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COURTS

Delay in shifting of illegal dumping ground
HC summons HUDA chief
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 8
On the issue of shifting of illegal dumping ground from Sector 23, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today summoned DPS Nagal, chief administrator of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), and certain officials from Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India, here today.

Criticising the officials for the delay, the division bench, comprising the Chief Justice and Justice RK Jain, summoned the officials to appear for the next hearing on Monday. They have been asked to update the court regarding their efforts in sorting out the problem regarding the jhuriwala project.

The court also expressed its displeasure over the state of garbage disposal in Panchkula and non-compliance by the authorities with earlier directions issued by it. The High Court observed that the authorities were doing lip service regarding the scientific disposal of garbage.

The bench also reprimanded the officials for not complying with the prescribed conditions to minimize the foul smell in the area. Residents of Sector 23 complained that garbage thrown in the illegal dumping area have become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. They also said the site was not being cleaned on a regular basis.

Mother of victim deposes in court
Says girl’s father mentally ill, was being treated by tantrik
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, October 8
In a major development in the case in which a father allegedly raped and murdered his three-year old daughter, the mother of the child deposed in court today. She said that the father was mentally ill for the past two-and-a-half year and since they did not have enough money, he was being treated by a tantrik, which led to the incident.

The case had come up for hearing today in the District and Sessions Court.

It was on November 15, 2011, when a three-year-old girl of Rajiv Colony was murdered after she was allegedly raped by her father, Dhanna Ram. The police said the incident took place at 2 am when the child was fast asleep. She was raped and hit brutally with a griddle a number of times and then stabbed by her father. Dhanna was booked for rape.

Mother Rita Devi appeared before the Judge and said that even once a child in the locality said something in a light vein and Ram had thrown a brick at her too.

She said that as they did not have enough money to get his treatment done at the hospital so they were getting him treated by a tantrik.

After her daughter’s death and husband’s arrest, Devi is residing in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and was not willing to even appear before the court. It was after the warrants were issued that she came to give her statements. It was around 2 am when everyone, including the girl’s mother, was fast asleep, The father and one-year-old brother were sleeping on the same cot. The father got up and tried to rape the child. Suddenly, after the child began to cry, her mother woke up and tried to stop him. In a rage, the accused took a griddle and hit the child brutally on her head a number of times. It was on the complaint of Devi that the case was registered.

CRIME

PU student held for murder bid

Chandigarh, October 8
The UT police arrested a PU student, Nishant Thakkar, in a case of attempt to murder of a student last week. He was arrested and sent to three-day police remand.

Karanveer, a football player, was attacked inside the campus during practice on October 3 and was critically injured. The police said a prior enmity was the reason for the attack and they would make more arrests after interrogation. Karan, a law student of PU, was attacked with swords and sticks by four to five persons. — TNS

Accused duped 12 persons of Rs 7.20 lakh
Cheated them on pretext of helping them while operating ATM
Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 8
Nikhil Thakur had cheated at least 12 persons of Rs 7.20 lakh in Mohali, Chandigarh, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Hamirpur.

The fact has come to light after the Mohali police interrogated the accused, who was arrested at Balongi village yesterday.

Thakur, who used to cheat his victims on pretext of helping them out while operating ATM cards also admitted that he had cheated at least four persons in Chandigarh.

Talking to Chandigarh Tribune, Mohali SSP GS Bhullar said that apart from Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and Himachal Pradesh, he was also active in Chandigarh. “His involvement has been found in at least four such cases in Chandigarh. Today, a person from Sector 39, Chandigarh, also approached us and identified Thakur. We were told that he had given his complaint at the Sector 39 Police Station. Similarly, he had cheated some persons at the ATM counters in Sector 41, Sector 40 and Sector 35”, said Bhullar.

The police also added that many such victims across the state were contacting them following the arrest of Thakur. “Investigations are on and he would be taken to Zirakpur, Dera Bassi and the Phase 1 Police Station on production warrant very soon. We are hopeful that many cases of ATM fraud wlill be solved soon”, said Bhullar.

Meanwhile, the local court today sent Thakur in judicial custody after completing his one-day remand in police custody.

Two held for impersonation
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 8
The UT police today arrested two persons for impersonation during examination for the posts of peons and attendants of the Panjab and Haryana High Court.

The police registered a case under Sections 419 and 420 of the IPC against Anil Kumar, who appeared in the examination in place of Sandeep, a resident of Nirwana, Jind (Haryana). The accused was arrested from DAV Model School, Sector 15, where the exam was being conducted.

A case was register against Kuldeep Singh in Sector 36 police station.

He appeared in place of another candidate in the examination for the post of peon. The examination was held at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36. The accused has been arrested.

Rickshaw puller dies in accident
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 8
In yet another hit and run case, a rickshaw puller died after he was hit by a Travera car at Sector 43 last night.

The police has registered a case of causing death due to negligence under Section 304A of the IPC against the unidentified accused in the Sector 36 police station.

The mishap occurred when the rickshaw puller was hit between South End chowk and Sector 43-44 Chowk by the car. He got injured and was admitted to GMSH 16 where he declared brought dead by the duty doctors.

SPORTS

Punjab, MPCA to clash for title
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 8
Punjab will face MPCA (Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association) in the title clash of the second All India Invitational Cricket Tournament (under-19) for the Dhruv Pandove Trophy. The match will be held from October 10 to 13.

