Ambala, January 7
Chairman of Arjun Public School Vikram Singh and headmaster Shakti Singh, who were arrested on Friday by the Ambala police, were produced in the court of Duty Magistrate today, who remanded them to a two-day police custody. Earlier, the police took them to the Civil Hospital for medical examination.

As many as 13 students and a driver were killed when an overloaded Tata Magic van of the school carrying 30 kids against the capacity of 10 collided with a truck on the Saha-Shahbad road on December 2. Eight students of the school were killed on the spot, while the others succumbed to their injuries in the PGI, Chandigarh.

The police had booked the driver of the truck on the charges of rash and negligent driving.

Chandigarh, January 7
In the drug pilferage case against former Narcotics Control Bureau Zonal director Saji Mohan, prosecution today filed an application to seek permission from the court to place on record the prosecution sanction obtained from the parent department of Saji Mohan.

After the NCB’s application, the court deferred the hearing for January 16 to decide on the issue.

He was booked by the Chandigarh Police under the NDPS Act in 2009.

As per the case, Saji Mohan, NCB superintendent Balwinder Kumar, Jammu and Kashmir Police constables Davinder Pal Singh and Naveen Kumar and drug peddler Naseeb Chand used to pilfer heroin from around 13 unclaimed seizures.

Chandigarh, January 7
Next time you visit Sector 17 and somebody approaches you offering sunglasses at throwaway prices, don’t purchase one, as it might be fake. Based on the trend of vendors selling fake Ray Ban sunglasses, the opticians operating in Sector 17 had made a complaint to the company in Delhi under which the company officials conducted a raid on Friday at the basement of a SCO and recovered around 10,000 fake sunglasses.

People visiting Sector 17 were duped by some vendors selling fake sunglasses at cheaper rates claiming that they had been procured from the customs department and were being sold at minimum rates.

Rajinder Manocha, owner of Big Ben Opticals in Sector 17, made a complaint to the company that a market of fake Ray Ban glasses was flourishing in the city.

Following which the company initiated an inquiry and found that fake sunglasses were being sold in the city. “Many people have been duped by the vendors selling fake sunglasses.

The customers used to come to our shop to confirm whether the sunglasses were original or fake which was tarnishing the image of the company, so we had reported the matter to the company”, Manocha said.

Advocate SK Bansal, lawyer for Ray Ban in Delhi, said that they sought permission from the Delhi court to raid the premises in Sector 17 (C) from where the fake sunglasses were supplied to various retailers in the city as well as Punjab.

“Apart from fake sunglasses, the stickers and logos of Ray Ban and covers of sunglasses were recovered from the premises”, Bansal said.

Des Raj, ASP, Chandigarh Police, said that the representatives of the company had approached him with the raid orders issued by the Delhi court.

The security was provided to them to raid the premises.

However, no case was registered by the police as it was a civil suit.

Chandigarh, January 7
A 14-year-old class VIII student of a government school committed suicide by hanging himself at his house in Ram Darbar.

According to the police, the victim Shubham had refused to go to the school due to bad weather and was later found hanging. Jaspal Singh, SHO of the Sector 31 police station, said they received information about the suicide at around 9.30 am. His three sisters who were present in the house at the time of the incident noticed the body hanging from the ceiling.

The police said Shubham had a fight with his parents last night over going to school. Today, after his parents left for work, he locked himself in a room and committed suicide.

Shubham was a student of Government High School, Sector 30. His father Sulekh Chand works as a watchman at Government Model High School, Sector 43. The police said Shubham’s sisters noticed he was missing and started looking for him. When they saw him hanging from the ceiling, they called their neighbours, who informed the police. He was rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital-32, where he was declared brought dead.

No suicide note was found in the room. A case has been registered and investigation is on. — TNS

Chandigarh, January 7
Several sportspersons participating in the 57th National School Games today had a taste of the ‘state of the art’ facilities being provided by the UT Education Department when the sudden downpour drenched their tents, pitched to provide area for bathing.

The players had no alternative but to bathe in the biting cold with no one from the organising committee coming to their rescue. The cooking process was also hampered as the tents became wet.

Sportspersons staying at the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22(GMSSS 22), were made to bathe in the wet tent. The hosts that boast of giving proper facilities, including bedding and hot water, failed to provide a proper bathing place for the visiting sides.

An on-the-spot visit by the correspondent revealed that players were bathing in the ‘open’ and notably the place meant for drinking water for the school children had been turned into a ‘bathroom’ by putting up a tent there.

“The organisers have made proper arrangements but they failed to provide a clean area. The players wake up early and have to bathe in the open. No doubt they are providing hot water but it is of no use as they are bathing in the open. The climate here is very different and this is adding to our worries” said a coach, accompanying a team from south.

