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RAPE OF MINOR Tribune News Service
Ropar, April 27 Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajaib Singh, however, acquitted four others, including three women, in the case. It was in May 2011 that the victim's father had lodged a complaint with the police that Gurjeet Singh, a resident of Paprali village, had raped his daughter with the help of Kulwinder Singh, Bhupinder Kaur, Jasbir Kaur and Rajni. Following his complaint, a case under Sections 363, 366, 342, 328, 566 and 120B was registered against the accused at the Singh Bhagwant Pura police station. 1 held for molesting woman
A man has been arrested for outraging the modesty of a girl in Chaidiala Sudan village, near Sohana, today. In her complaint to the police, the victim alleged that she was passing through a street of the village when the accused, Mann Singh, alias Manna, pulled her inside his house forcibly and outraged her modesty. A case under Section 354 of the IPC was registered against the accused at the Sohana police station. |
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Missing student found from Beas
Banur, April 27 The police said Gurdeep was scared of returning home as he had cut his hair without the consent of his parents. — OC
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16 teams take on off-road challenge
Derabassi, April 27 Each team was given challenges such as crossing ditches, slushes and climbing steep hills. The Terrain Tigers from Delhi, Gerrari Offroaders from Chandigarh, Doaba Mudnuts from Hoshiarpur, Earth Callers from Chandigarh and the Supernatural Adventure Club of Mohali were among teams which competed in the event. The Gerrari Offroaders of Chandigarh (Karan Bali, Kabir Waraich, Paramjeet Singh and Jitender Singh) won the team trophy while the team of Harpreet Virdi, Gagan Sachdeva, Dinesh Gupta and Honey Nagra secured the runners-up title.
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DC takes stock of wheat procurement
Banur, April 27 He spoke to commission agents and farmers to gauge the real situation. Talking to mediapersons, he said during this season, over 81,667 metric ton of wheat had been procured by various agencies from grain markets of Mohali district till now. The Deputy Commissioner said Pungrain had purchased 11,473 metric ton of wheat, Punsup had purchased 14,336 metric ton, Markfed 17,649 metric ton, Warehouse 11,119 metric ton, the FCI 16,320 metric ton, Punjab Agro 8,566 metric ton and traders had purchased 2,204 metric ton of wheat from these grain markets. Meanwhile, a delegation of commission agents met the Deputy Commissioner to apprise him of the poor condition of link roads, which was making it inconvenient for farmers to bring their crops to grain markets. Sidhu said the link roads in the area would be repaired as soon as possible.
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Cops to identify sensitive areas for vigil during PRI elections
Fatehgarh Sahib, April 27 "The police department has been asked to identify sensitive booths at the earliest so that adequate security arrangements can be made," said MS Jaggi, Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-returning officer for these elections. He was speaking at a meeting of returning officers, assistant returning officers, policemen and other employees deputed for the elections, here today. He said 478 polling booths would be set up.
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Stray cattle case: Court pulls up Panchkula Admn
Panchkula, April 27 The Court has already recorded evidence of the petitioner, Pankaj Chandgothia, in the contempt case against Panchkula Deputy Commissioner Ashima Brar, executive officer of the Municipal Corporation KK Jain and the Panchkula Superintendent of Police, contending disobedience of Court orders dated October 20, 2011. The officers have been asked to explain as to why they should not be punished for disobedience of Court orders. The then ACJM Gurvinder Kaur had earlier issued directions to all the defendants to take effective steps to ensure that the menace of stray cattle was completely eradicated to ensure safety of public at large in Panchkula. The Court has also observed that the defendants have the option to shift the animal owners to surrounding areas so that their animals did not stray onto the roads, public places and parks in the city. Advocate and social activist Pankaj Chandgothia had earlier filed a public interest litigation against the DC, MC and SP (Traffic), Panchkula, accusing them of neglecting their duty of ensuring the safety of commuters and failing to keep the city roads free of fatal obstructions. In his statement before the Court, Chandgothia said that he had not filed the case for any personal benefit but for the benefit of all the Panchkula residents. He pointed out that the Panchkula administration had even failed to create a cattle pound to keep the seized stray cattle.
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Court serves notice on Admn
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 27 The petitioner stated that the supply of drugs and illegal liquor was rampant in colonies including Dadu Majra, Bhaskar Colony, Bapu Dham and Mauli Jagran. The petitioner also alleged that the peddlers were involved in other criminal activities and involved the youth of the area in their activities. He said the regular supply of drugs and liquor in these colonies put a question mark on the working of the local administration. Acting on the PIL, the Court of Judicial Magistrate Ravi Gulati directed the UT Home Secretary and Senior Superintendent of Police to file a status report on issues highlighted by the petitioner before June 7.
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Couple held for illegally occupying govt quarter
Chandigarh, April 27 Yesterday the officials had arrested two employees of the UT Engineering Department, including a work inspector, for collecting monthly rent from the unauthorised occupants of quarters. The vigilance officials said the accused arrested today had illegally occupied the house for over a year between November 2011 and 2012, and vacated it when the vigilance initiated an inquiry. — TNS
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Man gets 7-yr term for raping minor
Mohali, April 27 The convict, Manoj Kumar from Bihar, was also fined Rs 10,000 by Mohali additional district and session judge Manjot Kaur. A case was registered against Manoj on August 11 last year, following a complaint made by Raj Kumar. He had alleged that Manoj, who was his colleague and frequently visited his house, raped his minor daughter at a private factory. Manoj’s brother and sister-in-law, who were also named in the FIR,
have been acquitted by the court.
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5,400 cases disposed of at one go
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 27 398 civil cases, rent cases, HMA cases, executions, appeals, complaints etc. were also settled. In execution petitions amount of Rs 95,35,950 had been disbursed to the petitioners or claimants. In 4800 traffic challans Rs 11,38,650 were imposed and realised as fine. SK Aggarwal, District & Sessions Judge and Rajnish Sharma, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chandigarh, appealed to the public to resolve their disputes through the Lok Adalats as it provided quick and economical justice.
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Man duped of Rs 11,200
Chandigarh, April 27 The victim, Sunil Kumar, who works for a private firm, was visiting the bank to deposit some cash in the account of an official of
his firm. In his complaint to police, Sunil said two youths noticed him enquiring about the form to be used for depositing the money and offered him help. The police said the two accused, who were in
their twenties, might be identified by scrutiny of the closed-circuit television cameras’ footage. A case has been registered against the accused at the Sector 39 police station. — TNS
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Man assaults wife with cricket bat
Mohali, April 27 The victim, Karmajit Kaur, received bruises and other internal injuries when her husband Jasvir Singh beat her up last night at his residence at village Badiala, near Kharar, here. She had been shifted to Kharar Civil Hospital, where doctors had declared her unfit to give her statement. The victim's brother Davinder Singh, a resident of village Thaska Manana, alleged that Jasvir Singh used to beat his sister for dowry. "Jasvir Singh is an unemployed and use to harass my sister after consuming liquor every now and then. Today morning, we came to know about last night's incident, following which we shifted her to hospital", alleged Davinder Singh. Davinder Singh said that they had also made a complaint at Balongi Police Station in this connection against Jasvir Singh and his mother Gurnam Kaur. When contacted, the area's station house officer (SHO) Kulbir Singh said that the victim was declared unfit to record her statement. "The case will be registered as soon as we record the statement of the victim and her family members", said Kulbir Singh. He said that further enquiry was being done.
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water sports
Chandigarh, April 27 The events of kayaking and canoeing were also held during the championship today in which the host team bagged two gold and one bronze medals. — TNS
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