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1 kg opium recovered
Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, October 9
The district police has arrested five drug peddlers and recovered 1-kg opium and other contraband including tablets, capsules, smack and bottles of illegal whisky in separate incidents. One of the accused, arrested at a checkpost near Talania village, revealed that he used to purchase opium from a hotel near Shahabad Markanda in Haryana and sell it at higher rates in the area. He told the police that opium was being sold at “dhabas” on the GT Road in Haryana.

SSP HS Mann said the campaign launched by the district police against drug peddlers had started yielding results, as people were coming forward to provide information about peddlers.

He said that police got information about a truck driver supplying opium in the Fatehgarh Sahib area, following which a checkpost was set up near Talania village. He said that during the checking, one Ranjit Singh of Kharar was arrested with 1-kg opium.

The police also arrested one Amandeep Singh of Dadiana village and recovered 3,000 tablets, 130 capsules, 34 injections and 44 bottles of syrups from his possession. Two residents of Mandi Gobindgarh, Kunal and Anush, were also arrested with 10-g smack.

Panchkula, October 9
The paternal uncle and brother of the Karnal girl who fell victim to honour killing were produced in court today and were sent to judicial custody. Jasmer Singh, the victim's paternal uncle, and Aman, her brother, were arrested yesterday evening by the Panchkula police.

Anju,15, was allegedly strangulated to death by Jasmer Singh, Aman and her maternal uncle for falling in love with her neighbour Vijay. The maternal uncle is still
at large.

It was on July 24 that Anju's skeleton, a resident of Karnal, was found
hanging from a tree in Morni. Clothes of the deceased were also found near the spot.

Reportedly, the accused accompanied Anju in an auto-rickshaw on the pretext of taking her to a temple. When it grew dark, they allegedly strangulated her and hanged her body from a tree to make it look like a suicide.

The girl's family had moved to Chandigarh after the affair made it 'embarrassing' for them to stay in their village, Doda Karsa.

It was a tragic end to the love story, as the girl Anju has been killed in honour killing and Vijay is about to get married to another woman. Anju and Vijay were neighbours and were seeing each other for the past three-four years.

The two also tried to get married in court by faking Vijay's paternal aunt as his mother, but the family of the girl had raised objection. The police are suspecting the involvement of other family members too.

Panchkula, October 9
Two accused in the Barwala shootout case have been awarded five year imprisonment. The case had come up for hearing today in the court of additional district and sessions judge Kanchan Mahi.

The accused have been identified as Gupreet Singh and Parvinder Singh. A fine of Rs 2,000 each has also been imposed on the two.

It was in early February 2011 when an Ambala boy Vansh, whose kidnapping was followed by the shootout in Panchkula, did not identify the two now-convicted shootout accused in the court. The kidnapping case against the duo is still pending trial in an Ambala court.

The convicts had allegedly kidnapped Vansh, a student of class II of Army Public School, on February 10, 2011, as he alighted from the school bus at defence colony in Ambala. Vansh's father is a businessman.

Till the time the police was alerted about Vansh’s kidnapping by the parents, the kidnappers demanded Rs 80 lakh in ransom by making a phone call at the boy’s house from an STD booth in Naraingarh.

The Panchkula police, headed by the Crime Investigation Agency Inspector Kulbhushan, followed the kidnappers. As their car entered Panchkula, a police van hit it. When it came to a halt, two youths came out and fired at the policemen. Meanwhile, a team from Ambala police also reached the spot.

Gurpreet was hit in his leg in the retaliatory fire by police. He was taken to the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, while Parvinder fled the scene. But later he surrendered at an Ambala court. The kidnapped boy was found in the car after the shootout.

Chandigarh, October 9
The UT police today filed a chargesheet in the Pooja murder case. The murder took place in July this year. The police filed a chargesheet under Section 302 of the IPC against Vajinder and Renu for the brutal murder of Pooja, who was Vajinder’s wife.

Vajinder employed with a fastfood joint in the city had murdered his wife in connivance with his paramour and then dumped her body in bushes in a deserted area in Hoshiarpur on July 13. The couple set the woman’s body afire before she was dumped, she was given a heavy dose of sedatives and was strangulated thrice while on the way from Chandigarh to Hoshiarpur in the car. She was unconsciousness and in the same condition was fastened to a seatbelt while she lay on the front seat.

As per the chargesheet, Renu originally hails from Hoshiarpur. The police said Vajnder got married to Pooja in 2008 and it was a love marriage. Relations between the couple turned sour and they used to fight often. Vajinder had an affair with Renu, whom he met while they were together working with Dominos in Jalandhar, two years ago. Vajinder was forcing Pooja to divorce him so that he could marry his paramour Renu, but Pooja refused to legally get separated.

Chandigarh, October 9
The soccer team of Government Model High School, Sector 36, (GMHS-36) defeated Ryan International School, Sector 49, by 6-0, during the ongoing inter-school tournament in boys (U-14) category here today.

Amarjit scored the lead in the 5th minute while Gurkirat double the lead after scoring in the 10th minute.

Manvir Singh further took the lead ahead after scoring in the 12th minute while Lalchhanhina took the score to 4-0 in the 16th minute. Manvir Singh (18th minute) and Sumit (20th minute) scored a brace each to seal team’s victory.

In another match, the team of St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, defeated St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, by 1-0. Hemantbir put the team ahead after scoring in the 10th minute of the match.

In the girls’ (U-14) category, the Saupin School, Sector 32, overcame Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, by 3-0. Jyotnoor (4th minute), Aafrren (29th minute) and Adity (35th minute) were the main scorer for the team.

Chandigarh, October 9
The final match of Inter-School Handball Championship will held tomorrow.

The Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, (GMSSS-16) will face the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, (GMSSS-19) in the final match.

In the semi-finals played here today, the Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, (GMSSS-16) defeated Government High School, Sector 41, (GHS-41) by 9-4 while Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 19, (GMSSS-19) overcame Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, (GMSSS-8) by 12-3.

Chandigarh, October 9
The Total Tennis Academy will organise YMCA Total Tennis Championship from October 13, at the YMCA Total Tennis Academy at Sector 11.

The matches will be played in the categories for boys (under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16) and girls (under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16).

This will be the third tournament of the academy circuit. The interested players can send their entries to Rakesh Hooda (9781707026) by October 12 (8 pm).