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COURTS

Evening courts start functioning
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
Two evening courts set up at the district courts began functioning today. As many as 60 traffic challans were disposed off. The courts, set up exclusively for the disposals of cheque dishonour cases, traffic challans and petty offences, functioned from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm today.

A senior official of the UT Administration said that on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, two evening courts have been set up at the sessions division, Chandigarh, for disposal of cases under Negotiable Instruments Act, traffic challans and petty offences.

At present, about 50,000 of the 80,000 cases pending in district courts are related to cheques being dishonoured. Besides, a large number of cases related to traffic challans are also pending.

CRIME

ASI's son duped of Rs 2.5 lakh
Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 2
An unidentified conman duped a son of Assistant Sub Inspector of Rs 2.5 lakh at a local bank here this afternoon.

The victim, Jatinderpal Singh, had gone to the ICICI Bank at Phase VII to deposit Rs 2.5 lakh when the incident occurred.

The police said Jatinderpal Singh (21) was approached by the fraudster, who posed himself as an employee of the bank and offered him help in filling in a form.

“Jatinder was asked to fill in an IT form, which he (the fraudster) had termed necessary to deposit the huge amount.

Then he asked Jatinder to give him the amount and get photostat copies of his identity card from outside. On return, Jatinder found the fraudster missing along with his bag that contained the cash," said the police.

Mataur police station’s SHO Inspector Dharam Pal said they had procured the CCTV footage from the bank.

One rape accused held
Tribune News Service

Mohali, July 2
The police today managed to arrest one of the two accused in a rape case, who had fled from the Sohana police station on Friday night.

DSP DS Mann said Kamaldeep Singh was arrested from Landran Chowk when he was alighting from a bus today.

"The other accused, Bhupinder Singh, is still at large, but he would be nabbed soon," said DSP Mann.

Bhupinder and Kamaldeep had managed to flee when there was no power in the police station.

Two policemen, Munshi Hem Raj and constable Ram Murti, who were on duty, were also booked under Sections 223 and 224, IPC at the Sohana police station here on Sunday.

The accused were arrested on the charge of raping a girl in Morinda?

Crime file

Two arrested for possessing drugs

Chandigarh: The police arrested two persons for possessing drugs - ganja and charas. The Crime Branch of Chandigarh Police arrested Ranjit Singh Shahha, resident of District-Bhagalpur (Bihar), near kerosene pump in Sector-22, Chandigarh, on July 1 and recovered 4 kg ganja from his possession. The local police also arrested Mogal Dass hailing from Bihar near lake parking, Sector 42 and recovered 1 Kg Charas from his possession.

Two couples booked

The police booked two couples for fighting in public causing disturbance. A case was registered against Ravi Kumar and his wife, residents of Mauli Jagran, Chandigarh, and Bahadur and his wife, residents of Dadumajra, who were arrested near SCO number 88-89, Sector-17D, on July 1. — TNS

SPORTS

City team beat Mohali by innings
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 2
Living upto the expectations, the local cricket team drubbed Mohali by an innings in the ongoing Punjab State Inter-district Cricket Championship for boys (U-22) at the cricket stadium of Sector 16 here today.

The bowling duo of leg-spinner Gurinder Singh and off spinner Abhilash Sharma claimed 11 and 7 wickets respectively in both the innings. Earlier, the Mohali team resuming from their overnight score of 247 for 8 was bowled out for 272 in 85.2 overs. Birkanwar Singh Virk was the first to go after he was caught by Veer Karan Goel off Gurinder Singh for 84 of 164 balls, hitting ten boundaries and three sixes. During the first innings, local bowler Gurinder Singh achieved his best figures claming 6 for 89, while his bowling partner Abhilash Sharma claimed 3 for 64.

After trailing by 245 runs, the Mohali team was forced to follow on and again left arm spinner Gurinder Singh and off spinner Abhilash Sharma, with their brilliant bowling attack, left the Mohali batsmen helpless. The Mohali tam was bundled out 186 in 48 overs, in their second innings.

Opener Ankit Pursharthy (68 off 126, eleven boundaries) was the main scorer for the team while Harpreet Mander (27) and Maninder Singh (27) also contributed.

Gurinder Singh claimed 5 for 81 while Abhilash Sharma claimed 4 for 55. The local team registered an innings and 59-run win over the rivals to gain six points.

Brief scores:

Chandigarh - 517 all out

Mohali - 272 for all in 85.2 overs (Sachin Sohal 92, Beer Kanwar Singh 84, Gurinder Singh 6 for 89, Abhilash Sharma 3 for 64).

Mohali (Second innings)- 186 for all in 48 overs (Ankit Pursharthy 68, Harpreet Mander 27, Maninder Singh 27, Beerkanwar 26, Gurinder Singh 5 for 81, Abhilash Sharma 4 for 55).

In the second match, at Burlton Park, Jalandhar, the home team took a vital lead of 280 runs against Amritsar, today. The visiting side, after resuming their second innings on 25 for no loss, went on to score 384 for 9 in 101 overs at the close of day’s play. Rohan Marwaha scored a brilliant 145 off 189 including 23 boundaries and a six.

Opener Karan Sharma was caught by Love of Harry for 51 of 67 balls including nine boundaries and a six while Rahul Khosla departed for 14-runs. Rohan Marwaha and Aman Bawa added 97 runs for the fourth wicket before Aman was snapped by wicket keeper Abhishek Gupta off Yogesh Kumar for 42 of 62 with seven boundaries.

Rohan again put an 106run partnership with Arush Sabarwal for the 5th wicket before Arush was stumped by Abhishek off Bhupinder for 53 of 73 balls with six boundaries and two sixes.

At the close of play, Raman Arora (unbeaten 41) and Jatin Rana (uneaten 18), were at the crease. Amritsar were leading by 104 runs at the close of play on day three.

Brief scores:

Amritsar (First innings)- 168 for all

Jalandhar (First innings) - 448 for all

Amritsar (Second innings)- 384 for 9 in 101 overs (Rohan Marwaha 145, Karan Sharma 51, Arush Sabarwal 53, Aman Bawa 42, Raman Arora 41 not out, Yogesh Kumar 4 for 84, Harry Barwal 2 for 44).

In the third match played at PAU, Ludhiana, the Patiala team was bowled out for 278 runs, conceding a 45 run first inning lead to Ludhiana. Bowlers Anil Sihag and Sukhwinder Singh was the pick of the day, taking four wickets each. The Ludhiana team declared their second inning at 316 for 7 in 78 overs.

Nikhil Choudhary completed his ton off 130, hitting 11 boundaries and three sixes. He was associated in a 151 run partnership for the 3rd wicket with Anil Sihag (72 off 96 balls, five boundaries and two sixes). Beant Singh 5 for 40 was the main wicket taker for Patiala.

Chasing the target of 362 runs, Patiala team scored 19-runs without losing any wicket in 6 overs at close of third days’ play.

Brief score:

Ludhiana (First innings)- 323

Patiala (First innings)- 278 for all in 101.4 overs(Anil Sihag 4 for 65, Sukhwinder Singh 4 for 69).

Ludhiana (Second innings)- 316 for 7 declared in 78 overs (Nikhil Choudhary 100, Akhil Aggarwal 75, Anil Sihag 72, Beant Singh 5 for 40)

Patiala (Second innings)- 19 for 0.