ludhiana, December 19
A team of the building branch of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation (MC) today sealed four commercial premises, including a bank in a posh residential locality of Model Town Extension, for violation of land use.

SS Bindra, assistant town planner (ATP) of zone D, who led the operations told a branch of Andhra Bank had been set up in a piece of land, which was located in a residential area.

When a notice was issued to the bank, along with some other commercial units charged with the violation of land use, the bank management had obtained a stay order from the Punjab and Haryana High Court.

Since the HC stay order has now been vacated, the branch of the bank was sealed. Similar action (sealing commercial premises) has also been taken against a Nokia showroom and two shops of property dealers located in the same area, he added.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 19
21 months after formal implementation of the Right to Education Act 2009 in all schools of the state, the state government is yet to take organised steps to aware masses about the privileges for children hailing from the downtrodden families.

Though the education department has announced to publicise the provision of the Act through painting off boundary walls of all the government schools, the information will be dispersed among those who visit schools and can read themselves. Many social activists and organisers of private schools have once again urged the government to review policies concerned with running of their organisations so that concessions are provided to the students of weaker section without affecting economic viability of their organisations.

Investigations revealed that majority of the beneficiaries of the Right to Education 2009 were still unaware about the provisions of the act even after 21 months of the implementation of the act. Leaving apart providing free education to children of weaker section, the authorities at majority of schools insisted on production of certain documents including birth certificate and school leaving certificate at the time of admitting new children.

“What to talk of illiterate and poor parents, even members of the elite class are not aware of provisions of the said Act. We have been helping those students financially whose names were struck for non-payment of fee,” said Vikas Tondon, a social activist, regretting that the authorities had failed to spread awareness about the provisions of the act.

“Had we known the provisions of the Act we could have impressed upon the schools authorities to provide free educations to children from weaker sections of the society and could help the students in purchasing uniform and books,” Tondon said.

Investigations further revealed that authorities at all the government schools of the region had been directed to spread awareness about the act through wall paintings. Perusal of records revealed that deputy state project director, Sarav Sikhiya Abhyian, had directed all the district education officers of the state to ensure that the prescribed matter regarding the Act was scribed on the boundary walls of all the government schools falling under their jurisdiction within fifteen days. The state education department had earmarked an amount of Rs 1,37,42,400 the paintings of 19,632 schools.

Payal, December 19
A 41-year-old woman of Madnipur village has accused the authorities of a private school at Sehora village of violating the norms of the education department. The woman Navkiran Kaur, whose husband died three years ago, lives with her parents along with her two children. Navkiran has alleged that the school paid her lower than she was entitled to.

Terming the complaint a concocted story, Inderjit Kaur principal of the school, maintained that the complainant was never employed as a teacher in the institute. “Genuineness of the complaint can be gauged from the fact that she is quoting January 2009 as month of joining service in one complaint and March 2009 in another,” said Inderjit. She added that the school had already established before the authorities that she was never employed in the school.

In her complaints addressed to higher authorities including the secretary Punjab School Education Board and the senior superintendent of police at Khanna, Navkiran of Madnipur village has accused the authorities at the Mata Harnam Kaur Memorial School Sehora of allegedly exploiting her helplessness by paying salary much lower that the settled amount. Though she was paid only a meagre amount of Rs 3000 per month, she was made to sign receipt Rs 5500 every month. “And when I refused to accept salary below the settled amount and they terminated me from my services a few months ago,” alleged Navkiran Kaur regretting that even the authorities in the education department had failed to bring her justice.

Investigations further revealed that the authorities at the Punjab School Education Board had conducted an inquiry into allegations leveled against the school authorities after which it was construed that the complainant was never posted at the said school.

The school authorities had produced copies of records including attendance registers of staff and the salary payment register to substantiate their claim that the complainant was never employed as a teacher in the school.

Inderjit denied of having issued the identity card to the complaint, copy of which was annexed with the compliant.

Though the complainant had claimed that she had been traveling in the school bus while commuting between her village and the school, driver of the said bus, Charan Singh, deposed before authorities that he never saw her travelling in the bus.

Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 19
Recognising concern of the State Bank of India (SBI) towards conservation of environment through eliminating use of paper in financial transactions, a large number of educational institutes have shown a warm response to the bank’s e-banking scheme launched recently.

Besides saving parents from wasting time and energy on visiting educational institutes to deposit fee and dues of their wards, the scheme will also help managements of these institutes in fighting the problem of staff shortage.

