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Mohali, January 12
The police remand of the four accused, who were involved in the attack on Naya Gaon police station on the night of January 9, has been extended by two days.

The police today produced Pawan Sandhu, Amandeep Sandhu, Parteek Thakur and Amit Kumar Saini in the local courts, which extended their remand by two days.

The accused were arrested on the charge of attempt to murder on Thursday following an attack on the police station in a bid to set free a culprit, Sandeep Sandhu, on Wednesday night.

Sandeep Sandhu was arrested on the charge of assaulting policemen at a naka on Wednesday. Pawan Sandhu and Amandeep Sandhu are Sandeep’s father and brother, respectively.

Sandeep’s mother, Pritpal Kaur, who was also involved in the attack, has already been sent to a judicial custody.

The police has booked around 20 persons in the case. It has also arrested six persons in this regard, while the rest are still absconding.

“Raids are on and all accused will be arrested soon,” said DSP Rajinder Singh Sohal.

A case has registered against the accused at the Naya Gaon police station in this connection. 

Mohali, January 12
The accused involved in the molestation of a 16-year-old girl at Cleopatra Day Spa at Phase X here was released on bail today.

DSP Ajinder Singh said the accused, Ashim, was produced before the local Sub-Divisional Magistrate, who granted him the bail. The police is yet to procure the CCTV footage from the salon.

“We have asked the salon owner to provide us with the CCTV footage for further investigation in the case, but they are yet to give us the same,” said DSP Ajinder Singh.

Ashim, an employee at Cleopatra Day Spa, here, was arrested yesterday following the complaint of the girl. The victim alleged that Ashim had molested her when she went to the salon for a head massage yesterday afternoon. The director of the spa had denied the allegation claiming that they had watched the CCTV footage and found nothing objectionable. The police has registered a case against Ashim at the Phase-11 Police Station in this connection. Ashim is a resident of Manipur.

Chandigarh, January 12
Insurance of vehicles has become a major roadblock for the plying of CTU buses. Since 2005, no insurance company has come forward to insure the CTU buses; and notification for the exemption of the buses from insurance against third party risk has not been issued.

Information provided to the Punjab and Haryana High Court by a “public-spirited person” and an active member of the Chandigarh’s Advisory Committee, Devi Dayal Sharma, suggests that about 160 CTU buses are off road for the want of requisite exemption or insurance cover.

Taking up Sharma’s petition filed through counsel Ranjivan Singh, the High Court yesterday issued a notice of motion to the UT Administration and other respondents. In his petition, Sharma said the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking, popularly know as CTU, was established in 1966 by the respondent Administration with a fleet of about 30 buses to provide cheaper mode of public transport.

A corpus fund was established by the CTU and the Administration in 1988 to meet third party accident claims in view of the Section 146 (3) of the Motor Vehicle Act - 1988. Accordingly, the buses could ply on roads without insurance cover. For 2012-13, the CTU established a fund of Rs 1.70 crore, the petitioner added.

But, a formal exemption from sub-Section 3 of Section 146 has not been granted in the recent past; and the State Transport Authority is not allowing the buses to ply on roads.

“Consequently, about 160 buses are off road and are parked in various depots of the CTU. By the end of January 2013, about 50 more buses are likely to be off road on account of the said reason,” Sharma said.

He said: “A peculiar situation has arisen because neither insurance companies are inclined to insure the buses nor the appropriate government or the UT Administration is ordering formal exemption under Section 146 (3) despite the fact that a fund to meet accident claim has been established by the CTU, and presently, the fund for 2012-13 is Rs 1.70 crore”.

Referring to a news item carried in these columns, Sharma said: “On account of this situation, it is not only the general public who is at the receiving end, but also the CTU is suffering financial losses in lakhs on a daily basis for the negligent/callous attitude of the higher/competent authorities for the reasons best known to them. By doing so, whose interest they are watching, one fails to understand”.

Sharma insisted that even the CTU Workers Union underscored the issue and brought it to the notice of Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal.

Chandigarh, January 12
14-year-old Korean Duck Hee Lee defeated Tunsian S Mansouri, to win boys’ singles title of the ITF Juniors Grade 3 Tournament for Tennis, concluded at the CLTA Courts, Sector 10, here today.

Lee took the first set at 6-1. But in the second set, Mansouri raised his game to win next four games and took a lead of 4-3. Later Lee in the twelfth game lock, the set to 7-5. In the final set, Lee took an early brake to name the set at 6-2 in the of the ITF Juniors Grade 3 Tennis Tournament.

In the finals of girls’ category, fifth seed Greetje Minnen (BEL) upset top seed Kim Dubin from South Koria. Greetje won the first set at 5-2 and second at 6-4 in the of the ITF Juniors Grade 3 Tennis Tournament.

Results:

Boys Singles-Duck Hee Lee (KOR) [1] beat Skander Mansouri (TUN) [2] 6-1, 5-7, 6-2; Girls Singles-Greetje Minnen (BEL) [5] beat Dabin Kim (KOR) [1] 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Chandigarh, January 12
In the ongoing 1st Gurdev Singh Hayer Memorial Cricket Tournament for Boys (U-13), the team of DAV Public School, Sector 8, registered win over Yadavindra Public School (YPS) by 9 wickets here today.

After winning the toss, DAV halted the team’s innings on a total of 101 runs. Swetabh (35) and Rahul (20) were the main scorers for the team. For the bowling side, Ayush Sikka claimed 2 for 6 while Mukesh claimed 1 for 8.

In reply, the wining side chased down with Ayush Sikka scoring unbeaten 51 off 42 with 10 boundaries and Prashant contributing 19 runs.