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Surinder Bhardwaj

Dera Bassi, October 16
An 18-year-old girl was killed after she came in the grip of a train near Lehli railway crossing here on Monday. The deceased was identified as Sarbjit kaur, a resident of Lehli.

As per information, the incident occurred when Sarbjit was trying to cross the railway track near Lehli and suddenly she came in the grip of a train, Delhi to Chandigarh bound Ucchar Express.

Sources said Sarbjit was returning home after completing her duty in a company near Dera Bassi.

The body of the victim was handed over to relatives after conducting the post-mortem examination in the Civil Hospital, Dera Bassi.

Kalka, October 16
A mason was seriously injured in Pinjore when he fell from the roof of an under construction house, here yesterday.

According to information available, the incident took place when the mason, Mohammed Kalim, fell down from the roof while constructing a boundary wall on the roof.

Fatehgarh Sahib, October 16
Raman Gupta of SAD (B) was unanimously elected as the president of the Municipal Council, Bassi Pathana, in an election held in the council office.

The SDM presided over the meeting, which was attended by Justice (retd), Nirmal Singh, MLA, and 10 out of 12. Whereas, two councillors boycotted the meeting. Though SAD (B) has only four councillors yet six congress councillors also backed him. The MLA purposed the name of Raman Gupta and all the present councillors supported his candidature.

Meanwhile, Pritpal Singh Dharni, Congress councillor, who boycotted the meeting, demanded a strict action against those Congress councilors, who supported the SAD (B) candidate.

The post of president was lying vacant as Kulbhushan Malhotra, (former president) had resigned not only from the post of presidentship but also from the post of the councillor.

He was an SAD (B) worker. But during the assembly election, he joined Congress and after the formation of SAD (B) government he was being pressurised to resign. Sources said that an enquiry was initiated against him.

Justice (retd) Nirmal Singh MLA thanked all the councilors for unanimous election and assured speedy development of the town. Rajesh Singla, press Secretary Arthia Association Punjab was also present.

Panchkula, October 16
The accused in the ATM theft case that shook the city recently, were produced in the court today and have been sent on a further remand of one day. Both the accused were already on a remand period of six days. The police have not recovered anything yet.

It was on October 10 when the two were arrested by the Panchkula police for committing theft at an ATM in Sector-12 A, Panchkula .

Interestingly, it emerged that one of them, Randhir Singh, was an immigrant to the United Kingdom (UK) for about eight years, while the other, Rajeev Shukla, worked as an ATM cash loader with a Mohali-based company.

While Shukla is a resident of Sector 19, Chandigarh, Singh, who had come back from the UK in 2009, was residing in Sector-34, Chandigarh, with his family.

It was in the wee hours on September 30 when these two allegedly cut open the cash box of an Axis bank ATM in Sector-12A, Panchkula, with a gas cutter and stole around Rs 8.31 lakhs. While retrieving the money from the ATM, they pasted leaves on the lens of the CCTV cameras installed in the room and put a board of 'ATM not in service' to ensure that no one entered the room.

Chandigarh, October 16
In one of the fastest trials in the history of district courts, a 38-year-old man was today sentenced to eight months imprisonment for attempting to kidnap a nine-year-old in Mauli Jagran.

The entire evidence in the case was recorded in a single day making it a rare judgement. The case was registered in April this year.

The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Shalini Nagpal sentenced Jeet Singh to eight months imprisonment after convicting him for attempt to kidnap the minor girl. The case was registered on April 17 when the accused was arrested for attempting to rape and kidnap a Class III student in Mauli Jagran.

Public prosecutor Manu Kakkar said they concluded the trial in one day as all the witnesses were examined in a single hearing last week. “The charges of attempt to kidnap were proved even though the victim retracted from earlier statements of attempt to rape and turned hostile,” he said.

As per the prosecution case, the victim was on way to the market to buy medicines when the accused, Jeet Singh tried to overpower her. The accused caught hold of her and dragged her inside his house. The girl raised a hue and cry and managed to rescue herself. She then reached home and narrated the story to her mother, who informed the police. The accused and the girl were neighbours.

However, in the court the girl as well as her mother turned hostile and said no attempt was made to rape her. They told the court that an attempt to kidnap the girl was made, but rape was not attempted. The accused worked as a driver.

