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Chandigarh, February 14
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, VP Sirohi, today sentenced two persons to a seven-year rigorous imprisonment in a case of attempt to murder on the Haryana Police reported at Sector 20 in July, 2010.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 each on Govind and Vikram, alias Bunty.

Govind has also been convicted in a case under various Sections of the Arms Act and sentenced to a two-year imprisonment in the case.

The incident was reported in July, 2010, at Sector 20 when Govind and Vikram opened fire at a team of the Haryana Police which was chasing them. The incident had occurred in broad daylight when a police team from Ambala was trailing three accused who were on the run after killing an undertrial in March that year.

Beat constables of the Chandigarh Police along with the Haryana Police had managed to apprehend one of the accused, Govind, after an exchange of fire for half an hour while the other two escaped in a Verna car. No one was injured even as over a dozen rounds were fired into the air. The UT Police had booked them in a case of attempt to murder and had arrested Vikram later on. Rakesh could not be arrested.

The three were booked by the Ambala police for murdering a gangster, Rakesh, alias Bobby, in the district courts complex in Ambala on March 3, 2010. Bobby, an undertrial in a murder case and involved in a gang war, was shot dead as he was being taken for hearing to the Ambala court. The Haryana Police had booked Govind, Vikram, alias Bunty, and Rakesh for the murder. The three who have been on the run since then were also involved in the double murder of Bobby's sister Ritu and her friend Ramesh in September 2009.

On July 3, 2010, the Special Investigating Team of the Ambala police received a tip-off that the three were to come to meet someone at the Sector 32 hospital. A team comprising 12 Haryana police personnel was dispatched to Chandigarh to arrest the dreaded accused.

The three accused had alighted from their Verna car at the Sector 32 hospital when one of the accused, Rakesh, saw the trailing policemen and fired into the air to escape. Seeing them fire, the police also retaliated.

While Vikram and Rakesh succeeded to get into their car, Govind started running. With the police personnel chasing him, he fired another seven to eight rounds at the police. The cross-firing continued for some time as Govind ran towards the Sector 20/30 light point. Two Chandigarh police constables, who were on a patrolling duty, apprehended Govind near a park in Sector 20. A country-made pistol and six live cartridges were recovered from Govind.

Chandigarh, February 14
The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Rajnish Kumar Sharma, today imprisoned 11 persons found drunk while driving till the rising of the court.

The 11 offenders, who had come to the court to get their challans cleared and get their impounded vehicles released, were made to stand in the court for the entire day as punishment.

The traffic police had challaned these offenders and impounded their vehicles after the the alcohol content in their blood was found much above the prescribed limit of 30 mg/100ml. A fine between Rs 1,500 and Rs 2,000 was also imposed on them.

The offenders, convicted under Sections of the Motor Vehicle Act, were confined to the courtroom for more than eight hours.

They have been identified as Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Sector 20, Nirmaljeet Singh, a resident of Mundi Khrarar, Gurcharan Singh, an Ambala resident, Desraj Singh, a city resident, Pyara Singh, a resident of Sector 38, Purshottam Khanna, a resident of Sector 39, Rakesh Kumar, a resident of Sector 38, Jatinder Katial, a resident of Khuda Lahora, Pankaj Kumar, a resident of Sector 23, Harkamal Singh, a resident of Zirakpur, and Santosh Sharma, a resident of Landran.

They were challaned in the jurisdiction of the Sector 17 police station. The prescribed norm under the Motor Vehicle Act is 30 mg per 100 ml.

The alcohol content in the blood of Gurpreet Singh was 178 mg against the prescribed limit of 30 mg. Alcohol content in the blood of Rakesh Kumar was 230 mg, Jatinder Katial's alcohol content was 240 mg while Santosh Sharma's was found to be 284 mg.

Chandigarh, February 14
A UT police constable, who was on a patrolling duty on Valentine’s Day, was allegedly assaulted by two youths, including the son of a judge, at a park in Sector 20 today.

The police has booked the youths, identified as Tejbir SIngh, the son of a Delhi-based judge, and Abhishek Gill, the son of a UT police head constable. The case has been registered at the Sector 19 police station.

The incident took place when constable Anuj was on duty at a park in Sector 20 in the afternoon.

Constable Anuj noticed the youths standing in the park in front of the school. When the constable asked the youths the reason for standing outside the school, they allegedly thrashed him and he sustained minor injuries.

The police arrested Tejinder Singh while Abhishek fled. A case has been registered.

Chandigarh, February 14
Two bodies were found on railway track near Industrial Area, Phase II here. Investigating officer, Railway Protection Force (RPF), Jagdish Kumar said the body of an unidentified person was found on the track near gas agency. He said the victim was between 40-45 years of age. The victim died after he was hit by a vehicle, Kumar added. Another body of one Laxmi Chand (65), a resident of Ram Darbar, was found on the track.

Kumar said his body was hit by a train while he was crossing the track. The victim’s identity was ascertained with the help of a card recovered from his body. He said investigations were on in this regard. Both the bodies were noticed by some passersby who informed the police, the RPF said. — TNS

Chandigarh, February 14
The Chandigarh Amateur Circle Kabaddi Association will host the 24th Senior National Circle Kabaddi Championship, from February 26 to 28 at Football Stadium, Sector 17.

The national level Circle Kabaddi meet will witness teams from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharastra, Vidharba, Pondicherry, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, Bihar and Chandigarh vieing for the title. As many as 500 athletes are expected to participate in the championship. It will be a knock-out tournament.

It was also revealed that the Kabaddi World Cup would be held in October, this year and the city would hold two important matches of the championship.

JP Sharma, Secretary General, Amateur Circle Kabaddi Federation, and Vice-President of World Kabaddi Federation, said, "It is a great honour that the city is hosting these national tournaments and has been short listed for organising at least two matches of the world cup"

Chandigarh, February 14
The DAV Coaching Centre Team (A) defeated DAV Coaching Centre Team (B) by 32-28, to win the Chandigarh Senior State Handball Championship, concluded here.

Manavpreet Singh Bawa scored 8 goals while Sunil Kumar and Sachin scored 7 goals each, for the winning team, along with Narinder (5 goals) and Manoj (4 goals), who were the other main scorers. For the losing side Aman (8 goals), Abhimanyu (6 goals) and Sanjay Khampa (6 goals) could help only in reducing the margin. In the match for the third place, the Coaching Centre, Sector 19 beat Coaching Centre, Sector 42 by 25-24 .

In the women's category, the team of Coaching Centre DAV, Sector 8 beat Coaching Centre, Sector 23 by 18 -17 to win the title . In a tough clash, Samriti Sahi (7 golas), Manjinder (3 goals) and Navneet (3 goals) guided their team to victory while Arshnoor and Tannu completed the tally with their contribution of two goals each.

The Coaching Centre, Sector 42(A ) team defeated Coaching Centre, Sector 42 (B) by 15-10, to attain third place. — TNS