Investigations revealed that the authorities at various colleges and schools of the region falling under Ludhiana and Sangrur had shown keen interest in adopting the e-banking scheme.

A team of officials of the bank, supervised by assistant general manager Anuradha Narayanan, illustrated various aspects of the scheme to accounts and cash handling staff of various organisations and highlighted salient features, including elimination of stationery, handling of cash and round the clock availability of payment of fee through accounts opened with the Internet banking.

Appreciating the movement of the bank launched to preserve environment, Amjad Ali, chairman Sohrab Group of Enterprises, and Amarjit Singh Sidhu, director Shanti Tara Group of Educational Institutes, said they had advised their staff to initiate the process for availing the facility, which besides facilitating the parents to pay fee of their wards while sitting at their homes, will also help decrease workload of the officials.

“When explained that the scheme will indirectly help preserve the environment by eliminating use of stationery, we immediately agreed to implement the scheme for students of senior classes,” said Amjad and Sidhu.

Students were also enthusiastic about the scheme. “As we already have the Internet connection, there will be no difficulty in adopting the scheme. We are glad that we will not be required to wait for hours for depositing fee during our study hours,” said students of a local senior secondary school.

Jagraon, December 19
A delegation of the Punjab Roadways Retired Employees Association held a meeting with Jagraon SDM Isha Kalia in her office on Sunday and submitted a demand letter containing various demands of the retired employees to her.

The employees demanded that the difference in pension improving formula among various categories of the employees should be eliminated, 5 per cent interim assistance should be included while improving pensions, medical allowance should be increased from Rs 150 per month to Rs 1,500 per month. They also demanded that LTC dues of beneficiaries should also be released.

Earlier, the employees also staged a dharna near Jagraon bus stand and raised slogans against the state government for continually ignoring various pending demands of the retired employees of the Punjab Roadways.

Gurdeep Singh Moti said the state government had failed to implement various recommendations made by the Fifth Pay Commission regarding the improvement in the pension.

“On the one hand, the state government has been recruiting a large number of employees in different government departments, regularising contractual employees and releasing massive development funds keeping in view the coming Assembly elections, while on the other, the government has been stating that it has no funds for increasing the pensions and allowances of the retired government employees,” he added.

Urging the state government to fulfil various just demands of the retired employees at the earliest, the association leader said if the government failed to meet their demands, it would have to pay a heavy price during the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state.

Ludhiana, December 19
When Amrik Ali, a resident of Doburji village took his six-month-old baby Rukhsana for treatment of a chest congestion to a private hospital at Dehlon on December 17, he had no idea that the turn of events would come as a nightmare for him and a traumatic journey for the infant girl.

In the course of the treatment at the Dehlon hospital, the infant suffered burn injuries on the face, allegedly due to steam therapy administered by the hospital staff to clear the congestion.

When Amrik Ali raised hue and cry over the negligence of the staff, the doctors on duty abused and threatened him.

The infant’s father, who brought his badly scalded daughter to a city hospital later that evening, told The Tribune that Dr Balwinder Dhawan, a senior doctor at the hospital at Dehlon virtually threw him out when he charged the paramedical and nursing staff of the hospital with negligence and carelessness.

“The face and mouth of the child were swollen and the entire facial skin had turned red due to intense heat of the steam.”

Amrik Ali, a caretaker of buffaloes in the village, said the staff at the Dehlon hospital had not only shown affront to him, but he was made to shell out nearly Rs 10,000 for the “callous and inhuman” treatment of his child.

Dr Dhawan first refused to talk saying he would not discuss the matter on the telephone but later said he had no comments to offer on the case.

Dr Sanjeev Gupta at a local hospital, who is treating the child now, said there were minor burn marks on the face of the child when she was brought to him.

“The burn injuries could have been caused by many things, with steam being one of them. But since the treatment (steam therapy) was not given in my presence, it will not be right for me to say anything about what caused the burn marks.”

Dr Gupta, however, added that the child was responding to the treatment for burns as well as the chest congestion.

Amrik Ali said he would take his complaint of medical negligence to its logical conclusion.

“Once my daughter is stable, I will report the matter to the police and the health authorities to seek strict action under the law against the erring staff and doctors at the hospital at Dehlon,” he said.

