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Unauthorised clinic raided
One booked under Indian Medical Council Act
Gagan K Teja
Tribune News Service

Patiala, August 1
A team of health officials today raided a clinic in Mundkheri village falling under PHC Kauli of Patiala district. Rajinder Singh was arrested for running an unauthorised clinic in one of the rooms of his house.

Acting on a tip-off, a six-member team headed by Civil Surgeon Dr Virinder Mohi, Dr Surinder Kumar, District Family Welfare officer, assistant health officer Dr BK Dhawan, senior medical officer of PHC Kauli Dr Anju Gupta, medical officer Dr Kiranjeet Kaur and drug inspector Amit Lakhanpal raided the house of Rajinder Singh.

Dr Mohi said he received an anonymous call in this regard. "We reached the clinic and found allopathic medicines, BP operators, empty bottles and syringes at his clinic," he said. He said a case under Section 15/2 of Indian Medical Council Act, 1971 has been registered against him at Passion police station and Rejoinder Sines has been arrested.

Dr Moho said any unregistered private practitioners would not be tolerated in the district. He said such raids would continue and the doctors who run unregistered clinics or carry out illegal abortions and violate pend Act would be punished.

Meanwhile, the department also sealed two ultrasound machines in the city today. The machine in Bharat Ultrasound centre was out of order and its owner has requested for sealing the machine. The other machine was sealed at Narain Hospital as its ultrasonologist, Dr Harvinder Singh, was out of country and the department wanted to ensure that the machine should not be misused in his absence.

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 1
Civil Surgeon Dr Jagpal Singh while addressing the meeting of the district health officials has urged the health officials to do their duty dedicatedly and honestly and to serve the patients with humanity.

He warned the officials that if any one found indulging in corrupt practices they won't be spared.

He told the shopkeepers, sweet makers, dairy owners that if any one demand bribe or comes to them to collect bribe on monthly basis they can inform him on his cell phone. He assured that the name of the shopkeeper would not be disclosed. He also called upon NGOs to keep a close watch on those who indulge in adulteration in their respective area and to inform the department. He said as per the directions of health minister, anti-adulteration drive would be initiated on the eve of festivals so that people may get fresh and pure eatable items.

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 1
The Fatehgarh Sahib District Cricket Association, affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), will conduct trials to select the district cricket team at Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib, on August 3 (2.30 pm).

The selected players will participate in the team which will take part in the Punjab Inter-District Cricket Tournament for the Katoch Shield trophy. Interested players are advised to attend the trials along with their original eligibility and residence proof.

The selected players will undergo a training camp before the selection of the final team.

Banur, August 1
A function was organised to pay tributes to Shaheed Udham Singh on the 73rd Martyrdom Day of Shaheed Udham Singh on the college campus of Shaheed Udham Singh Group of Institution here on Tuesday.

Shaheed Udham Singh had avenged the ‘Jalian Wala Bagh’ massacre from the British government after 20 years. — TNS

Ambala, August 1
A man was crushed when a driver was reversing the bus at the roadways depot in Ambala City. The deceased has been identified as Harkesh Kumar (54). Harkesh was working as a clerk, at the roadway depot in Ambala City. The deceased was a resident of Shahpur Machonda village close to Ambala Cantonment.

The incident happened when Harkesh was standing at the workshop along with his two collogues. A driver was reversing a bus in the workshop. The driver could not notice Harkesh and his colleagues, who were standing behind the bus, and crushed Harkesh. While, two of the employees escaped unhurt.

The roadways employees took the victim to the Civil Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. The relatives of deceased agitated against the negligent attitude of the driver and demanded strict action against him.

According to information, the police has registered a case against the bus driver.

The police has handed over the body of deceased to his relatives after the postmortem examination.

Panchkula, August 1
All the 10 accused in the Apna Ghar case were produced through video-conferencing in the CBI court today where the court sent them to 14-day judicial custody. Out of the 10 accused, two had applied for bail, however, their hearing application has been postponed to August 7.

It was on July 26 when the CBI special magistrate had allowed the agency to investigate the nine accused in the Ambala Jail in the Apna Ghar case. Till now, the CBI has investigated only from the Investigating officer of the case, Bhim Singh Ranga and was unsuccessful in investigating from the other accused.

The shelter home landed in a controversy when a team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) raided it on May 9 and rescued its inmates.

Apna Ghar is a shelter home run by Bharat Vikash Sangh, an NGO. The inmates have made serious allegations of rape and human trafficking against Jaswanti Devi and the other accused. Over 103 inmates, mostly women and children, have now been shifted to various places.

The accused, who were produced through video-conferencing, included Jaswanti Devi, her daughter Simmi, son-in-law Jai Bhagwan, brother Jaswant Singh, cousin Sheila, counsellor Veena, and driver Satish, former probe officer Bhim Singh Ranga, Dayanand and Harvinder.

Chandigarh, August 1
Stating that the investigating agency had no evidence regarding the involvement of a former SHO in a corruption case, the CBI today stated in the court that the application filed by the complainant seeking that the SHO be made an accused in the case was irrelevant.

The complainant, Gagan Gupta, had moved an application in the court during the previous hearing alleging that the CBI had given a clean chit to the key accused in the case, an Inspector with the Chandigarh Police.

Complainant Gagan Gupta said despite having “sufficient and cogent evidence” against Inspector Dilsher Singh, the CBI had dropped him from the corruption case. The 40-year-old complainant said Dilsher should be arraigned and prosecuted.