During recording of evidence last week, statements of three the witnesses, including the girl, her mother and the investigating officer, as well as of the accused were examined on the first day of hearing after framing the charges of abduction against the accused.

Mohali, October 16
Nine persons, including the sarpanch of Kumbra village, were booked on charges of trespassing and voluntarily causing hurt.

The police has registered a case under Sections 323, 441, 506, 148 and 149 of the IPC against Ranjit Singh, sarpanch, Malkeet Singh, Jatinder Singh, Harmesh Singh, residents of Kumbra, and five others.

A panchayat union leader and his father were injured when they were attacked inside their home by a group in Kumbra village yesterday. According to reports, the victims, Balwinder Singh and his father Lal Singh sustained fractures and were admitted to the local Civil Hospital.

Balwinder Singh was the district president of the Panchayat Union. — OC

Chandigarh, October 16
Continuing their winning streak, the local soccer team of Chandigarh Football Academy (CFA) drubbed down Young Challengers (YC), Rajkot, by 21-0,during the ongoing 10th Administrator's Challenge Cup Tournament being played, here today.

Nishu (12th, 39th, 56th, 76th, 82nd, 89th) scored maximum number of goals for the team while Daniel (14th, 29th and 43rd) and Shokat (47th, 60th and 62nd minutes) scored three goals each. Samuel (3rd and 25th), Vikram (34th and 37th) and Shajid (65th and 85th) scored two goals each. Ramdin and Movashir ensured team’s victory after scoring one goal each.

In the well-settled match, the Aizawal Football Club, Mizoram, went down against Mahilpur Football Academy by 3-1. Striker Rohit, stars in team win after posting a hattrick. He put the team ahead after scoring a brilliant grounder in the 12th minute and he strike again to put the team ahead in the 29th minute after deflecting the ball over the goal line. After the lemon break, the Aizawal Football club tried to come back in the match when David Lal Rin Chhana reduced the margin to 2-1in the 62nd minute. But Rohit maintained the two goals lead after posting his third goal in the 87th minute.

In another match, Thau Sports Academy, Manipur, defeated Sambalpur Football Academy 3-1. Going down against a goal, the team came back in the second half of the game. Bibhu Ranjan of Sambalpur Football Academy drew the first blood in the 29th minute of play but in the 36th minute, the Manipur side leveled the score through Rishi Kumar Singh.

In the second half, the winning side began their campaign after playing possession game and soon achieved the lead by Satmin Thang in the 64th minute while Shyam Dass put the team to 3-1 in 70th minute of the play.

In the last match, Gorkha Training Center, Shillong, stunned Sahayatri Football Club Howrah by 3-2. The winning side came up in the whirlwind fashion and Naowba Meetei scored three goals in 70th, 79th and 83rd minutes of the game after playing down with 2-0.

Earlier, Subhankar Sana of Sahayatri scored the first goal in the 44th minute while Sachin Singh made it 2-0 in the 48th minute.

Chandigarh, October 16
Tennis player Manjot Singh bagged both the titles of boys (U-16) and that of the men’s category, on the concluding day of the YMCA Total Tennis Championship, played here today.

In the final of boys (U-16) category, Manjot defeated Nikhil Sandhu. He stumbled Nikhil in the 4-2 and 4-2 while in the men’s final Manjot drubbed Parminder Singh 6-3 and 6-1. Aniket Khosa won the final of boys (U-14) category after defeating Manvir Sohi by 4-1 and 5-3.

In the boys (U-12) category, Chiraz Singh overcame Manvir Sohi by 4-0 and 4-0.

Chandigarh, October 16
The cricket team of Saupins School, Sector 32, defeated St. Johns’ School, Sector 26, by 28 runs to reach in the semifinals of the ongoing Inter-School Cricket Tournament for boys (U-16) being held here today.

Earlier, after elected to bat first, Saupins team posted a total of 152 runs after loosing 3 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. Ramandeep topped the team’s score chart after contributing 62 off 38 while Parvesh contributed 45-runs. Shubhkarman (23) was the other main contributor in the team’s total.

For the bowling side, Kartavya and Mehul claimed one wicket each. In reply, the St. John's team managed to score only 124 runs in 20 overs. Kartavya (40) and Pranjay (30) contributed lion’s share while bowler Paras and Shubhkarman took 2 wickets each.