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3 trucks ferrying cattle impounded, 6 held
Ambala, December 27 According to police sources, the animals were being transported from Punjab to Muzaffarnagar for slaughter. Following a tip-off, the police stopped the three trucks laden with the animals and impounded these. ASI Balvinder Singh said six persons belonging to Uttar Pradesh were arrested in this regard. They were identified as Mohd Iqbal, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, Dilshad, a resident of Meerut, Akbar, Furqar, Bala and Imran, all residents of Saharanpur, UP. According to reports, five to six truckloads of cattle were crossing over to Uttar Pradesh via the Yamuna border for slaughterhouses every day. The sources said it was difficult to keep a watch on the river and smugglers were taking advantage of this. The cattle were being taken to slaughterhouses at Gangoha, Sharanpur, Dudhgarh, Chilkana, Tajpur, Raipur and Behat in Uttar Pradesh. They were reportedly taking refuge at certain villages along the Yamuna. Some members associated with different organisations working to save cattle said smugglers were often armed with weapons. In October, smugglers had opened fire at members of the Ram Sena when the latter tried to free cattle being taken for slaughter. |
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Ambala police claims dip in crime rate
Ambala, December 27 While the figures indicated a dip in the crime rate in the district this year, certain prominent citizens contended that the figures were not accurate as the police did not register FIRs in many cases. While the district police claimed there had been a dip in the crime graph in the district this year, residents refused to buy the theory. They felt the police and the district administration were responsible for various lapses, as a result of which there had been an upswing in the rate of crime. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ambala, Shashank Anand claimed that the district police had been able to control crime to a large extent this year and there had been a decline in the crime graph. He said efforts were being made to arrest persons involved in criminal activities. According to the police records, till December 20, the district had witnessed a sharp fall in several crimes. For instance, 17 cases each of murder and murder attempts were registered in the district this year, as against 18 and 25 cases, respectively, last year. Similarly, three cases of dowry deaths were registered this year, as against five cases registered last year. Also, 119 cases of dowry demand were registered this year, as against 139 cases last year. No case of dacoity had been registered so far this year, while four cases were registered last year. And, the number of cases of clashes, which was 105 last year, had gone down to just 67 this year. Sources, however, said cases like rape, robbery, chain snatching, drug smuggling, and those under the Arms and NDPS Acts had witnessed a drastic increase during 2011, as compared to the previous year. The district has recorded 20 cases of kidnapping (16 last year), 22 cases of rape (21 last year), 17 cases of robbery (10 last year), 682 cases of theft (579 last year), 100 cases of chain snatching (79 last year), 43 cases of drug smuggling (31 last year), 29 cases of Arms Act (23 last year), 260 cases of NDPS Act (223 last year) and 297 cases of gambling (220 last year). Shashank Anand said to ensure effective patrolling and safety of people, police posts had been established in the district, while police stations were provided with vehicles, commando vehicles, etc. to focus on detection of crime and prompt action. Residents feel otherwise
While the police figures indicate a dip in the crime rate in Ambala district this year, residents contend that the figures are not accurate as the police does not register FIRs in many cases
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Youth killed in accident
Ambala, December 27 A shopkeeper informed the police about the accident. The police later took the injured to the Civil Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. The victim could not be identified. The police has sent the body for a post-mortem examination. In another case, Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Hisar, sustained serious injuries in an accident on the Ambala-Hisar road. He was hit by an unknown vehicle. He was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. |
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Punjab Meats agrees to pay Rs 24 cr
Dera Bassi, December 27 Bindra, father of ace shooter Abhinav Bindra, told officials of banks that he would pay Rs 24 crore in the next three days. Officials of IDBI Bank, State Bank of Hyderabad and Assets Reconstruction Company of India Limited (ARCIL), along with Dera Bassi SDM Rajesh Tripathi, DSP Anil Sharma and a strong posse of policemen reached the site to seal the company with the orders of the Supreme Court this morning. Workers at the factory also protested. The situation was controlled after the managing director of the company, AS Bindra, reached the spot and agreed to pay a sum of Rs 24 crore in three days. The banks’ officials stated that three banks had given a loan of Rs 40.9 crore to Bindra in 1995, which was not repaid by him and the amount due from his side had now reached to about Rs 300 crore. They had come to do the valuation of the plant, machinery, land and material.
