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Sirhind, July 3
The police has booked Jagdeep Singh and his mother, Manjeet Kaur, both residents of Mani Majra, near Chandigarh, for harassing his wife, Hemanpreet Kaur, for dowry.

Hemanpreet, in her complainant to the police, said she was married to Jagdeep about six years ago, and soon after her husband and mother-in-law started harassing her for dowry. Three sisters-in-law and one of their husbands were also harassing her for dowry.

Hemanpreet said when she refused to fulfil their demands, they thrashed her. She said whatever dowry, including jewellery, her parents could afford was sold off by her husband, who was also a drug addict.

The complainant said there was no change in their behaviour even after she gave birth to a baby boy on January 15, 2008. On December 6 last year, Jagdeep and Manjeet asked her to bring Rs 10 lakh from her parents as the amount was to be given as dowry to their son-in-law. The duo also demanded Rs 10 lakh from her parents.

Hemanpreet said her parents brought her along with the baby back to their house here. She said Jagdeep continued to threaten her and her parents that if they did not return the baby to them, they would forcibly take him away. The police has registered a case against Jagdeep and his mother under various sections of the IPC.

Chandigarh, July 3
Even as a local court has granted bail to 70-year-old Santokh Singh for his alleged involvement in terror activities and a bomb blast case of 1985, no one from his family has come forward to offer a surety for him in court, as a result of which he is still in the prison. The UT police filed a chargesheet against him last month.

Santokh Singh, who had been on the run for 27 years, was arrested by the crime branch of the UT police in February this year. The accused was wanted for a bomb blast set off in a Haryana Roadways bus near Kurukshetra in 1985. Two persons were killed and 15 injured in the blast.

The bomb, which was fitted on a transistor, was allegedly planted on the bus by the accused and his three accomplices. The accused escaped while three of his accomplices, namely Gurbaksh Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Pritam Singh, were arrested by the Haryana police in a case registered on May 10, 1985, at Shahbad Markanda in Kurukshetra district.

Bajwa has been a national-level athlete and has served as an ASI in the Punjab police for over one year in 1963. A pistol, rifle and 24 cartridges were recovered from Bajwa and he was arrested by the UT police in a case of Arms Act.

Court sources said the accused had applied for bail and his application was accepted by the court but he was still in the prison as no one from among his near and dear ones is willing to provide surety for him in the court. They have expressed fear that since he is still wanted in many cases, the accused might abscond after being released on bail.

At the time of his arrest, the police had found a .30-bore pistol with five cartridges in the magazine on him. During a search of the car, a 12-bore rifle, two cartridges and a magazine with 19 cartridges of .30-bore pistol were recovered. A laptop, a video camera, a CD and three video tapes were also seized by the police.

Chandigarh, July 3
The CBI Court today granted bail to an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the UT police who was arrested in May while taking a bribe of Rs 3,500 in the Sector 19 police station, where he was posted. The CBI Court granted bail to ASI Devinder Kumar Sharma against the bail bonds of Rs 30,000.

The CBI had arrested Devinder in a case of corruption on May 29. The accused was previously arrested in 2001 in a similar trap laid by the CBI when he was a head constable. He was acquitted by a court in 2008 in that case.

The CBI had received a complaint from Amandeep Singh, a resident of Himachal Pradesh, that he went to the booth market in Sector 19 on May 20 and gave a Rs 500 note to a shopkeeper after purchasing some goods. The note was found to be counterfeit, following which the shopkeeper called the police.

Devinder, who was on duty at the Sector 19 police station, reached the spot and detained Amandeep. He allegedly threatened to implicate him in a case of possessing counterfeit currency, stating that he would have to undergo imprisonment for 10 years if convicted. The ASI demanded a sum of Rs 5,000 from the complainant to settle the matter.

The deal was settled for Rs 3,500. The complainant went to the Sector 19 police station to hand over the amount to the ASI when the CBI arrested him. 

Chandigarh, July 3
The CBI today filed a chargesheet in the Special CBI Court against Jagjit Kumar, a work inspector with the Estate Office, who was arrested in a bribe case in March this year.

The CBI had arrested Jagjit Kumar in March 2013 while he was accepting an illegal gratification of Rs 15,000. The arrest was made on a complaint of a government employee who alleged that Jagjit had asked for Rs 30,000 for giving a report in his favour. A notice had been served on the complainant for subletting a government accommodation allotted to him.

Jagjit Kumar was arrested from a Sector 24 branch of the Estate Office. He was granted bail in April.

Chandigarh, July 3
In a case of ATM card fraud, a woman resident of Sector 44 alleged that cash amounting Rs 2,1040 was withdrawn from her ATM card by her servant.