Ludhiana, December 19
Teachers of government schools are in a fix over receiving contradictory notifications from the Punjab education department and the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB). The authorities of the departments concerned have issued separate instructions to follow different criteria to evaluate students. The teachers are confused as to who they should obey - the PSEB or the education department?

The Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme had been introduced in schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act to evaluate students on the basis of overall personality of students.

The PSEB had sent a notification in the beginning of the session in which they adopted the model of evaluation on the basis of monthly test report, pre-board exam results, attendance chart, discipline and home work and co-curriculum activities.

On the other hand, the pedagogy wing of the Director General School Education (DGSE) office adopted a different model to evaluate the students. They advised the schools to evaluate students on the basis of amount of effort put in, sincerity and expression. According to the DGSE office notification, the students should be evaluated on a weekly basis.

Sukhdarshan Singh, an English teacher, said, "The department is not clear about the CCE. Examination is the best way to evaluate them. But as per the RTE instructions, both departments should follow same criterion to evaluate the students.”

Another teacher said, "As per the earlier notification of the PSEB, the schools had been asked to follow the CEE for classes IX and X. That was very simple, flexible and easy to implement, but now the DGSE office has sent a contradictory notification. It is lack of coordination between the departments.”

Ludhiana, December 19
The Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertaking (CICU) has asked the Ministry of Finance, Government of India, to include certain pre-union budget proposals for the Union Budget 2012-2013 for the benefit of industry.

Ashok Kumar Juneja, chairman CICU Taxes’ Committee and Punjab Tax Bar Association, said in a letter written to the Finance Minister, Government of India, CICU has demanded that tax rates be reduced. The tax rates for small-scale industry and tax practitioners should be 10 per cent and 15-20 per cent for all other industry. The number of assesses be increased since at present only 3 per cent of Indian population was assesses. It will increase the revenue as well. The rates of penalties were too high and require elimination of discretionary powers. Prosecution provisions should be eliminated from the act, said Juneja.

Further, CICU said the basic exemption on excise duty be increased from Rs 1.5 crore to minimum Rs 3 crore for the smooth operation of industries. All agro-based units should be exempted from the excise duty since it will provide great relief to farmers and industries.

Duty was not payable on yarn/ cotton/thread/cloth etc, all such type of units be exempted from the preview of excise duty.

Besides, the ban or effective steps should be taken for discouraging imports of goods, which disturbs the existing trade and industry of India.

Juneja also said before finalising the budget, consultation with the chambers, CICU and other trade and industrial organisations was essential and will bring fruitful results.

Volunteers donate blood during a camp at Bhadhal Thuha village on Monday. Photo: Bhushan Sood

Mandi Gobindgarh, December 19
A function was organised by Sheed Bhagat Singh Naujwan Sabha, Italy, and the Azad Hind Welfare Assocation, Amloh, held at Bhadhal Thuha village. The two-day function concluded here today. As many as 90 volunteers donated blood to the team of doctors from Gian Sagar Hospital, Rajpura. Over 400 needy students were given woolen pull-overs by the welfare society.

On the first day a medical check-up camp was organised in which 650 patients were examined. — OC

Ludhiana, December 19
Athletes from Ludhiana dominated the proceedings on the fifth and final day of the 57th Punjab State School Athletics Championship held at Guru Nanak Stadium here today.

Results:

600m race (boys U-14): 1 Amarit Pal Singh of Ludhiana, 2nd Akashdeep Singh of Tarn Taran and 3rd Kuldeep Singh of Patiala.

Girls: 1st Harmilan Kaur of Hoshiarpur, 2nd Archana of Sports Wing, Badal (Muktsar) and 3rd Sukhpal Kaur of Sports Wing, Badal (Muktsar).

Triple jump (boys U-19): 1st Haramrit Singh of Sports Wing, Jalandhar, 2nd Ranjeet Singh of Tarn Taran and 3rd Sandeep Singh of Ludhiana.

Girls: 1st Bhumika Thakur of Ludhiana, 2nd Taranjit Kaur of Patiala and 3rd Harpreet Kaur of Sangrur.

Hammer throw (boys U-19): 1st Surinder Pal Singh of Tarn Taran, 2nd Gurmit Singh of Gurdaspur and 3rd Bhupinder Singh of Gurdaspur.

Girls: 1st Daljit Kaur of Sangrur, 2nd Manjeet Kaur of Tarn Taran and 3rd Harpreet Kaur of Patiala.

