Chandigarh, November 22
A local court today framed charges against two persons accused of trespassing into the UT Guest House room of a senior IAS officer, A Amona Srinivasan, who is the deputy commissioner (DC) of Kaithal district. The incident was reported in February this year.

The court framed charges against the receptionist of the UT Guest House, Paramjit Singh, and bellboy Amit Kumar. As per the case, the accused bellboy had entered the room (room no. 108) of the Deputy Commissioner from the balcony of room no. 109, in which he was staying illegally.

Srinivasan had lodged a police complaint alleging an unidentified person had entered her room in her absence and left when she was sleeping on February 13. Police sources said the CCTV footage of the guest house revealed that accused bellboy had taken the keys of room no. 109 from the receptionist and locked himself in the room. Later, he entered the room of Srinivasan during night with the intention of committing a theft. When he was leaving the room his foot hit a table and Srinivasan woke up.

The police investigation revealed a number of lapses on the part of the guest house management as during night, when the incident took place, not a single senior management official was present on the premises and the receptionist and bellboy were handling all the affairs of the guest house.

The police sources said the investigation revealed that some of the occupants at the guest house also consumed alcohol on the premises, which was prohibited.

Chandigarh, November 22
The UT police arrested a clerk with the District Sainik Welfare Office in Sector 21 for carrying a pistol during hearing of a regular departmental inquiry marked against him.

The police arrested Sukhwant Singh in a case under various sections of the Arms Act registered at the Sector 19 police station.

The police said Sukhwant went to the office today and kept a pistol on the table. The deputy director of the department, Mahipal Singh, called the police and it was found that the pistol was without license. The accused was then arrested.

Sources said, last week Sukhwant was booked in another case under the IT Act registered against him at the same police station.

Chandigarh, November 22
High drama was witnessed outside a shop in Sector 7 when a constable posted with the PCR was assaulted while on duty. He had gone to attend to a complaint regarding breaking of locks of a shop.

Constable Balbir Singh got into a heated scuffle with the owners of a neighbouring shop as they accused him being a part of a “corrupt” system.

The constable, who had gone to investigate the case of breaking locks of an electrical shop got enraged and took an offence and a scuffle began.

Three more persons joined in and beat up the constable. Later, a compromise was reached after police intervention. 

Panchkula, November 22
“I did not know this will be our last Divali with her,” said a wailing Buti Ram, the father of Jyoti, who had come to Panchkula in order to extend financial support to her father and had even footed the whole marriage bill of her sister.

“She had come home this Divali and had done all the shopping. She was quite fond of spending money on her siblings. As I did not earn much, we were happy when she got a good job and started earning,” said Ram.

He further added, “This Divali she had made all purchases herself and had even decorated the house.”

“As I am a tailor by profession, I do not earn enough. She had come to Panchkula so that she could lend financial support to me. Every month she used to send some money to us,” said another relative.

Jyoti had even told her parents that being the eldest, she would solemnise the marriage of her siblings first and then get married.

Jyoti was quite close to her mother and shared every little thing with her. “She never showed any sign of depression or tension. Rather she said that she was doing quite well and she was even expecting a promotion,”said Ram.

“She was the pride of our village as she was handling everything herself. She was pursuing her studies and was even working at the same time,” said the village sarpanch, Paramjit Singh.

Jyoti made the last call at her home at 7 pm yesterday. “ We were totally unaware that this was her last call. She was sounding normal and she even told me that she will come home this Saturday. But fate had something else in store for her,”said the inconsolable father.

Panchkula, November 22
Jyoti’s youngest brother was also murdered six years ago in 2006 due to personal enmity. Her younger brother, Ravi, was murdered at the age of 18 years by his group of friends when he had gone to attend a fair in the nearby village.

“Ravi was just 18 when he was murdered. Due to personal enmity, his friends took him and gave him some poisonous substance to eat and he died on the spot itself,” said Ram Kumar, a relative.

He further added, “There were about five-six youths who were arrested by the police. But later, all of them were acquitted.”

An appeal in the Punjab and Haryana High court is still pending. “It is very painful when one loses one child and then again you lose another that too in a murder case,” said father Buti Ram.

The parents of the deceased did not know where Jyoti was working and where she was putting up.

While talking on the phone from Hoshiarpur, her mother, Shanti Rani said, “ She never spoke much and was a good human being. She was such a girl that she could never have enmity with anyone.”

Chandigarh, November 22
The table tennis team of SGGS College, Sector 26, won the Panjab University Inter-College Table Tennis Championship for Men being held at PU Gymnasium Hall, here today.

The team of DAV College, Sector 10, and PU Campus secured second and third place the competition, respectively.