The complainant, Ashu Sharma, stated to the police that her servant, Deepak Pandey, stole her ATM card from her house and withdrew the cash Rs 2,1040 from ATM of Punjab National Bank.

A case has been registered by the police.

Mohali, July 3
Two persons were killed in an accident on Landran-Banur road near Saneta village late last night.

The victims, Vakil Khan, a truck driver, and his cleaner, Niyamat Khan, both hailing from Haryana, were checking the air pressure of their truck’s tyre when they were hit by another truck coming from rear.

According to sources, Vakil Khan died on the spot while Niyamat Khan succumbed to his injuries at PGI, Chandigarh.

The police has registered a case in this regard at the Sohana police station against unidentified persons.

Chandigarh, July 3
In the opening matches of fifth Ashok Kumar Memorial Cricket Tournament, being organised under the aegis of the Chandigarh Cricket Association affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), the team of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36 (GNPS-36), and the Coaching Centre, Sector 32, registered win by 4 wickets, here today.

In the first match of the day, the host side of Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, defeated Mount Carmel’s side by 4 wickets. The losing side lost all the batsmen in 26 overs. The team posted 144 runs before handing over the innings. Sarab contributed a lion’s share with his 63 runs knock off 53 balls. Dhananjay played slow to stable team’s innings and scored 22 off 40 balls while Ramit contributed 15 off 19. For the bowling side, Amit performed the honors with grabbing 3 for 11. Another bowler, Ayushman, took identical number of wickets with giving away 27 runs to complete his spell.

In their chase target, the team of Guru Nanak Public School lost 6 wickets. But achieved the target in the 30 over of the match. Avneet scripted the team’s win with scoring 42 off 32 while Yuvraj Rai remain the other main scorer for his 33 runs contribution off 63 balls. For the bowling side, Dhananjay claimed 3 for 21.

In the second match of the day, the team of Coaching Centre, Sector 32, defeated KK Cricket Club by 8 wicktes. With elected to bat first, the KK Cricket Club could manage to score only 98 runs for 8 wickets in 30 overs.

Deepak scored a 38 off 61 balls. Vickey remain the other main contributor for his 12 runs off 18 balls. For bowling side, Yugam claimed 3 for 23 while Prince added 2 wickets in his kitty for 14 runs.

In reply, the Cricket Club posted 101 runs for 2 wickets in 19 overs. Ishan (35 off 54) and Amit (28 off 15) guided the team to victory. Blowers Tanish and Jayant claimed a wicket each. On Thursday, the team of Mount Carmel School will face the Satluj Cricket Academy Panchkula while the KK Cricket Academy will cross words with Soupin’s school.

Chandigarh, July 3
Tennis player Udday Vir Singh beat Sarabjot Singh, in the only final played for boys (U-12) category, during the Ideal Tennis Tournament being organised by DAV Senior Secondary Public School, Sector 8, at the Chandigarh Club, here today.

In the final clash, Udday Vir Singh defeated his rival Sarabjot Singh at 7-6(5) and 6-0.

Chandigarh, July 3
Ashwani Kumar Gupta, an employee with the Chandigarh Postal Department, has been selected to represent the country in the upcoming World Masters Games for Men and Women to be held at Torino (Italy).

The tournament is being organised by the International Master Games Association (Member of International Olympic Committee) from August 2 to 11. Ashwani will represent India in karate and lawn bowls disciplines. The competition will witness around 30 sports disciplines and the Indian team is participating under the banner of sports for All India federation (affiliated with TAFISA, Member of International Olympic Committee).

Chandigarh, July 3
Skipping from his overnight spot of a tie at 25th, local golfer Angad Cheema ended his round two at the 45th tied-spot, during the ongoing the PGTI Eagleburg Open being played at the Eagleton Golf Resort near Bangalore. His two-day total stands at three-over-par-147. While leading the score charts, Anirban Lahiri with an awesome 10-under-62 seize the lead in round two. Lahiri's two-day total stands at nine-under-135. Lucknow's Sanjay Kumar fired a five-under-67 to put himself at second with eight-under-136.

Last day's leader, Anirban Lahiri (73-62) had a 30-feet eagle on the opening 10th and managed to extract a birdie. The 26-year-old went on to convert 15-footers for birdies on the 11th and 12th. Lahiri's score was lower than the course record of 64 but did not count as a course record due to the application of the 'preferred lie' rules.

Chandigarh, July 3
The final of a cricket tournament, with a cause, “My Daughter My Pride” will be played on July 7 (6.30 am).

In the finals of the tournament, Winshuttle India Pvt Ltd will face Livewire Coaching Centre-46 (CC-46) at Divya Public School, Sector 44.

Earlier, the final match was scheduled to be held on June 30. But the match of cricket tournament was postponed due to bad weather.