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NEIGHBOURHOOD

Body of 35-yr-0ld found
Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, January 13
A body of a youth was found in the bushes on the Fatehgarh Sahib-Chandigarh Road near Mukaronpur village falling under Badali Ala Singh police station today. The body, having two bullet injuries in the head and neck, was in the worst condition. A passer-by noticed the body and informed the Badali Ala Singh police about it. The police reached the spot and took the body to the Civil Hospital, Bassi Pathana, for autopsy. The police identified the body from an identity card kept in the pocket of the deceased.

SSP HS Mann said today early morning a passer-by told the police that a body was lying on a roadside near Mukaronpur village.

The deceased was identified as Dharm Pal (35), a resident of Balewal village in Balachour Police Station. He was working as a clerk with a High Court lawyer JS Thind.

He said from preliminary investigation, it was found that the deceased was killed somewhere else and his body was thrown here on the intervening night of January 11 and 12. The police found no blood stains at the spot. There were two bullet injuries on the head and neck of the deceased and it looks that he was shot from a very close range.

He said the police was working on various theories and had also got some vital clues. He hoped to crack the case and arrest the culprits soon.

The police had registered a case against unidentified persons. The body was handed over to the family members after a postmortem.

Lohri celebrated for girl child

Fatehgarh Sahib, January 13
A state-level function was organised by the Child and Women Development Department to celebrate Lohri of newborn girls here today. Madan Mohan Mittal, Minister for Child and Women Development-cum-Health was the chief guest. F. Nisara Khatoon, Chief Parliamentary Secretary, and Yashvir Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner, presided over the function.

Madan Mohan Mittal said the state government had initiated various steps to improve the sex ratio. He said the steps taken by the government had started yielding results. Fatehgarh Sahib that had the lowest sex ratio in the state as per the 2001 census (766), it had risen to 843 as per the 2011 census.

He said the government had distributed Rs 1.17 crore in the Sirhind block among the parents of newborn girl child under the Dhan Luxmi Scheme. Under this scheme, an FDR of Rs 5,000 was given to the parents of girl child and Rs 1 lakh after the girl attains the age of 18 years.

F. Nisara Khatoon said the state government started the Shagun scheme, distributed cycles free of cost and was giving scholarships to girls.

Earlier, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, General Secretary, SAD, appreciated the efforts of the government for celebrating the Lohri of girl child.

Mittal said the state government was committed to providing better health facilities.

Yashvir Mahajan, Deputy Commissioner, Kuljeet Singh Nagra, MLA, and Hussan Lal, Principal Secretary, Child and Women Development, also addressed the gathering.

On this occasion, 51 newborn girls and their mothers were honoured. — OC

4 days on, no clue about missing child
Our Correspondent

Dera Bassi, January 13
Four days after a child went missing from Behra village, the police is still clueless. Heavy police force has been deployed near the village to find out the missing child. Jaskarn Singh, a four-year-old child, went missing from the village on Wednesday evening. The police had registered a case in this regard following the statement of the missing child's father, Bagh Singh.

Hundreds of police personnel, including women cops, searched the fields of the nearby villages and forest areas to trace the child, but all in vain.

Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, SSP Mohali, visited the village and took a stock of the situation. Balwinder Singh, SPD Mohali, Anil Kumar Sharma, SP, Dera Bassi, a 15-member CIA team, led by inspector Gurcharan Singh, SHO Gurdyal Singh, SHO Gurvant Singh, SHO Sinderpal Singh Bhullar and women police staff, were present at the village today and searched the houses of migrant labourers, who are living in rented accommodation there.

SPD, Balwinder Singh, said the village pond was also searched to trace the child, but the exercise proved futile.

COURTS

HC raps educational societies for ‘duping’ job applicants
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 13
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has come down heavily on Mohali-based Rashtree Sarv Sikhiya Abhiyan and Panchkula-based Sarv Saksharta Computer Education Abhiyan societies for allegedly duping job applicants.

The Mohali-based society had reportedly issued public notices stating employment opportunities for unemployed youth through the establishment of computer centres all over Punjab. The society had reportedly issued appointment letters to some candidates too.

During the process, the society had allegedly collected a security of Rs 20,000 from the candidates. In a PIL filed in the matter by advocate HC Arora, it was alleged that the society had not opened any computer centre, due to which the successful candidates failed to get any work despite paying the security amount.

After the representatives of the society failed to appear before the court, despite summons issued through the Mohali SSP, non-bailable warrants were issued against them for January 29.