Results:

Semifinal match: DAV College, Chandigarh, beat PU Campus by 3-0; SGGS College beat DAV College, Malout, by 3-0; 3rd /4th place: PU Campus beat DAV College, Malout, by 3-0; Abhimanyu beat Abhilash ( 11-6, 11-5, 13-11); Himanshu beat Vishal (11-9, 11-4, 11-4); Akhilesh beat Jaspal (11-9, 11-6, 11-5).

Final match: SGGS College, Chandigarh, beat DAV College, Chandigarh, by 3-0; Manpreet beat Tushar Gupta (11-9, 12-10, 11-7);Harsh beat Dev Saini (11-6, 9-11, 14-12, 12-10); Kashish beat Rishabh (11-6, 11-7, 14-11, 11-3).

Chandigarh, November 22
The Annual Inter-School Athletic Meet organised by the UT Education Department concluded at the sports complex, Sector 7, here today.

The three-day meet witnessed track and field events. In the hammer throw event of boys’ (U-19) category, Sachin Sharma of DAV School, Sector 15, with a total distance of 21.95 m won the top honour while Sukhwinder Singh of Government Senior Secondary School, Manimajra, covered 18.52 m to bag the second place. With 17.51 m Angad of St Annes School, Sector 32, finished third in the competition.

Boys’ (U-17): Prannay Kapur of St John’s-26 (21.54 m); Amandeep Singh of St Soldier-28 (17.76 m); Harpreet Singh of GMHS-26 (14.58 m). 800 m: Ajesh Kumar of St John’s -26 (2.02.12); Mehul Khera of DAV Model-15 (2.10.53); Sahil Kumar of GMSSS-40 (2.19.72). Boys’ (U-17): Mohd Bilal of GHS-Mauli Colony (2.18.93); Gurjeet Singh of GMHS-42 (2.21.10);Rajinder of GSSS-Kaimbwala (2.23.38);Triple Jump: Ashu Kumar of DAV-8 (12.31 m); Chirag of St John’s-26 (11.92 m); Sai Setia (DPS 40) 11.28 m; Boys’ (U-17): Gurinderjeet Singh of St Soldier-28 (11.04 m); Deepak Jaiswal of GMSSS 47 (10.50 m); Robin Subrai of St. Anne’s-32 (10.32 m);Javelin Throw: Sandeep of GNKS-30 (39.50 m); Nishan Singh of GMSSS-15 (34.55 m); Sandeep Kumar of GMSSS-27 (33.00 m); Boys’ (U-17): Gurpreet of St Soldier-28 (32.55 m); Satish Kumar of GHS-40 (31.20 mts.); Vipin of GSSS MMT (30.90 mts.)Boys(U-14)- 600 meters-Rakesh Kumar of GMS-46 (1.45.82); Piyush of St Anne’s-32 (1.49.40); Mandeep of GMHS-42 (1.50.20); Athletics: Girls’ ( U-19)-800 m- Laxmi of GMSSS-32 (2.56.47); Celeste of GMSSS-MHC MM (2.56.75); Pinky of SGGS-35 (3.19.84):Girls’ (U-17)- Sukhdeep Kaur of GMSSS-37 (3.02.87); Shweta of GMSSS-37 (3.04.25); Dency Sam of St Anne’s-32 (3.05.02);Triple Jump: Sunita Guleria of GMSSS-37 (8.84m); Komal of St Soldier-28 (8.44 m); Pooja of Stepping Stone-37 (7.19 m);Javelin Throw: Suman of GMSSS-22 (17.75 m); Afsana of GSSS Dhanas (14.75 m); Ashima of St Soldier-28 (14.10 m); Girls’ (U-17): Simran of GMSSS-37 (20.15 m); Manisha of GMHS-26 (17.15 m); Mehak of St Soldier 38 (1310 m); 4 X 400 m Relay Race: GMSSS-37; SGGSSSS-35; St Soldier-28; Girls’ (U-14): Harnoor Sandhu of St Anne’s 32 (1.59.70); Harmanpreet of St Soldier-28 (2.08.28); Seema of GMSSS-33 (2.15.6).

Chandigarh, November 22
Dalbir Football Academy (DFA), Patiala, routed Lyallpur Khalsa College (LKC), Jalandhar, by 5-0 in the ongoing 7th Kanwar Harbans Lal Memorial Football Tournament conducted by the Youngsters Club at Football Stadium, Sector 17, here today.

The Patiala team took the lead through Jagroop Singh in the 12th minute and later Santosh doubled the lead in the 20th minute.

Half-back Sartaj took the score to 3-0 before the half time.

In the second half, Rabat scored the 4th goal in 65th minute and Jobanpreet sealed the team’s victory in the 70th minute of the match.

In the second match, the Youngsters Club, Chandigarh, played a goalless draw with the MUFC, Mahilpur.