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COURTS

Fraud cases: Three-day police remand for Neena Sharma
Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 17
Owner of Gurkirpa Enterprises and Sai Kirpa Enterprises, an immigration consultant services, Neena Sharma who was arrested yesterday, has been sent to a three-day police remand today.

At least 39 cases of cheating on the pretext of sending people abroad have been registered against the accused. The police has recovered 13 passports of various clients, around 112 grams of gold jewellery, 315 grams of silver, four driving licences and six ATM cards from Neena’s possession.

All driving licences were made from Patiala.

According to the police, Sharma has been absconding for past few months and was also declared as a proclaimed offender (PO) in one case registered against her at the Mataur police station by Devinder Kaur in May 2011. She was also declared as the PO in two other cases.

Neena, a daughter of a retired police official, was arrested from Panchkula yesterday where she was putting up in a rented accommodation for the past one month.

The accused (36) said she had been changing houses after registration of cases against her. “But I did not leave the area, as I have to meet my counsel regularly and to sign many documents with her,” claimed Neena Sharma.

Terming her a habitual cheater, Mohali SSP GS Bhullar said she had also sold a plot of her maternal uncle fraudulently. She had started the immigration business five years before and also run a restaurant in Phase VII. She had cheated about 20 persons, said Bhullar.

Neena Sharma had been married about 10 years ago to Mangat Ram Sharma and has two children. She has been deserted by her husband and both her children live with him. Her husband is also wanted by the Chandigarh Police in cheating cases.

“I did not want to dupe anybody, but it was my staff who had committed the fraud. I am ready to return the money to all complainants,” claimed Neena Sharma.

4 accused get police remand
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, September 17
The four accused in the priest murder case have been sent to two-day police custody by the court today. The accused, identified as Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sector 25, Chandigarh; Vikram Singh from Ambala, Ganesh from the Industrial Area, Chandigarh; and Pramod, had murdered 60-year-old Duni Chand, a priest at a temple in Morni, with a sharp-edged weapon when he objected their entry in the temple after consuming liquor last evening.

The accused, all in their mid twenties, were arrested from the forest area by the police with the help of local youth.

CRIME

Student held for dragging cop on car

Chandigarh, September 17
The police today arrested an engineering student for hitting a Head Constable and dragging him on the bonnet of his Verna car after he was challaned for no parking. The incident occurred outside the PVR light point in Industrial Area when the student, Punerdeep parked his car in a no-parking area.

The accused is a student of Chitkara College of Engineering.

At 7 pm, Head Constable Gulab Singh, who was on traffic duty, issued the student a challan slip and asked him for his documents. The student went inside his Hyundai Verna car and stepped on the gas. As the Head Constable tried to stop him, he was dragged on to the bonnet for some distance before the car finally came to a halt. The police arrested the student in a case of obstructing public servant from performing his duty. — TNS

2 students killed in road accident
Tribune News Service

Mohali, September 17
Two college students, one from GGDSD College, Sector 32, Chandigarh, and another from Lovely University, Jalandhar, died when their motorcycle collided with a school van on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana Highway near Manak Kheri village at Morinda this morning.

The deceased, identified as Pranchal (22), a student of PG diploma (first year) at GGDSD College, and Prashant (21), a BTech student of Lovely University, were going from Kharar to Morinda on their Pulsar motorcycle when they had a head-on collision with the bus of Delhi Public School near Manak Kheri village at around 7 am.

Both died on the spot, said sources, adding that it was raining when the incident occurred.

Meanwhile, driver of the bus fled from the spot after the accident.

The deceased were residents of Shimla.

The police handed bodies of the deceased to their relatives after a postmortem at the Civil Hospital in Kharar.

A case has been registered against the driver.

SPORTS

ONGC beat Baroda to earn bonus point
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 17
On the third day of the ongoing 19th All India JP Atray Cricket Tournament for Pearls Trophy, rain continued to play spoilsport as out of the four matches scheduled only two were played today.

The first match to be held at the cricket stadium of Sector 16 between State Bank of Patiala and HPCA was called off and the teams were awarded 2 points each. The match between State Bank of Hyderabad and All-India FCI also could not be held and both the teams received 2 points each.

In the third match, played at the DAV-Sector 8, the ONGC team beat Baroda Cricket Association and secured 5 points, including a bonus, while Baroda got (-1).

After winning the toss, ONGC opted to field. Medium pacer Parveen Kumar, who grabbed three wickets to reduce Baroda to 31 for 6 in 10.1 overs, proved that the decision to field first was correct. He took the wickets of Dhiren Mistry (2), Sourav Wakaskar (1) and Jai Kishan (1).

Baroda's innings were steadied by Yagnesh (34 off 37) and Swapnil (25 off 30) for the 7th wicket, and ended at 95 for 8 in 20 overs. Parveen Kumar grabbed 3 for 18 while Sorab and Lukinder claimed two wickets each.

In reply, Sandeep Sharma (34) and Tanmay (35) added 58 runs for the second wicket before Tanmay was caught and bowled by Lukman (35 off 30, two boundaries, three sixes). Sandeep's wicket was taken by Krunal. He scored 34 off 39, hitting four boundaries.

ONGC achieved the target in 15.1 overs to earn a bonus point. Parveen Kumar was named man of the match.

Brief scores:

Baroda-95 for 8 in 20 overs (Yagnish 34, Swapnil 25 not out, Parveen Kumar 3 for 18, Sorab 2 for 13, Lukinder 2 for 12).

ONGC-99 for 4 in 15.1 overs (Sandeep Sharma 34, Tanmay 35, Krunal 2 for 17).

In the last match, played at the GMSSS-Sector 26, the team of CAG defeated Air India. After electing to field first, the winning side were reduced to 213 for 6 in 29 overs. Hiten Dalal (76) and Deepak Joon (42) contributed the most runs. Manvinder Bisla was the first to go after Rizwan grabbed him. He scored 37 off 28, hitting 5 boundaries and a six.

Mohd Kaif departed early after being caught by Rizwan for 7 runs. Thereafter Deepak Joon and Hiten put on 92 runs for the fourth wicket before Deepak was caught by Imtiaz off Rawal for 42 off 38.His innings included two boundaries and two sixes.

For the bowling side, Kuldeep Rawal claimed 4 wickets for 29 runs.

In reply, the CAG team was in a spot of bother when they lost their first 5 wickets for 83 runs on the board in 12.4 overs. However, BD Panda and Bipul Sharma steadied the team's innings, scoring 76 runs for the sixth wicket. BD Panda completed 53 off 39, studded with 4 boundaries and three sixes. Bipul made 33 off 37, which included three boundaries and a six.

Imtiaz Ahmd scored 19 off 10 (two fours and a six) while Paramveer Singh scored unbeaten 20 off 8 (two huge sixes) to ensure the team's victory.

For the bowling side, Atiff Ahmd grabbed 3 for 33 while Shakti Sherawat and Abid Khan claimed two wickets each . With this win, the CAG team secured 4 points.

Brief scores:

Air India- 213 for 6 in 29 overs (Hiten Dalal 76, Manwinder Bisla 37, Deepak Joon 42, Kuldeep Rawal 4 for 29).

CAG- 216 for 8 (Nitin Saini 30, BD Panda 53, Bipul Sharma 33, Paramveer Singh 20 not out and Imtiaz Ahmd 19 not out, Atiff Ahmd 3 for 33, Shakti Sherawat 2 for 32 and Abid Khan 2 for 42).