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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Youth dies at gym, father suspects foul play
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, September 7
A youth named Amrik Singh died at a private gym here last night. The father of the victim alleged that gym owner, Ravi, had murdered his son. He said Amrik had returned from his job at 3 pm yesterday and immediately left for the gym as Ravi had called him. He said they received an information at about 8 pm that Amrik had suffered a heart attack. When they reached the gym they found Amrik unconscious.

Amrik was rushed to a private hospital where he was declared brought dead. After the post mortem, the police registered a case under Section 174 of the IPC this evening.

Irked over the police inaction, the residents blocked the road leading to the disruption in traffic on the Sirhind-Bassi Pathana road today evening.

The resident placed the body of the victim on the state highway and refused cremate it. Later, the resident stopped the protest after the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Harvinder Singh Sandhu, assured them that an action would be taken against the accused if found guilty.

DSP Sandhu said the action would be taken after they receive the post mortem report. He said a panel of three doctors had conducted the autopsy of the dead body. The accused Ravi has already been arrested, he said.

10 get life term in Amrender murder case
Suman Bhatnagar

Ambala, September 7
Additional Session Judge, Ambala, Vimlesh Tanwar sentenced life term to as many as 10 persons in Amrender murder case here today.

One of the accused was acquitted due to insufficient evidences. Five of the accused who are still at large were declared proclaimed offender by the court.

Those who were sentenced to life imprisonment are Amit Kumar, Abhishek alias Monti, Amit alias Babu, Radheshyam, Amandeep alias Pahari, Rajan, Sahil, Ankush alias Raja, Amit alias Montu and Shammi Kumar alias Selja.

Rajender Kumar who had offered shelter to an accused was acquitted by the court. Other five accused Rock alias Rahul, Surender alias Chotu, Amar alias Billa, Rohit alias Ram Chander and Amit Dogra were declared proclaimed offender.

According to prosecution, the deceased Amrender was the resident of Charkhi Mohalla, Ambala City. On November 6, 2009 when he was crossing near DAV College along with his brother Tarwinder on a motorbike, the assailants attacked him with sharp weapons. Amrender and his brother were seriously injured in the attack. They were rushed to the local Civil Hospital where Amrender was declared brought dead. Tarwinder was referred to the PGI, Chandigarh. Later, on the complaint of the Tarwinder the police had registered a case of murder against 16 persons in this regard.

The complainant counsel Gursher Singh Sullar told that 14 sharp injuries were found on the body of the deceased in post mortem report, which showed that Amrender was, brutally murdered.

Students celebrate Grandparents Day
Tribune News Service

Patiala, September 7
Kangaroo Kids Preschool, New Officer’s Colony, Patiala, celebrated Grandparents Day today where the staff and students felicitated all the grandparents.

The theme of the party was “Sounds of Music”. The school was decorated with musical instruments like guitar, piano and drums. The programme started with dance performances by the children.

Grandparents participated in quiz competition, musical bingo and jumble word puzzle. Grandparents even danced to retro music.

Principal Abhilasha Jagirdar said in these times where some grandparents are sent to old age homes and the family values decreasing. The Grandparents were given souvenirs with hand prints of their grandchildren.

SPORTS

Row over refereeing standards
Deepankar Sharda
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 7
The final between SGGGS Khalsa College, Mahilpur, and GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, took an ugly turn when players of the latter team left the ground in between the match, opposing a decision made by the referee. However, on finding himself in trouble, the referee denied having given that decision.

The choice of referees/officials selected by the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University, to officiate in the tournament (one is a retired government employee, another a student of Master in Physical Education, yet another is above 45 years of age) has been questioned during the course of the tournament.

Brining more shame to the Panjab University sports department, the coaches of the visiting side, were pushed out of the ground by the local coach to stop them from opposing. The match was halted for about 15 minutes, with both officials accusing the standard of refereeing in the ongoing tourney. The matter came to a close after the interference of Director Sports. “This is totally wrong. The referees are not eligible to officiate any match but accordig to the Director Sports, rules can be moulded at this level. How can they do that? The referees are there to ensure that the match proceeds smmothly, not to complicate things,” said the coach of the Ludhiana-based team.

Notably, last evening, players of SGGS College-26 and DAV College-Hoshiarpur, were unhappy with the refereeing during the tournament.

On September 4, it was mentioned in same columns, that for officials of the Directorate of Sports, Panjab University, referees of over 45 years of age are fit to officiate in inter-college football tournaments. However, as per the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), under which the All India Football Federation functions, a referee should not be more than 42 years of age and should have good eyesight. PU officials, on the other hand say that the rule is applied only for international tourneys, whereas in national-level or inter-college tourneys, rules can be mould. “The standard of refereeing is very poor. They can hardly run or react to a situation. The referees should be as fit as the players, said a coach of the Ludhiana-based team.

“One of the persons supervising the match, is a student, pusuing Master in Physical Education. How can he be excepted to have the temperament and skill to supervise a match? There is no interaction between the linesmen and the referee. From the very first match, the decision have been questioned by the public,” said a player participating in the tournament.

A player from DAV College, Hosiharpur, said “We have been a victim of poor refereeing. The referee, in order to help the other team awarded a penalty kick, in the dying minutes of the game. The referee gave the decision standing 25 yards away from the actual spot. The standard of refereeing was poor in previous matches as well.”