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Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 12
The district police during its campaign against the drug peddlers has arrested six peddlers and smugglers involved in the sale of drugs and illegal whisky and have recovered 20,000 intoxicated tablets, 20 gm smack, 90 bottles of smuggled whisky, a stolen motorcycle and a mobile phone from their possession.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Gurmeet Singh Chauhan said the police campaign against drug sellers was getting a good response as the people were informing about the drug sellers.

He said the police has arrested Gagandeep Singh, a resident of Dholewal village near Khamano, at T-point during checking and has recovered 10,000 intoxicated tablets from his possession.

Chauhan said the police at the Madrasi Colony, Sirhind, naka arrested Randeep Singh alias Deepa, a resident of Khanna, and recovered 10,000 intoxicated tablets. The police arrested Attar Singh, a resident of Meerut (UP), and recovered 90 bottles of smuggled whisky from him.

Manpreet Singh alias Money, a resident of Rattan Heri village was also arrested by the police and 20 gm of smack was recovered, which he used to sell to petty drug addicts, youngsters particularly students and addicts in rural area at premium rates.

The Sirhind police has arrested Lakhwinder Singh and Harpreet Singh, both residents of Hussainpura village, and recovered a motorcycle (No. PB-27C-6937), a mobile phone and Rs 12000 cash from their possession.

They snatched all these items from Gurpreet Singh, a resident of Khojemajra village. A dagger was also recovered from their possession after their disclosure.

The SSP said all have been booked under theNarcotics Drugs and Psychotrophic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Patiala, August 12
The International Youth Day was celebrated by the Youth Club of Khalsa College, Patiala on Monday.

It was based on the theme of ‘Youth Migration: Moving development forward’.

Dr Ajit Singh, dean, student’s welfare, talked about the role of the United Nation in spreading awareness regarding the important role of youth in today’s society.

Immigration of youth to foreign countries has created a depressive gap in the relationship with their parents.

Four students of the college- Manpreet Kaur, Mankaj Mehta, Satvir Singh and Gurpreet Kaur expressed their views regarding the problems which pose a threat to youth like drugs, unemployment and weaning of familial bonds.

Dr Sarabjit Singh Ahluwalia, convener of the Youth Club, while introducing the theme said, “Contemporary world has made it essential to address the youth of today who are going through a difficult phase due to a number of unsettling evils prevalent in the society.”

He motivated the students to work hard as they were the future builders.

Patiala, August 12
Parul Gupta, a hearing-impaired international tennis player of Scholar Fields Public School, was felicitated by the school today. Parul recently hogged the limelight as it represented the country in the second Summer Deaf Olympics at Sofia (Bulgaria) from July 26 to August 4. She is the only girl from Punjab to participate in the World Deaf Olympics. In the first match between India & USA in mixed doubles category, she defeated the USA team at the Demo Tennis Centre Stadium.

The chairman of the school handed over a cash prize of Rs 11,000 apart from meeting all expenses of her studies for the next 2 years, including tuition fee, books, examination fee. She was also a part of the contingent that played the first Dosti Cup between Pakistan and India. In her previous achievements, She won a silver medal in the 57th Lawn Tennis National Competition for girls in Delhi and a Silver Medal in the Punjab Woman Tennis Tournament in Ludhiana. She also bagged a gold medal in 2010-11 while representing Punjab in the national level games at Chennai.

Patiala, August 12
Chandigarh Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Kapoor bagged gold in tennis at the World Police and Fire Games at Belfast after he defeated his counterpart from the United Kingdom. The southpaw from Punjab defeated Andrew Mc Leen 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets to win the medal.

Kapoor earlier represented Punjab in tennis and has many national and international medals in the police games to his credit. “I am ecstatic after this win as the competition this time was tough and we had some of the best players competing in the same pool, said Kapoor, a Punjab cadre PPS officer, who joined UT on deputation almost a year ago.

Panchkula, August 12
The Panchkula police was exposed "yet again" for helping criminals and carrying out shoddy investigation. The fact came to the light when the court mentioned that the best efforts were made by the police to help the accused in the case where renowned jewellers of Amritsar were robbed in Sector 20, Panchkula, in 2009 .

A communication has been sent to the Commissioner of Police to take action against the then Station House Officer of the Sector 20 police station, Inspector Vikas Kumar.

Several lacunae left by SHO Inspector Vikas Kumar are mentioned in a order, a copy of which is with Chandigarh Tribune. On August 1, the accused, Jagdeepak, was sentenced to seven-year imprisonment for robbing two Amritsar-based jewellers after giving them the juice laced with sedatives.

"Notably, the Investigating officer who collected the glasses with juice did not sent the samples for FSL examination despite specific recommendation of the forensic expert, for reasons best known to him,” the court pointed out.

It further stated, “The test identification parade was not carried out in accordance with the rules laid down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.”

"It is observed that Inspector Vikas did not submit the glass of juice to Forensic State Laboratory (FSL), Madhuban, for examination, for the reasons best known to him. Therefore, the copy of the judgement be sent to the Commissioner of Police to take action against him,” stated the orders.

In January 2009, Jagdeepak had called up the Amritsar-based jewellers saying that they wanted to open a showroom in Panchkula and for that purpose they wanted to buy 5 kg gold jewellery from them. The jewellers, Om Chander and Prakash Pandey, reached a flat in Sector 20 where the accused offered them juiced laced with sedatives and robbed them.

Chandigarh, August 12
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Shalini Nagpal today convicted a Maloya resident in a case of kidnapping in just two hearings. The court convicted Deepak of kidnapping a 16-year-old girl. The accused has also been convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

The case was registered on January 5 this year when the parents of the girl had complained to the police about kidnapping. The girl was later recovered from Delhi.

