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Child was murdered, say docs
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Dera Bassi, January 15
The missing four-year-old child, whose body was recovered from a well at Behra village, was allegedly murdered before being thrown into the well. The revelation was made by the team of doctors who conducted the autopsy at the Dera Bassi civil hospital.

The preliminary symptoms revealed that the child, Jaskaran Singh, was murdered before being thrown into the well, doctors said. It was not a case of drowning, they said.

Victim’s clothes had been sent to a forensic laboratory in Kharar and viscera to Rajindra Medical College, Patiala, for examination.

The child went missing on last Wednesday. The dead body was later recovered by the police during a search operation. 

Panchkula, January 15
The then Panchkula ADC, Praveen Kumar, and seven others were acquitted by the Panchkula court in a molestation case that had hit the headlines in 2008. Kumar and others had allegedly thrashed and misbehaved with two women in Morni in a land related case.

Finding no circumstantial evidences and witnesses turning hostile, all of them were acquitted. The others accused were Bhupinder Singh, Tikka Ram, Sardara Singh, Kamal Singh, Devinder Singh, Paras Ram and Tirlokh Singh.

Kumar is currently the HUDA administrator at Rohtak.

It was in 2008, when the then ADC and the other officials came to know that a woman was making use of government land in Morni. All accused went to the spot where they allegedly thrashed the two women and assaulted them.The women had approached the police, but a case was only registered after they moved the court. All of them were booked under Sections 354 (assault with intent to outrage modesty), 147, 149 and 294 of the IPC.

Chandigarh, January 15
A property dealer, Harry Bajwa, and his colleagues of Sector 28 have been booked for allegedly teasing and harassing a girl, who is residing in the same building where Bajwa lives.

The accused is absconding and raids are on to nab him. The police also booked him under the Punjab Instrument Control of Noise Act, 1956, as he played loud music to harass the girl.

Bajwa along with others is absconding. In her complaint to the police, the girl alleged that Bajwa made objectionable gestures and comments and played loud music whenever she was in her house. The police said that the father of the accused was in property dealing business. A case was registered at the Sector 26 police station.

Mohali, January 15
Following the recovery of 25 live cartridges from a Swift car, the Mohali police has registered a case. DSP (City 1) Rajinder Singh Sohal said it was learnt that the vehicle was used in the murder of former MLA of Barnala Malkit Singh Ketu. "Occupants of the car had fled after they met with an accident. The car is registered in the name of Mohinder Singh, a resident of Bilaspur village in Moga district," said DSP Sohal.

Mohinder had told the police that his acquaintance had borrowed the vehicle from him. — TNS

Chandigarh, January 15
The local hockey team today clinched the title at the 58th National School Games, for boys’ (U-17), by defeating Uttar Pradesh in the final match at the Sports Complex, Sector 42.

The visiting side fought hard but went down against strong rivals by 2-1.Till the 30th minute both teams were at par but it was Gurpreet Singh, who struck the wooden plank, to seal the first half with the score1-0.

In the second half, Uttar Pradesh made a come back in the 49th minute through Ajay Yadav, who successfully dodge the defenders and netted the equaliser. Later, Mandeep sealed the local team’s victory by scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute of the match.

In another match played for the third spot, the team from Delhi beat Jharkhand by 5-2.The loosing side scored the first goal in the 27th minute with Munj Nagi scoring the lead but Sahil levelled the score in the 16th minute. And after that the Delhi team began their wining campaign with Pardeep (39th minute), Sumit (46th minute), Somjeet (58th minute) and Parveen (64th minute) scoring a goal each. On other hand, Munj Nagi again scored a goal for Jharkhand in the 43rd minute.

Haryana lifts girls’trophy

The eves of Haryana lifted the girls’ (U-17) trophy by thrashing Mizoram 8-1. For the winning side, Sonika (34th and 39th), Navpreet (5th and 16th), Navneet (9th and 50th) scored two goals each while Ritu and Deepika contributed a goal each to ensure team’s victory. For Mizoram, Hlanruakimi scored the lone goal for the team in the 40th minute.

In another match played for the third spot, Jharkhand defeated Delhi by 3-0. Nisha Rani put the team after scoring two goals in the 16th and 58th minutes of the match. Sita Rani completed the score tally after scoring a goal in the 33rd minute of the match.

Chandigarh, January 15
The sale of tickets for the upcoming India-England, 4th One-Day International, day and night match, started today at the counters of PCA stadium and the local branches of Central Bank of India in Mohali, Panchkula and Chandigarh. The tickets of student block witnessed more buyers while the chair block category was the other hit among the spectators.

The ticket will be sold from 10 am to 4 pm on subject to availability. However, the sale of tickets at various branches of Central Bank will take place from 10 am to 2 pm. —TNS

Chandigarh, January 15
In the ongoing Panjab University Inter-College Football Tournament for Women, the team of PG Government College for Girls (PGGCG-42), Sector 42, went down against SHSM College for Women, Chella Mukhsuspur (Hoshiarpur), by 7-0 at PU, today.

Parvir Kaur scored four goals while Ranjit Kaur contributed two goals and Harjinder Kaur scored one goal for the team’s victory.

In the second match, GN College for Girls, Muktsar, beat local outfit, GGS College for Women, by 3-0. Karamjit Kaur guided the team to victory by scoring two goals while Navjot Kaur contributed one goal. —TNS