Javelin throw (boys U-19): 1st Malkit Singh of Sports Wing, Jalandhar, 2nd Vikas Bishnoi of Sports Wing, Jalandhar and 3rd Navjiwan Singh of Amritsar.

4x400m relay (boys U-19): 1st Ludhiana, 2nd Patiala and 3rd Sports Wing, Jalandhar.

Girls: 1st Jalandhar, 2nd Hoshiarpur and 3rd Sangrur.

4x100m relay (boys U-14): 1st Ludhiana, 2nd Patiala and 3rd Sangrur; U-17: 1st Pangarian Wing (Gurdaspur), 2nd Sports Wing, Jalandhar and 3rd Patiala.

4x100m relay (boys U-19): 1st Sports Wing, Jalandhar, 2nd Patiala and 3rd Ludhiana.

Girls (U-14): 1st Sangrur, 2nd Hoshiarpur and 3rd Ludhiana; U-17: 1st Bathinda, 2nd Kairon Wing and 3rd Gurdaspur; U-19: 1st Sangrur, 2nd Jalandhar and 3rd Kaioron Wing, Tarn Taran.

Ludhiana, December 19
A scintillating batting display by Arjun Puri who remained unconquered on 67 runs steered Deepak Builders XI, Ludhiana, to record a facile 79-run victory over Chak De Cricket Club from United Kingdom to romp home in the Chak De Cricket Cup Tournament that concluded at Punjab Agricultural University ground here today.

A total of six teams participated in the tournament. Both teams won four matches each to settle for the final.

In the final, Deepak Builders XI batting first made 139 runs for the loss of three wickets in the stipulated 12 overs.

Their innings revolved around Arjun Puri who faced 28 balls and remained unbeaten on 67, which included three towering sixes and four hits over the ropes. Chinton Sehgal contributed 20 runs, while Riku and Gurjit Walia chipped in with 18 runs each.

Defending the total, Deepak Builders XI restricted the visitors to 60 runs in 11.4 overs. Only, two batsmen, Veeru and Ashish, could reach double figure, making 20 runs each.

For the winners, Sunny Kumar was the pick of the bowlers who scalped four wickets for eight runs in four overs. Sakun Verma and Jagarpreet Singh grabbed two wickets each after conceding 10 runs, while Piyush Likhi captured two wickets for eight runs.

Arjun Puri who made three half centuries in the tournament was named the best batsman, while Veeru of Chak De Cricket Club who took 14 wickets and scored 85 runs was adjudged the best all-rounder.

Deepak Builders XI took home cash prize of Rs 25,000, besides winners’ trophy and losers pocketed cash prize of Rs 11,000 in addition to the runner-up trophy.

Ludhiana, December 19
Malkit Singh, a javelin thrower, clinched a gold medal in the state-level Punjab School Games. Malkit participated in the under-19 javelin throw event with the determination to break the last record. But unluckily he was not able to achieve his target.

The last record was 65 metres and his javelin throw only covered a distance of 62 meters.

Malkit was glad that he is going home with a gold medal.

“I am happy with my performance. I did not fulfill my desire in these games but it is enough for me because it is my biggest achievement after my shoulder injury,” said Malkit.

Malkit is now preparing for the Junior Federation Cup, which is going to be held at Chennai in May 2012.

Talking about the next goal, Malkit said, “I am already selected for the Federation Cup. I hope that I will perform my best in the tournament and that in return will open the doors of international events for me.”

Mohinder Singh Dhillon, coach of Malkit Singh, said, “Malkit is hardworking. He got injured last year and have come up a long way with self motivation and I hope he will play international events soon.”

Ludhiana, December 19
Harmilan Kaur secured first position in the 600 metres race in the under-14 category of the state-level Punjab School Games. Although, it is not the first achievement for Harmilan Kaur, she was glad to wear another gold medal around her neck.

A student of class VIII and just entered her teenage, Harmilan practices one hour in the morning and two hours in the evening everyday to make it big in the sports.

Talking about her ultimate goal, she said, “To make a record in the Olympics or Asian Games is my aim. I am thriving hard to make a place in the Olympics at one point of time.”

Interestingly, Harmilan’s mother Maduri A Singh is an Arjuna awardee and a silver medallist in the Asian Games and her father Amandeep Singh is also an international athlete.

“It is her beginning and we are observing her dedication towards the sports. We hope one day she will definitely participate in the Olympics and win laurels,” said Maduri.