Students of GSMCH bring laurels

Banur, December 29
Students of the Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital (GSMCH) have brought laurels in the MBBS Final Profession Examination by securing top positions. The exam was conducted by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences.

Dr AS Sekhon, dean, Gian Sagar Group of Institutions, and principal of college Dr Jasbeer Kaur said the students of the college had bagged six out of the ten positions in the university. They informed that Lovepreet Kaur had secured the first position in the university while Meetan Preet secured second position. Ankita Lamba had bagged fourth position, Hersimran Kaur fifth position, Navneet Kaur ninth position and Manisha Aggarwal had stood 10th in the examination. — OC

Victims demand action in land grab case

Dera Bassi, December 29
The victims of land grabbing case have demanded a justice from authorities concerned. Victims had alleged that some persons had grabbed their land at Kishanpura village in Dera Bassi tehsil.

They said that they thought the local police had booked Jagdish Chand, a resident of Sector 10, Panchkula; Sushil Kumar, a Nambardar and Budh Ram, both of Chhat village under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 193, 196, 199, 209, 211 and 120-B of the IPC on the directions of the court on 17-11-2012 but no action was taken so far. Complainant Rahul Maken, a resident of Sector 21, Panchkula, had written a letter to Director General of Punjab Police in which he alleged that certain persons had grabbed their land measuring 24 bigha and 10 biswas in Kishanpura village by adopting false means. Gurdyal Singh, SHO, Dera Bassi, said the case is under investigation and action would be taken after completing the inquiry.

Deepinder is chief of Patiala District Planning Board

Dera Bassi, December 29
SAD Leader Deepinder Singh Dhillon, who has been nominated as the chairman of district planning board, Patiala, has assured that he would perform his duty with honesty. He thanked the SAD high command for providing this honour to him.

Leaders of party of dera bassi, Banur, Lalru and Zirakpur areas had expressed happiness over the nomination of Dhillon for the post. According to political sources belonging to SAD, it seems that party was preparing its solid base in Patiala district for the forthcoming parliament elections. They said nomination of dhillon would shine the prospects of SAD for the forthcoming parliament elections. Dhillon was denied the Congress ticket in the last assembly elections and he contested as independent candidate from Dera Bassi assembly constituency and received over 51,000 votes against his nearest rival and the SAD candidate NK Sharma but lost the election. Later, he joined the SAD. — OC

ASI killed in road mishap

Ambala, December 29
An ASI of Ambala police was killed in a road accident on Ambala-Hisar road today morning. According to information, ASI Gurmail Singh (55), who was deployed on prison duty, was going to central jail on his motorbike.

When he was crossing the road near polytechnic chowk; a speedy truck coming from opposite direction collided head on with him. The ASI sustained serious injuries. He was rushed to a civil hospital where he was declared brought dead.

The truck driver managed to flee from the site leaving his truck abandoned. The police has registered a case against the truck driver and impounded the truck. The traffic lights of this roundabout are lying out of order since several months. — OC

One arrested for firing rounds

Fatehgarh Sahib, December 29
On the concluding day of Shaheedi Jor Mela, SSP HS Mann today addressed a press conference at police headquarters and said the Fatehgarh Sahib Police has arrested Sukhjinder Singh, a resident of Bahadurgarh village, for firing two rounds from his personal double barrel gun in front of Gurudwara Jyoti Swarup Sahib.

A case under Sections 336 and 188 of the IPC has been registered. He said Sukhjinder was carrying a double barrel gun along with seven live cartridges. — OC

COURTS

jyoti’s murder
More names crop up in MLA’s bail plea
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, December 29
While the newly elected Doon MLA, in his bail plea, filed in the lower court had mentioned that his friend, Rajinder, knew Jyoti, he now, in the bail plea filed in the Punjab and Haryana High court, claims that his Personal Security Officer (PSO), Satpal, had relations with her. The new claims have cropped up only after the Panchkula police pointed out the tower locations of the MLA’s personal cell phone.

No mention about Satpal was made in the plea filed in the Panchkula court of Additional District Session’s judge, Sanjay Sandhir, instead it was stated that his friend Rajinder Singh knew Jyoti and not Chaudhary.

It was mentioned, “The applicant happened to be present on the wedding ceremony of sister of deceased Jyoti because he had given lift to his friend Rajinder Singh for going to the said place and Rajinder Singh thereafter accompanied the applicant to Mukarian and came back to Baddi,” said the plea. It was stated that Rajinder Singh did not know Chaudhary but Jyoti.

While in the bail plea filed in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, it is stated, “The petitioner confronted Satpal, who admitted having relations with the deceased. Satpal is unmarried and hails from Punjab belongs to the same community, as was the deceased. He admits having relations with the deceased and used to call from the cell phone of the petitioner, which often used to be in his custody,” stated the petition. No mention about Rajinder has been made.

Regarding the mobile phone locations, it is stated, “Satpal, who had the custody of the cell phone of the petitioner and the car of the petitioner probably drove to Chandigarh.”