On the other hand, teams staying at the Girls Government High School, Sector 23, were also facing similar problems and they also shifted their portable kitchen from tent to the corridor of the school.

“We have brought our own cook and were provided a tent to cook our food. After the rain we are left with no other option but to shift our base inside the gallery. The officials have provided the facility but somehow this system has failed. Hope the weather will improve soon so that we can make our food in the clean area” said a district sports officer associated with a team.

Chandigarh, January 7
Continuing their winning spree, gymnasts from Uttar Pradesh (UP) won laurels on the third day of 25th Sub-junior National Artistic Gymnastic Championship, being held at Shivalik Public School here.

Gymnast Gaurav Kumar performed well in the boys (U-12) category after winning four gold medals and also bagged the all-around best gymnast title. In the Roman Rings category, Gaurav Kumar again collected 14.95 points to won top honours. Omkar Shinde of Maharashtra secured the third position after scoring 73.40 points. Omkar also won the horizontal bar competition with 13.30 points.

Results

Boys (U-12): Gaurav Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 82.900 1, Nilanshu Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) 76.900 2, Omkar Shinde (Maharashtra) 73.400 3, Yash Ayare (Maharashtra) 72.600 4, Sunny (Delhi) 70.700 5, Abhishek Singa (Tripura) 70.400 6; rings: Gaurav Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 14.95 1, Sunny (Delhi) 14.95 2, Nilanshu Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) 14.35 3, Yash Ayare (Maharashtra) 13.70 4, Sandesh Bhonsle (Maharashtra) 13.50 5, Abhishek Singa (Tripura) 13.15 6; vaulting table: Gaurav Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 14.000 1, Meiraba Meitei (Manipur) 13.550 2, TapeswarNath Dass (Orissa) 12.800 3, Satyajeet Mondal (West Bengal) 12.600 4, Abhishek Singa (Tripura) 12.100 5, Nilanshu Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) 11.950 6; parallel bars: Gaurav Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 15.45 1, TapeswarNath Dass (Orissa) 14.80 2, Nilanshu Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) 13.80 3, Abhishek Singa (Tripura ) 13.75 4, Harpreet Singh (Punjab) 13.70 5, Aryan Sharma (Punjab) 13.35 6; horizontal bar: Omkar Shinde (Maharashtra) 13.30 1, Gaurav Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) 13.25 2, Yash Ayare (Maharashtra) 12.70 3, Satyajeet Mondal (West Bengal) 12.45 4, Abhishek Singa (Tripura) 11.40 5, Harish Khan (Uttar Pradesh) 11.40 6; girls(U-12) winners: Mrunmai Bhogle (Maharashtra) 49.70, Khyati Shukla (Uttar Pradesh) 48.50, Pooja Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 48.45, Shrutika Joshi (Maharashtra) 47.70, Madhu Baghal (Uttar Pradesh) 46.40, Payal Das (West Bengal) 45.95, Ishwari Shirodkar (Maharashtra) 45.70, Seetu (Punjab) 42.25, Champa Chakraborty (Tripura) 41.10, Karuna (Punjab) 38.55, L.Lanleima Devi (Manipur) 31.45, S. Devarani Chanu (Manipur) 31.05, Rashika (Punjab) 26.35, Meenakshi (Delhi) 22.55. Tina Delhi 22.25, Purnima Debnath (Tripura) 22.25, Aarti Rana (Delhi) 19.85 and S Oviya (Tamil Nadu) 18.30.

Chandigarh, January 7
Local fencers defeated Manipur team to lift the title of girls (U-14) and boys (U-14) team events in foil and saber, respectively during the ongoing 57th National School Games being held here.

In the final match (girls category), the winning side defeated Manipur by by 15-11, however, in the semifinals, Manipur overcame Punjab 15-12, while the local team routed Maharashtra 15-3.

In the final (boys U-14 event of saber), the local lads routed Manipur in a close fight by a margin of 15-14. In the semifinals, Chandigarh beat Maharashtra 15-7 and Manipur defeated Punjab 15-13.

Chandigarh, January 7
Livewires Coaching Centre’s junior team defeated Carriers Air Conditioning & Refrigeration LTd in the first semifinal match of Drug Free City Cricket Cup being held here.

Livewires registered a seven-wicket win over the rivals.

Batting first, the losing side were bundled out at 41 runs, with Jaskaran Singh(17) contributing most of the runs. For the winning side, Kishore Bhatt was the pick of the bowlers for his 3 for 14.

In reply, Livewires after a shaky start achieved the target in the eighth over. Neeraj (22) was the main scorer for the side. For the bowling side, Manish Nehru took 2 for 10. Kishore Bhatt was declared man of the match.