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Company defrauded of Rs 6 lakh via email hacking
Chandigarh, December 27 The chief executive officer of Khosla Machines Pvt Ltd, Mohali, Darshan Kumar, had reported to the police about the fraud and a case was registered after seeking legal opinion. Darshan learnt about the fraud when a US-based customer enquired about his order, as he had made the payment to the company online. Darshan was unaware of any such payment, as his email ID was hacked. Investigations by the cyber cell, revealed that the hacker had hacked into the email ID of company’s local manager, Sunil Kumar Bhardwaj, and asked the US-based customer to deposit the amount in HDFC Bank at Mumbai instead of Citi Bank. The police said the money was asked to be deposited in two installments at a Mumbai-based branch of HDFC Bank, instead of a Citi Bank branch. A fake account was opened in the name of Kalpna Enterprises Pvt Ltd in HDFC Bank and the company was also found fake. The police said the US resident had deposited the amount in October and the accused withdrew the amount through a cheque that day itself. Later, it came to light that the account was opened on fake documents. The cyber cell investigation revealed the Bhardwaj’s email ID was hacked through a server in The Netherlands. Khosla Machines Pvt Ltd deals in design, development, manufacture and sale of packaging machines in India and abroad. A case under various sections of the IT Act has been registered at the police station-17. Unsolved murders When it comes to solving sensational murder cases, the UT police has little to show in terms of investigation success. While the graph of unsolved cases heads north, the police has been making headlines for being unable to take the cases to their logical conclusion. n Neha murder: MBA aspirant Neha Ahlawat was found murdered near a taxi stand in Sector 38 (West) in July last year. The police has neither identified any accused nor ascertained the motive of the murder yet n Sector-42 woman’s murder: A woman, Santosh Kumari, was found murdered in Sector 42 on August 3 last year. She was reportedly electrocuted as a piece of wire was recovered from her mouth. Even as rape was ruled out, the police has not yet identified any suspect n Cop’s murder: Inspector Kashmira Singh was found murdered at Dadu Majra Colony in 2008. The police is yet to make any arrest in the case n Mall owner’s murder: The murder of Amarjit Singh, owner of Sham Fashion Mall, Sector 35, in 2010 continues to remain a mystery n Simranjit’s murder: The 24-year-old woman was reportedly murdered on July 17, 2003, at her Sector-22 residence. The case file is still gathering dust
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Adil wants to make big in shooting
Chandigarh, December 27
A student of Lawrence School, Sanawar (HP), aims to be the master in .177-air rifle-peep sight shooting and wanted to represent the nation in the Olympics. The shooter created a new state record after bagging two gold, one silver and championship trophy in the 17th Himachal Pradesh Shooting Competition held in Shimla in October. “I want to hit the bull’s eye every time. There is no doubt that practice makes a man perfect and my father’s support also helps me to aim high,” said Adil. He also displayed fine shooting skills in the All-India Inter-School Shooting Championship held at Pune and also participated in the nationals shooting competition held earlier this year. “After qualifying for the nationals, I became a member of the ISSF Shooter’s Organisation. After my examination, I will donate more time to polish my skills. Back in school, RK Gautam and M Giri, both coaches help me a lot to overcome my shortcomings,” said Adil. His father also feels that his son will make him proud one day. “He really works hard and I want him to be among the top shooters of the nation. I am providing him the best and rest it’s on him whether to grab the opportunity or not,” said Vikram Grewal.
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London tennis body honours local lad
Chandigarh, December 27 Taranbir Singh has been playing the sports from the last seven years and aims to make it big in the field. “I am working hard in this direction and hope will achieve it soon. I will practice harder to achieve a big status in the game,” said Taranbir. School principal Ravinder Talwar also congratulated Taranbir for his achievement. “He has a bright future and we all wish him luck to achieve greatest success in the sports,” said Talwar.
