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NEIGHBOURHOOD

National Pharmacy Week observed

Ropar, December 3
Over 1,250 people, including 1,020 students from 25 senior secondary schools, visited Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh Memorial College of Pharmacy, Bela, during the National Pharmacy Week. A workshop was also organised.

Captain (retd) MP Singh, chairman of the college committee, was the chief guest at the valedictory function. The workshop spread a message against drinking and smoking. — TNS

Murder accused arrested
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 3
Fear of social stigma propelled 50-year-old Gursharan Singh, a resident of Salani village near Amloh, to kill a 35-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son. Gursharan allegedly pushed them into the Bhakra canal about three months ago. The police has arrested the accused and a case under Sections 365, 498, 302, 201of the IPC has been registered against him.

SSP Hardial Singh Mann said the relatives of the boy had approached the police after a news about the recovery of a body with name Navjot engraved on the arm appeared in the media. Kulwinder Kaur, Navjot's grandmother, had complained that Gursharan was having an extra-marital affair with her daughter Sukhvinder Kaur (35), who was married to Kulwinder Singh, a resident of Dhandhari Khurd near Ludhiana, and had two children Lovepreet (13) and Navjot (11).

During the investigation, the accused told the police that he had visited his mother-in-law's house few months ago and came in contact with Sukhvinder kaur. As Sukhvinder's husband was a drug addict, the accused was able to develop physical relationship with her. The accused, who was working as a mason, arranged an accommodation for Rs 800 near the Aam Khas Bhag at Sirhind in August and started living with Sukhvinder and her younger son Navjot.

However, after realising that he will face trouble over the extra-marital affair, he on the pretext of paying obeisance at the Khwaja Peer brought the duo to the Bhakra canal near Shehjadpur village and pushed them into the canal.

2 drug peddlers held
Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 3
The district police has arrested two drug peddlers during checking at different places in the district and recovered 2,100 intoxicant tablets from their possession. The police also arrested two chain snatchers at Sirhind. HS Mann, SSP, said the Khamano police had arrested Jagtar Singh, alias Soni, a resident of Morinda and recovered 1,000 intoxicant tablets.

In another incident, the Kheri Naudh Singh police arrested Baljinder Kumar, alias Kala, a resident of Khanna and recovered 1,100 intoxicant tablets from his custody. All the accused were booked under the NDPS Act. They were produced in the court, which sent them to 14-day judicial custody.

Meanwhile,the Sirhind police arrested two chain snatchers. khan, a resident of Shamli in UP, and Balbir Singh, a resident of Model Town, Khanna, today. During the investigation they revealed that they were involved in various chain snatching incidents. They admitted that they used to sell chains to a goldsmith in Shamli, UP. The police has also recovered Rs.10,000 from them.

COURTS

Arrest warrants issued against chief of consumer awareness group
Ritika Jha Palial
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Arrest warrants were issued against the chairman of the National Consumer Awareness Group Society for failing to comply with the order of the UT Consumer Forum for refunding the booking amount to the complainant.

The forum had earlier directed the group (through its chairman) to refund the membership amount of Rs 1,51,000 with interest at the rate of 9 per cent per annum to the complainant within a stipulated period.

The UT Consumer Forum issued the warrant on November 15 for securing the presence of the opposite party in the court, since the latter had failed to comply with the previous directions.

On the complaint of Deepak Mahajan, the forum, on July 30 this year, had directed the chairman of the group, PJS Mehta, to refund the booking amount paid by the former with interest.

The booking amount of Rs 1,51,000 was deposited by Mahajan in August 2005. The court had directed the opposite party to refund the amount with interest from the date of deposition of the amount, apart from paying the litigation cost of Rs 10,000.

Failing to comply with the order, Mehta was issued a notice calling upon to show “as to why he should not be tried and punished for non-compliance. The sole contention of the opposite party is that the society does not have any liquid amount to handover to the complainant at this stage.”

“It has been contended by the chairman of the opposite party that the society has refunded a large amount earlier to its members on their demand and now it is short of funds,” reads the copy of the order. The forum then issued the arrest warrants.

Complainant’s lawyer Pankaj Chandgothia said, “The society was originally meant to promote consumer awareness only, but later, it also took up a group housing scheme which led to the consumer dispute.”

CRIME

Stepfather rapes 10-yr-old at Mani Majra
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
In a shocking incident, a Class five student was allegedly raped by her step-father last night. The police has registered a case against 32-year-old Sushil Kumar who is absconding. The police said the 10-year-old girl was raped when her mother was out of station. The incident came to light when she returned home and her daughter narrated the sequence of events to her.

In her statements, the victim also said that she had been raped twice in the absence of her mother particularly on the eve of Holi and Dasehra this year. The medical examination of the victim has confirmed rape and her clothes will be sent to CFSL for examination.

Sources said the mother of the victim had divorced her first husband and married accused Sushil Kumar around seven years ago, but she did not have any child from her second husband. The mother of the victim had gone to a religious place after leaving her daughter in the care of her second husband and returned on Sunday night. A case has been registered at the Mani Majra police station.