In the plea filed in the High Court, Chaudhary has mentioned that he, in no case knew Jyoti, personally. It was also stated that Satpal does not have any other cell phone of his own and accompanies the petitioner all the time, when out of home.

While the police of Haryana and that of the Himachal Pradesh claim that Chaudhary and his accomplices are absconding, Chaudhary in his petition said that he is and elected representative and would be the last person to run from the law and in no manner whatsoever can it be presumed that he would evade the course of justice.

It was on December 21 when the Panchkula police had reached the residence of Chaudhary at Sandholi, Baddi with arrest warrants of Chaudhary and his three accomplices, Gurmeet, Dharampal and Paramjeet after their nomination in section 302(murder) of a 24 year old girl Jyoti.

Jyoti, a BED student was found murdered on November 22 a road near Sector 21 Panchkula. The post mortem examination had revealed that she had undergone abortion in August. Her father said Jyoti was handling the financial matters of Chaudhary. Chaudhary won elections from Doon constituency on Congress ticket on December 20.

Fresh raids conducted by Baddi police

The police of Panchkula and that of Himachal Pradesh claim that all family members of Chaudhary have been absconding for the past one week except for two servants, who are present at their residence. Baddi police conducted the raids at petrol pumps, crashers and at Chaudhary’s residence late last night. All routes to Himachal Pradesh have also been sealed.

CRIME

Two arrested with drugs
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 29
The UT police has arrested two persons and recovered 8.5 grams of heroin from their possession. The accused have been identified as Jagraj Singh, 24, and Gursharan Singh, 24, both residents of district Moga. The two were nabbed at a check point laid near the road dividing Sector 21 and 22.

Both accused are drug addict and were carrying the contraband for self-consumption. Sub-inspector Ram Rattan said that both the accused had come to city in search of job and were looking for a room at Sector 22 when they were apprehended.

They were produced in the court and were remanded to two-day police remand.

The police is now investigating about from where the accused were procuring the drugs. A case under Sections 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 21, 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) has been registered in the Sector 17 police station.

Bangles stolen

A city-based schoolteacher alleged that some unidentified occupants of a car who gave her lift had decamped with her gold bangles. The victim, Indu Narula, is a resident of Sector 22 and teacher with Shishu Niketan Model School, Sector 43.

The incident took place in the afternoon. The victim reported to the police said she was waiting for a three-wheeler to go home. In the meantime, a car bearing Haryana registration number stopped and asked her way to Sector 22.

According to the victim, there were three women occupants in the car and a man, who was driving. The victim said that they offered her a lift and dropped her near Kishan Bhawan. On reaching home, she claimed that she found her two gold bangles missing. Thereafter, she approached the police and a case was registered at the Sector 36 police station.

SPORTS

BADMINTON TOURNEY
Kaushal beats Daniel in final

Chandigarh, December 29
The final match of the 22nd Smt Krishna Khaitan All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Championship 2012 was held today in Chandigarh. In boys' single (U-17) final match, Kaushal Dharmamer of Maharastra defeated Daniel Farid of Karnataka by 21-17, 21-12.

In girls' single (U-17) final match, Rituparna Das of West Bengal defeated Shriyanshi Pardeshi of MP by 21-9, 21-9.In the final match of boys' double (U-17), Saurabh Sharma of Haryana, and Sanyam Shukla of Chattisgarh defeated Vighnesh Devlekar of Maharastra and Gangadhara Rao of AP by 21-15, 16-21, 21-13.

In the final match of girls' double (U-17), Sudha Kalyani D and Archana M of AP, defeated Sruthi K P and Farha Mather of Kerala by 21-18, 21-17 . In boys' (U-19) final match, Arun George of Kerala defeated Shlok Ramchandran of Maharastra by 23-21, 21-18. In girls' (U-19) final match, Rituparna Das of West Bengal defeated Shriyanshi Pardeshi by 21-6, 21-13. — TNS

TDS RALLY
Team Tata emerge winners

Chandigarh, December 29
GB Girijashankar Joshy and Chandra Mouli of Team Tata emerged as the winners in the "Rally of Chandigarh" for the overall as well as pro-expert category. This rally was the fifth round of National TSD Rally Championship 2012.

The pair of Joshy and Mouli, driving Tata Safari, finished round 5 with a penalty time of just 43 seconds. Continuing their good form and finishing second, 11 seconds behind the winners, was the Erode pair of K P Karthick Maruthi and Sankar Anand in a Mahindra Scorpio. The husband-wife duo Satish Gopalkrishnan and Savera D'Souza finished third.

Erode's S Gopalakrishnan and V Sekar topped the pro-stock class, driving a Tata Sumo Gold, the duo completed the rally with a penalty time of 6 minutes 3 seconds. The pair of Pratap Singh Thakur and Dhiraj Arora from Delhi driving Toyota Corolla came second while Bangalore's Chidanand Murthy and Sujith Kumar BS came third. Topping the Novice Class in a Mahindra XUV 500 were Swaraj Shingi and Ayush. Daljit Singh and Viney Sahi came second in a followed by Shivjeet Malik and Divijraj Thakran who came third. — TNS