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Delhi players steal tae kwon do championship
Chandigarh, December 27 The Delhi players won eight gold, five silver and two bronze medals while the Jammu and Kashmir team bagged three gold, five silver and 12 bronze medals. Himachal Pradesh won three gold, two silver and eight bronze medals. Shubham Katyal of Punjab, Rahul Jaiswal of Delhi, Rahul Sharma of Punjab and Vishal Malhotra of Jammu and Kashmir won top positions in the boys’ (45kg) category. In junior boys’ (45-48 kg) group, Sumit Rathi of Delhi won a gold medal while Farukh Ali bagged sliver medal, Gaurav Sachdeva and Mulesh Arora attained third position with a bronze medal. Results: Boys’ U-51 kg: 1. Tushar Rohila 2. Tejinder Singh 3. Saomit Sharma; boys U-55kg: 1. Sumit Ahcawat 2. Sourav 3. Nassim Ahmed and Sourav; boys’ U-59 kg: 1. Ajay Ahlawant 2. Anuj Malhotra 3. Gurjant Singh and Vikram S Negi: boys’ U-68 kg: 1. Amarjeet 2. Anshul Deshwac 3. Mohit Nain and Jackey Singh; boys U-78 kg: 1. Rahul Himanshu Mishra 2. Aman Singh 3. Ajaypal Singh; boys’ over 78 kg: 1. Ramandeep Singh 2. Amal Saroha 3. Hitesh Dahiya and Alok Kumar Singh; men 54 kg: 1. Vishal Arya 2. S Kavin Brown 3. Paras Kumar and A Bijen Singh; U-58 kg: 1. Ajay Ahlawat 2. M Dhanabir 3. Manoj Singh and Rakib Raza; U- 63 kg: 1. Saurav 2. Sharvan Kumar 3. Zuber Beg and T Premjeet Singh; U-68 kg: 1. Sumit 2. Punit 3. Jatinder Singh and Sunil Kumar; U-74 kg: 1. Pardeep Dahiya 2. Naveen Dahiya 3. Harpal Singh 3. Pushpinder; U-80 kg: 1. Mmanjoot Singh 2. Ajeet 3. Parmod Kumar and Baljeet Singh; U-87 kg: 1. Ashok Kumar 2. Mohd Kasim Abasi 3. Jagparvesh and Guri Iqbal Singh; over 87 kg: 1. Sandeep Kundu 2. Ajay Dalal 3. Abhimanyu and Manpreet Singh. |
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Himal, Shivika win top honours
Chandigarh, December 27
Pradeep Singh Negi of Chitkara University finished second while Nitin secured third position with 5.5 points each in the same category. Sanjeev Biswas finished fourth in the tourney after scoring 5 points. On the other hand, in the women's category, Shivika Jain of Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, won the title with 4.5 points while Tanya Kaushal of Sacred Heart, Sector 26, stood second with 4.5 points. Kashish Kaushal of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, stood third after attaining 3.5 points while Shweta of Panjab University managed to get fourth place with 3.5 points. The top position holders will represent the city in the upcoming Nationals Chess Tournament to be held in Goa from February 27 to March 4. Point position: 6 Points: Himal Gusain; 5.5 points: Pradeep Singh and Nitin; 5 Points: Sanjeev, Abhinandan, Piyush Manuja, Anmol Razdan and Vipan; 4.5 Points: Shivika and Tanya; 4 Points: Anubhav, Manmohan, Harinder Pal, Abhinav , Aryan; 3.5 Points: Anil, Rahul, Kashish, Shweta, Jaskeerat, Kashish, Akshit, Shishir; 3 Points: Amartya Bhattacharya, Prateek, Kritika Kapila, Suveer Bhatia, Sidharth; 2.5 Points: Rishab, Anhat Singh, Komal; 2 Points: Hardeep Singh, Vansh, Uday, Arshdeep Singh, Maurya; 1.5 Points: Ishaan; 1 Point: Nivedan and Agamjot Singh.
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DP Azad academy in final
Chandigarh, December 27 In the second semifinal, the winning team drubbed their rivals by four wickets. After winning the toss, Bharti Vij Academy set a target of 109 for 6 in the allotted 20 overs. Shivam was the most successful batsman, scoring 30 runs, while Abhay and Ashish added 17 and 16 runs, respectively, to the team’s total. For the bowling side, Ritik claimed 3 for 17. In reply, the winning side achieved the target in the 17th over with Ayudh (27) and Harvinder (19) guiding the team to victory. For Bharti Vij Academy, Abhay took 2 for 19. |
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SGGS blank Ludhiana college
Chandigarh, December 27 A player plays a shot during the Inter-College Softball Championship in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Manoj Mahajan
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Junior football tourney kicks off
Patiala, December 27 In the first match, Ludhiana beat Ropar, while Muktsar outclassed Bathinda 5-0 in the second match. The third match was played between Sangrur and Mansa, in which Sangrur emerged triumphant 2-0. |
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Local team SGGS College beat SCD Government College, Ludhiana, in a one-sided affair in a league match of the ongoing Panjab University Inter-College Softball Championship for Men at PU grounds here
today. The SGGS College defeated the visiting side 10-0, while another local team, GGD SD College, thrashed hosts PU Campus 13-2.