In its response to the notice issued by the court, the CBI today stated that there was no evidence against Inspector Dilsher and that was the reason that his name was dropped from the chargesheet.

On August 11, 2010, the CBI had arrested four persons: Inspector Dilsher Singh, the then SHO of the Industrial Area police station, Sub-Inspector Hans Raj, Satwant Sethi and Jujhar Singh Sethi (who own a tea stall).

The four were booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Gupta had alleged that Dilsher and Hans Raj had demanded a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to favour him in a case of cheating in which he was granted anticipatory bail by the court. Inspector Dilsher was arrested from the spot. A year later, on May 4, 2011, the CBI filed the chargesheet in the case and had given a clean chit to Inspector Dilsher Singh.

Chandigarh, August 1
The crime branch of the UT Police today arrested the third accused involved in the Sector 22 murder. It has arrested Rakesh, alias Pachar, for the murder of Kailash Chand, owner of a provision store in Sector 22, on July 26. He will be produced in the court tomorrow. Two other accused had already been arrested.

Kailash Chand was killed and his brother Madan Lal and servant Tilak Raj were seriously injured following the incident in Sector 22 last week. The police had arrested two other accused Sanchit Verma and Nazir a day after the crime while Rakesh was arrested today.

Rakesh had fired at Kailash Chand. Robbery was stated to be the motive behind the murder.

The police said the accused were drug addicts and were known to each other for the past few years. Sanchit used to frequently visit Kailash's shop for getting his mobile recharged and had noticed that Kailash used to wear a gold chain and a silver "kada". They had then planned the robbery and killed Kailash Chand.

Chandigarh, August 1
The police today arrested the driver of a three-wheeler for obstructing a woman constable from performing duty. The police arrested Nasim Khan, a resident of Sector 49.

The incident occurred at the Sectors 16/17 lights.

Panchkula, August 1
Tanya defeated Himani 11-0, 11-6, 12-10 while Sanya overcame Deeksha 11-2, 11-4, 11-5 during the girls (U-15) District School Games held here.

In other matches, Garima lost to Ritika by 4-11, 11-6, 3-11, 3-11 while Sanya defeated Himani by 11-4, 11-9 and 11-4. In the girls (U-17) category, Kanchi overcame Harshita by 11-2, 11-6 and 11-9 while Ankita tasted defeat against Ananya 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-6). In another match, Akshita beat Jasmine 12-10, 14-12 and 11-7 while Kanchi overcame Jasmine by 11-8, 11-8 and 11-7.

Results: Girls (U-19) - Poonam beat Upma (11-5, 11-2); Komal beat Surbhi (6-11, 11-5, 11-2); Deeksha beat Sheemona (11-3, 11-2); Boys (U-14) - Chahak beat Vibhor ( 11-1, 11-2, 11-9); Anmol beat Sukhbir (11-9, 11-5, 13-11); Varun beat Adheesh (5-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-9); Boys (U-17)- Divyankar beat Harshdeep (11-5,11-7, 8-11, 11-5); Shashwat beat Rohan (9-11, 6-11, 8-11); Brijesh beat Parth ( 7-11, 11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-5); Rohan beat Harshdeep (2-11, 11-6, 14-12, 11-6); Boys (U-19)- Abhishek beat Sidharth (11-9, 4-11, 6-11, 9-11); Paras beat Abhishek S (9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-4); Shubham (BV) beat Abhinav (8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-4); Paras beat Abhishek B (13-15, 11-3, 11-4, 11-9).

Chandigarh, July 30
The Chandigarh Chess Association will organise Open Boys and Girls (U-9 and U-19) Chess Championship at St Xavier’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44, on August 4 and 5. During the competition two boys and two girls in each category will be selected to represent the city in the Chess Nationals to be held in Gujarat (U-9) from October 1 and Rajasthan (U-19) from September 5 to 14.

Interested players can confirm their entries with the orgnaisers before August 3. The first round of the tourney will start from on August 4 (2:00 pm).

Chandigarh, August 1
The Punjab boys (U-22) team, which won the Col CK Nayudu Trophy, was honoured with a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh (10 lakh from Board of Control for Cricket in India with an equal contribution from the Punjab Cricket Association) in the 64th Annual General Body Meeting of the PCA held here. Amritsar won the award of the best district and also the cash prize of Rs 5 lakh while Patiala was declared the second best district and awarded Rs 2.5 lakh.

During the meeting, MP Pandove, BCCI Chairman, National Cricket Academy and Special Academies, discussed the performance of the various teams of the state in the domestic tournaments of the BCCI. He said that three players of boys (U-19), including Manan Vohra, Kamal Passi and Sandeep Sharma, have been selected for the World Cup cricket (U-19).

He also said that Harmanpreet Kaur was appointed as the vice-captain of the Indian team that toured England and has now been shortlisted for the Women Twenty-20 World Cup to be played in Sri Lanka.

He informed about Mandeep Singh being named as the rising young star of IPL-5.

Chandigarh, July 31
The Chandigarh Badminton Association will organise the State Badminton Championship for boys and girls from August 16 to 20 in Chandigarh. The tourney would be conducted in all age groups, including U-10, U-13, U-15, U-17, U-19, and also in senior boys and girls category. 

Interested participants should enrol themselves with the organisers before August 13. The entries can be submitted at the badminton hall of the sports complex in Sector 42 and the Panjab University badminton hall.