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COURTS

PEC admission scam: Accused granted bail
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 27
The CBI court today granted bail to Kishore Yadav, an accused in the PEC admission scam. Yadav was arrested in January after evading arrest for over two years.

The CBI had arrested Kishore Yadav on January 13 from Gurgaon. After spending seven days in police custody, he was sent to judicial custody and then he applied for bail.

As per the CBI case, Yadav, along with prime accused, Dr Nishikant and Mahinder Bajaj, had allegedly planned the scam to get eleven students admitted to the engineering college on the basis of forged documents. Kishore Yadav was declared a proclaimed offender by the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate at the time the scam came to light.

The case dates back to September 8, 2010, when the premier investigating agency registered a case of forgery against 11 students of Punjab Engineering College, who had allegedly taken admission through forged Nepalese identification cards under a college scheme meant for foreign students and NRIs.

The CBI then picked up alleged mastermind, Dr Nishikant, a chemistry doctorate holder who ran a coaching centre, in September, 2010. The CBI said the accused was adept at forging documents and made identity cards of Nepal and Bhutan and gave them to the students in return for a huge amount ranging between Rs 10 and Rs 15 lakh. The second accused, Mahinder Bajaj, is a dental technician and an old friend of Nishikant. Bajaj, a resident of Hisar, was arrested in October 2010.

Third rape accused held

The police today arrested Swaran Singh, the third accused, in the rape case of a 15-year-old girl.

Swaran Singh, a taxi driver at Kharar, along with Gaurav Sharma, another friend of the main accused Amit Sharma, had picked up the victim from her house at Raipur village.

The victim was taken to a room at the taxi stand where she was kept for two days. Gaurav and Swaran were booked under Section 120 B of the IPC. The police has also recovered the car used in the crime. Amit and Gaurav were sent to judicial custody by a local court.

The victim met Amit during a wedding on February 3. On February 22, Amit called the victim on the pretext of celebrating his birthday. Swaran Singh was produced in the court, which sent him to judicial custody.

Cop caught drinking

Panchkula: Deputy Commissioner of Police, Panchkula, Ashwin Shenvi today caught a police officer posted at the Sector 5 police station consuming liquor in a PCR vehicle.

The police officer, Assistant Sub-Inspector Ramesh Chand, was taken to the General Hospital, Sector 6, for a medical examination.

Judge chides police officers
Asks them the reason behind keeping juvenile in Ambala Central Jail for 14 days
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 27
Defying the orders of the Judge and keeping a juvenile in the Central Jail instead of the juvenile home cost the police dear.

The police personnel were snubbed for the act.

The case had come up for hearing before the Additional District and Session's Judge. Two accused, Sunil and Babblu, had allegedly murdered Sunil's girlfriend. On October 19, 2011, Pooja (24) was found murdered near an under-construction shop at the MDC, Panchkula.

The police said Pooja was forcing Sunil for marriage. He, along with his friend, strangled her on a bus. Babblu was declared a juvenile as he is 17-year-old. During the last hearing, the Judge had asked the police to take the accused to the juvenile home, but he was taken to the Ambala Central Jail.

After the judicial custody ended today, the accused was produced before the Judge, who snubbed the police, asking it why the accused was not produced before the juvenile justice board. To which the police replied that it was not aware of the same.

It was learnt that the juvenile was kept in the jail for 14 days. Pooja used to work in Vardhaman factory at Baddi. As per investigations, the two strangled her on the bus and after over an hour they threw the body out of the bus near shops.

murder case
Accused sent to judicial custody

Dera Bassi, February 27
Three accused, involved in the Rajesh Kumar Bittu murder case were presented in the Dera Bassi court, here and were sent them on 14 days judicial custody by the court. The three accused, including Rakesh Mehta, Jangbhadur Singh and Sandip, alias Sonu, have been sent to Patiala Jail while the fourth accused who is minor is already in the judicial custody.

Notably police had arrested four accused in this murder case on February 19, who had admitted the crime. Rajesh kumar Bittu was murdered on the night of February 14 with baseball bats and bricks. According to police, the murder was the result of a previous enimity between accused Rakesh Mehta and murdered Bittu. — OC

arnav kidnapping case
Serial kidnapper gets another life term
Earlier, he was imprisoned for life in Jiya kidnapping case
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 27
In another jolt to Jiya’s kidnapper, Ravinder, the court awarded another life imprisonment in the infamous Arnav kidnapping case which had hit the headlines in 2010. One-and-a-half-year old Arnav, son of a businessman, was kidnapped from outside his house in Sector 7, Panchkula, while he was playing. Reportedly, it was after a ransom of Rs 15 lakh was paid that the child was set free.

On October 5, 2010, Arnav Bansal, was kidnapped from his house in Sector 7, Panchkula, when he was playing outside his house.

It was on January 21, 2013, when the local court sentenced Ravinder to life imprisonment in the Jiya kidnapping case. A fine of Rs 25,000 was also imposed. In this case, the judge had also mentioned that the investigations done by the police were shoddy and were introduced to help the accused.