In another PIL, it was alleged the Panchkula-based society had invited applications for filling 2,529 posts of computer personnel all over Punjab, and had collected money by way of application fee. The general category candidates paid Rs 400, while the SC/ST candidates paid Rs 300 as fee. The society, in the public notice issued for the recruitment, had claimed it was a Central Government organisation.

During the course of hearing, the counsel of the society admitted it had collected around Rs 46 lakh from the candidates. The society agreed to refund the application fee to all the candidates.

The HC, thereupon, directed the society to give a complete list of the candidates, along with the amount of application fee collected from them, so that appropriate directions could be issued for monitoring the process of refunding of fee.

CRIME

Mystery shrouds death of two women in Mohali
Tribune News Service

Mohali, January 13
An eight-month pregnant woman, Baljit Kaur, died under mysterious circumstances at Mohali. The parents of Baljit Kaur, a resident of Raipur Kalan, alleged that Baljit called them up on January 11 stating that her husband had beaten her up. "When we went to her in-laws' place, her condition was critical," said the victim's father, Harbhajan Singh.

Refuting the allegations, Baljit's husband Balwinder Singh said complained of severe pain on January 11. "I informed her parents and took her to a private doctor at Kharar, who referred her to the Civil Hospital at Phase VI, where she was declared brought dead," said Balwinder Singh.

Baljit had tied the knot with Balwinder's elder brother Baldev, but after his death three years ago, she got married to Balwinder.

An autopsy was conducted and her viscera was sent to the laboratories at Kharar and Patiala. The police has begun a probe under Section 174 CrPC.

In another incident, a 20-year-old married woman, Sujata, died under mysterious circumstances.

Following the allegations of murder by her parents, the police has registered a case under Sections 304 B, 34 IPC against Sujata's husband Vinod Kumar, mother-in-law Premo Devi and father-in-law Baldev Singh at the Naya Gaon police station. No arrests have been made so far.

The deceased's father, Sadhu Ram, said his daughter had tied the knot with Vinod Kumar, a resident of Dakal (Jind), 10 months ago.

"Her in-laws were harassing her for dowry. The police told us yesterday that our daughter had committed suicide by hanging herself at her in-laws' house," said Sadhu Ram, alleging that his daughter was murdered by her in-laws and they were projecting it as a suicide.

SHO of the Naya Gaon police station Samarpreet Singh said they had sent the body for an autopsy after registering a case.

Two arrested with charas

Chandigarh, January 13
The Crime Branch of the UT police has arrested two persons with 3 kg of charas. The two were arrested from separate locations near Sector 45. The accused were booked under the NDPS Act.

The Crime Branch arrested Rajesh, a resident of Burail village, near the Light Point, Sector 33-45, and recovered 2 kg of charas from his possession.

Another accused, identified as Vinod Kumar, a resident of Burail village, was arrested near Sector 45.

Ranjodh Singh, inspector, Crime Branch, said they got a tip-off that the accused were supplying charas to labourers, following which a trap was laid to nab both of them.

A case has been registered against them at the Sector 34 police station and an inquiry has been initiated. Both accused were produced in the court, which sent them to judicial remand. — TNS

SPORTS

National school games
City colts outdo Maharashtra
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 13
Chandigarh cricket team defeated Maharashtra in a match played under the boys (U-17) category during the ongoing 58th National School Games for Cricket and Hockey here today. After elected to bat first, Maharashtra posted a total of 133 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 35 overs. Sidharth (54) top scored for the team. For the bowling side, Parvesh, Raman and Shubham claimed two wickets each.

In reply, the local side achieved the target with seven wickets in hand. Utkarsh, with his 76-run contribution, guided the team to victory. For the losing side Harminder and Sidharath scalped a wicket each.

In another match, Delhi thrashed Haryana by 124 runs. After elected to bat first, Delhi set a target of 292 runs. Shivam Chauhan contributed with a knock of 132 off 80, while his Ekansh Gulati scored 78 off 68. Bowlers Shantu and Vishal claimed two wickets each. Chasing the huge target, the Haryana team was bundled out on a total of 168 runs. Rohit scored 54 runs to lead the tally. Sahil and Kunal took two wickets each for the winning team.

In the third match played on the day, Punjab defeated Bihar by five wickets. The losing side, while batting first, scored 170 runs, with Vishnu hitting 42 runs. Rahul rattled the Bihar innings by claiming four wickets. In reply, Mayank (43) and Karan Pathak (42) lead Punjab to an easy win. Shashi Anand claimed three wickets.