In the match played today, the MPCA overcame Kerala with a first innings lead of 144 runs and garnered two points. Resuming from their overnight score of 13 for no loss, the Kerala team was bundled out for 106 in 53.5 overs. Kerala was chasing MPCA's total of 250 runs. Vishnu Babu (32) and Mohd Azrudeen (21) were the main scorers for the team. The Kerala team failed to face the bowling attack of Mihir Hirwani, who took 6 for 12, and Kuldeep Singh, who claimed 3 for 37. The winning side did not enforce the follow on. Batting in the second innings, the winning side scored 84 for 5 in 35 overs when the stumps were drawn. Shubham Sharma (28) was the highest scorer while bowler Fabd Ahmd and Ananthu Raj claimed two wickets each.

Brief scores:

MPCA (First innings) - 250 all out in 95.5 overs (Abhishek 60, Ashutosh Singh 49 and Aditya Srivastav 47 not out, Vishnu Babu 4 for 74 and Mithun 3 for 24).

Kerala (First innings) - 106 all out in 53.5 overs (Vishnu Babu 32 not out, Mohd Azrudeen 21, Mihir Hirwani 6 for 19 and Kuldeep Singh 3 for 37).

MPCA (Second innings) - 84 for 5 in 35 overs (Shubham Sharma 28, Fabd Ahmd 2 for 22 , Ananthu Raj 2 for 33).

In another match, at the Dhruv Pandove Stadium, Patiala, Bengal upstaged host Punjab by getting a first innings lead of 12 runs and garnered two points. Punjab, despite this loss, made it to the finals having secured an outright win earlier against Vidarbha which took their points tally to five. Bengal's win today took their tally to four.

Resuming at 15 runs, Bengal went on to score 289 for 7 when the stumps were drawn. K Ankit and D Shubham started the day with an opening wicket stand of 88-runs in 43.4 overs. The stand was broken when Shubham was caught by Sumanpreet off Abhilash Sharma for 59 off 147 balls. He hit 8 boundaries in his innings.

Ankit was joined by H Chakkarworty and the duo took the total to 204 before Chakkarworty was trapped in front by Abhilash Sharma for 66 off 114 balls.. The duo stitched a 116-run partnership for the second wicket. Ankit was later caught by the left arm spinner Vinay Chaudhary for 82 off 205 balls. For Punjab, Vinay Chaudhary, Abhilash Sharma and Karan Kaila claimed two wickets each.

Brief scores:

Punjab-277 all out in 94.5 overs (Rohan Marwaha 29, Simranpreet 34, Bhupinder Singh 28, Mohit Handa 74, Abhilash Sharma 24, Amritpal Singh 34 not out, A Ghani 5 for 93 and S Devnath 2 for 73).

West Bengal-289 for 7 in 100 overs (K Ankit 82, D Shubham 59, H Chakkarworty 66, E Abhimanyu 33, Vinay Chaudhary 2 for 92, Abhilash Sharma 2 for 74 and Karan Kaila 2 for 75).

In the third match, the Mumbai team got 2 points against Himachal after getting a first innings lead of 44 runs. Resuming at 31 for no loss in 7 overs, the HPCA team lost their first wicket at 61 when Ankush Dhariwal was cleaned up by Ashwarya Survey for 32 off 43. Nakulraj, along with Sashya Jamwal, added 47 runs for the fourth wicket before Sashya was cleaned up by S Iyer for 35 off 41.

Nakulraj was caught by Harwadkar off S Iyer for 62 off 119. He hit seven boundaries in his knock. The HPCA innings ended at 245 in 68.4 overs with Shrayas Iyer claiming 5 for 29.

In reply, Mumbai scored 204 for 2 in 32 overs before the stumps were drawn. Jai Bista (46 off 25), Shrayas Iyer (76 off 95 balls ), Sarfraz Khan (67 off 66) were the main run-getters for Mumbai.

Brief scores:

Mumbai (First innings)-289 all out in 90.4 overs (Vikrant Auti 86, Arman Jaffer 62, Sagar Kerkar 38, Shryas Iyer 60, Ankush Dhariwal 2 for 30 and Pankaj Jaswal 3 for 67).

HPCA (First innings)-245 all out in 68.5 overs (Nakulraj 62, Ankush Dariwal 32, Sashya Jamwal 35,Sharyas Iyer 5 for 29, Vaibhav Mali 2 for 51).

Mumbai (Second innings)-204 for 2 in 32 overs (Jai Vista 46, Shrayas Iyer 76 not out, Sarfraz Khan 67 not out, Pankaj Jaswal 1 for 19).

In the last match, Orissa pipped Vidarbha by a first innings lead of four runs at the cricket stadium of Sector 16, Chandigarh. Resuming at 24 for no loss, Vidarbha was bundled out on the total of 266 runs.

Brief scores:

Orissa-270 all out in 87.2 overs (Prateek Tripathi 49, Prateek Das 74, Suvendu Samal 54 not out, Ankit Yadav 27, J Acharya 5 for 55 and Sidesh Narel 3 for 43).

Vadarbha-266 all out in 94 overs (Akshay Wadkar 32, Kushal Kakked 47, Tushar Kaddu 65, Abhishek Kawale 50, Suman Mohanty 4 for 76, Prateek Das 2 for 32 and Ankit Yadav 2 for 72).