It was after Makhhan Bansal, Arnav’s grand father and his uncle had identified Ravinder that he was convicted. Bansal had identified saying that it was this man to whom he had handed over the ransom to. Even the uncle of the child identified saying that he had seen the accused kidnapping Arnav while the latter was playing with his twin brother and two cousins.

Ravinder has alone committed three kidnappings- Jiya, Arnav and Mehak kidnapping. Apart from these three kidnappings, he had also tried to kidnap a woman and her child sitting in the car at Sector 11. The police said that he had also committed several robberies and thefts alone.

Accused belongs to affluent family

Ravinder, a graduate, belonging to a well-off family, owned many marriage palaces in Zirakpur, which he sold off recently in order to invest in some lottery and gambling business. Ravinder, a father of two, lives in Gurgaon, but was currently staying at his in-laws place in Sector 12, Panchkula, when he entered the world of crime. In 2001, Ravinder had murdered his father. Ravinder has reportedly acted in various TV serials.

Arrested in 2011

He was arrested in December 2011 from the Sector 11 and 15 light point in Panchkula, when he was trying to flee after stealing a Maruti Sx4 car from a gymnasium in Mohali. The Panchkula police was hunting for him for the past three years.

jyoti murder case
Arrest warrants issued against mobile shop owner in Baddi
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 27
In a major development in the Jyoti murder case, arrest warrants have been issued against a mobile shop owner in Baddi.

Arrest warrants have been issued against Pankaj Bhandari, a mobile shop owner, who is absconding. The Panchkula police today conducted raids in Baddi but Bhandari was absconding. Ashish, the sim card dealer, who has already been arrested, was a worker at the shop.

It is suspected that Bhandari provided fake connections to the accused. Jyoti (24) was found murdered on November 22, 2012, near Sector 21, Panchkula.

The local court today granted the permission to Gurmeet, for the execution of general power of attorney in his brother’s name before the Ambala Tehsildar.

Gurmeet is an accused in the Jyoti murder. It was recently when Gurmeet had moved an application regarding the same before the judge. The accused is presently lodged at the Ambala jail.

CRIME

17 cases of liquor seized

Chandigarh, February 27
The Chandigarh Police recovered 17 cases of liquor in the wee hours today. The personnel on a PCR vehicle spotted some persons loading cases of liquor in a Maruti car at the Sector 28 market.

On seeing the police, they fled away leaving behind the liquor. The cases containing 204 bottles of English wine of various brands were seized. — TNS

Woman robbed of gold jewellery
Hina Rohtaki
Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 27
The Sehsani gang that targets the elderly robbed an elderly woman of gold jewellery worth Rs 1.50 lakh near Nada Sahib Gurdwara today.

The victim, Lakhbir Kaur, is a resident of Sector 39, Chandigarh. She was returning home, when two women, who came in a car, offered her a lift.

The victim said when she alighted form the car, she realised that her gold bangles and a chain were missing.

Recently, the gang had robbed a 70-year-old woman of her gold bangles after offering her a lift. The gang also attacked a Sub-Inspector at Pinjore.

A number of cases under Section 307(attempt to murder) and Section 392 (robbery) have been registered against them in Panchkula.

It is learnt that the gang members belong to Sangrur, Patiala and Abohar.

Student arrested for teasing girl
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 27
The UT Police arrested an engineering student in a case of eve-teasing. The police arrested Akash Monu, a student of Landran College in Mohali, for passing lewd comments on a girl in Sector 9 market.

He has been booked in a case under Section 294 of the IPC at the Sector 3 police station.

SPORTS

Satluj Stunner win by three wickets in cricket meet
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 27
In the ongoing Sardar Bhagwant Memorial Cricket Tourney, the team of Satluj Stunner Cricket Academy defeated Satluj Public School by three wickets, here. After winning the toss, the Satluj Public School posted 145 runs in their allotted 30 overs.

Their batsman Shubham Sheokand contributed 55 runs and was equally supported by Akash Yadav, who contributed 34 runs while skipper Saurav Kumar scored 33 runs.

For the bowling side, Abhishek Bahmani claimed 4 for 28 while Ankur Gupta claimed 2 for 4. In reply, the wining side achieved the target in the 28th over. For them, Sanjeev Dhiman scored 43 runs, while Abhishek Bahamani scored 39 runs. For the bowling side, Shubham and Sahil Vashisht took 2 wickets apiece.

Brief score

Satluj Public School- 145 all out in 30 overs (Shubham Sheokand 55, Akash Yadav 34, Saurav Kumar 33, Abhishek 4 for 28, Ankur 2 for 4).

Satluj Stunner Cricket Academy- 146 for 7 in 28 overs (Sanjeev Dhiman 44, Abhishek Bahmani 39, Shravan 27, Shivanshu 17, Shubham 2 for 21, Sahil 2 for 19).