Man dies in road accident
Our Correspondent

Zirakpur, December 3
A 50-year-old man was killed in a road accident near Zirakpur last night. The incident took place when he was returning after attending a marriage function at Occasion resort. The deceased was identified as Balwinder Singh, a resident of Seehanpur village, Mohali. The accident occurred when the driver of the car, in which the victim was travelling, tried to overtake another vehicle on the Ambala- Chandigarh highway. The car hit the road divider and turned turtle. The police has registered a case against car driver Kamaljeet Singh, a resident of Pragpur village, under Section 279, 304A, and 427 of the IPC.

Child killed in mishap

Kalka: A 10-year-old student died in a road mishap at Surajpur, Kalka subdivision, today. The accident took place when Kuldeep Sharma, a resident of Surajpur, along with his two sons, Himanshu and Priyanshu, was riding on scooter. When they reached near the railway line an iron rod, which was loaded on a tractor-trailer, hit Himanshu on forehead. Himanshu died on the spot . The police has arrested Shakeel Ahemad, driver of the tractor-trailer. — OC

hallo majra murder case
6 held for killing scrap dealer
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
A day after the murder of a scrap dealer in Hallo Majra, the police has arrested six accused, while one is still absconding. A scrap dealer, Siya Ram, was allegedly killed by the accused owing to prior enmity.

The police arrested Pawan Kumar while he was trying to flee. He told the police that he committed the murder at the behest of Jai Nath who had an old enmity with Siya Ram.

Pawan was paid Rs 50,000 to execute the killing and he hired goons for the purpose.

Pawan Ram constituted a team comprising of Deepa, Rinku, Ashiq, Raju and consumed whisky in Deep Complex, Hallo Majra, last night. They then attacked Siya Ram. The police arrested co-accused Rakesh, Sanjay Kumar and Jai Nath. One of the accused, Ashiq, is absconding.

Man hit by Scorpio, dies
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
A 50-year-old man died after being hit by a Scorpio on the dividing road of Sector 10 and 16 here today. The victim, Krishan Kumar, an employee of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, was attached with the road wing of the MC. He was on duty and crossing the road to enter into Sector 16 when the mishap occurred. The driver fled the spot and Krishan was declared brought dead at the hospital.

The police said Krishan’s family, including his wife and niece, were working in Sector 16 and Krishan was coming to have lunch with them when the mishap occurred. The deceased was residing along with his family in Colony Number-5 near Sector 34.

The traffic flow was interrupted for some time after the accident occurred till the police rushed to the spot.

The body was kept in the mortuary of GMSH-16 for a postmortem examination.It would be conducted tomorrow. A case was registered at the Sector 3 police station against the unidentified accused. The deceased is survived by his wife and three children.

SPORTS

Tennis tourney
Yuvraj beats Savneet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 3
Yuvraj Singh defeated Savneet Bajwa 4-2, 0-4 and 7-3, during the ongoing AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament today. The tournament is being held at the CLTA and Lake Sports Complex. In other match Sahishnu Sharma made a comeback after losing the first set and registered win (4-0) in the second set . Later, in the decider he crushed his opponent 7-0.

In the girls' (u-12) category, Simran Pritam defeated Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa 1-4, 4-1 and 7-2 while Mangat Rahat overcame Amreen Sidhu 4-1, 2-4 and 7-2. In the boys' (u-16) matches, Anuj Malik routed Aman Pandoh 9-8 (4).

Results:

Boys' (U-12)- Sacchit Sharma bt Ram Kumar Anahat 4-0, 4-1; Asav Kumar bt Divesh Gehlot 4-2, 4-1; Chiraj Singh bt Sehaj Sidhu 1-4, 4-2, 7-4; Abhimanyu Rozra bt Chetanya Chaudhry 4-1,4-2; Amit Beniwal bt Daksh Marwaha 4-1, 4-1; Dhruv Sharma bt Satyakim Kohli 4-2, 0-4, 7-5; Udayveer Sing bt Shrey Chopra 4-1, 4-1; Yuvraj Singh bt Savneet Bajwa 4-2, 0-4, 7-3; Sahishnu Sharma bt Aakash Ahlawat 4-5 (2), 4-0, 7-0; Shaurya Piplani bt Siddharth Shamra 4-2, 4-2; Tushar Aggarwal bt Ishaan Khushu 4-2, 5-3; Himanshu Mor bt Ishaan Anirudh 4-1, 1-4, 7-5; MS Karthik bt Jagtar Arora 5-4, 1-4, 7-4; Sehaj Punj bt Udit Kamboj 5-3, 4-1; Naman Sharma bt Nishant Dabas 3-5, 4-1, 7-4; Rishabh Sharda bt Udgam Aggarwal 4-0, 4-0; girls (U-12)- Shambhavi Tiwari bt Sehajnoor Dhillon 5-4 (2), 5-3; Annanya Bhargaw bt Laavanya Ray 4-0, 4-0; Taru Ahluwalia bt Ibadat Kaur 4-0, 4-0;Chetna Kumari bt Rhythm Deshwal 4-0, 4-0; Khushbeen Kaur bt Sukhmani Sahota 4-0, 4-0; Simran Pritam bt Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa 1-4, 4-1, 7-2; Kashish Bhatiya bt Saisha Khanna 5-4 (6), 4-2; Manya Bajaj bt Aditi Dogra 4-2, 4-2; Alisha Menon bt Tanisha Indrayan 5-3, 4-0; Mangat Rahat bt Amreen Sidhu 4-1, 2-4, 7-2.