Charges were framed in the case only in April this year and today was the third day of hearing when the accused was held guilty. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on August 13.

The girl had turned hostile in the case but gave in during cross examination that she was kidnapped. — TNS

Chandigarh, August 12
The UT State Consumer Commission today reserved the judgment in a contempt case regarding the non-payment of compensation amount to Suman, a victim of wrong blood transfusion, by the GMSH, Sector 16, Chandigarh, today.

The GMSH has failed to pay over Rs 4 lakh to Suman. Pankaj Chandgothia, counsel for Suman, contended that Dr Rajiv Wadehra, Medical Superintendent of the GMSH and also Director, Health and Family Welfare, is liable to be punished under Section 27 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986.

Dr Rajiv Wadhera had earlier filed an affidavit before the State Consumer Commission admitting that full payment had not been made to Suman by the GMSH because it had no means to recover the amount from the three guilty doctors, as they were no longer in employment. He also admitted that no appeal had been filed against the compensation orders, but it had paid one-fourth amount as it was only one of the four parties.

The consumer commission had passed orders on March 1, 2012, directing the GMSH, Sector 16, and its three doctors, Kirti Sood, Navdeep Kaur and Manpreet Kaur, to pay Rs 4 lakh as compensation and Rs 50,000 as legal costs. The payment was to be made within one month, failing which penal interest at the rate of 12% per annum was to be paid with effect from January 21, 2011. The GMSH was also directed to bear the burden of treatment of Suman for life.

Zirakpur, August 12
An 18-year-old girl died in an accident, while her sister suffered serious injuries when the Activa on which they were travelling was hit by an unidentified vehicle today in the evening.

According to sources, Gagandeep Kaur died on the spot while her elder sister Manpreet Kaur aka Hina (20) sustained serious injuries in the accident, which occurred near the flyover. Hina has been shifted to a private hospital in Zirakpur.

A case has been registered in this regard. — TNS

Mohali, August 12
The local police has arrested a Haryana-based industrialist on the charges of harassing his wife for dowry today.

The accused, Navtej Singh, who runs Hari Naam Industry at Jagadhri (Haryana), has been arrested by the police following a registration of case under Sections 406, 468A of the IPC at Phase 8 police station.

According to sources, Navtej got married to Panvir Kaur, a resident of Sector 68, on December 6, 2010. After sometime, Panvir Kaur alleged that her in-laws started harassing her for dowry. Victim's father RP Singh alleged that Panvir Kaur was beaten up on February 11, 2012, and she had to undergo treatment at a hospital.

The Mohali Police has also held an inquiry into the case. Navtej was produced before a court, which has sent him to two-days remand under the police custody.

Chandigarh, August 12
The cricket teams of St Joseph's School (A) and St Kabir School, Sector 26, defeated Chitkara International School and Mount Carmel in their respective matches of the ongoing St Joseph’s Cricket Trophy for Boys (U-14) held here today.

In the first match, Divyansh Gumra claimed 4 for 16 to help St Joseph’s team defeat Chitkara International School by 6 wickets. Batting first, the Chitkara team posted 58 runs before getting all out in 15 overs. The team’s innings was initiated by Ritik (12-runs) and Harpreet (7 runs). For the bowling side, Divyansh Gumra claimed 4 for 16 while Avneet Singh took 3 for 8.

Chasing the target, the St Joseph school team achieved the target in the 11th over with Rakshit Srivaastava and Karan Sood scoring 12 and 10 runs respectively.

Brief score:

Chitkara International School: 58 runs, all out in 15 overs (Ritik 12, Harpreet 7, Divyansh Gumra 4 for 16, Avneet Singh 3 for 8 and Anupam 2 for 14).

St Joseph's School (A): 59 runs for 4 in 11 overs (Rakshit Srivaastava 12, Karan Sood 10, Anshul Negi 13, Jaskaran 2 for 10 and Harmehroz 1 for 7).

In the second match, the team of St Kabir School beat Mount Carmel School, Sector 26. Batting first, the team of St Kabir School scored 123 runs. Ujjwal Marriya scored 52 runs. He was equally supported by Jashan (23 runs) and Tanmay (14 runs). For bowling side, Animesh claimed 3 for 20. Chasing the target, Mount Carmel School bundled out at a mere total of 77 runs. Abhinash (34 runs) and Nidhil (13 runs) were the only main scores for the team.

Brief Score:

St Kabir School: 123 for 7 in 20 overs (Ujjwal Marriya 52 not out, Jashan 23, Tanmay 14, Abhinash 11, Animesh 3 for 20, Nidhil 1 for 9 and Sushant 1 for 25).

Mount Carmel: 77 runs, all out in 19 overs (Abhinash 34, Nidhil 13, Shivang 2 for 16, Tanmay 2 for 18 and Ridhim 2 for 5).

Chandigarh, August 12
The host team of Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 35, defeated the team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, in a match of the ongoing Inter-School Softball Championship for Boys (U-17) being held here today. The winning side registered a 7-6 victory over the rivals.

In another match of the same category, the team of St Anne’s School defeated Government Model High School, Sector 39, by 5-4.

In a match of the boys’ (U-19) category, the team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, defeated Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, by 12-7.

Results

Boys’ (U-17): GMSSS-46 bt GMSSS 15 by 9-0; GMSSS-10 bt GHS-11 by 6-2

Boys’ (U-19): DAV Public School, Sector 8, bt GNKSSS-30 by 4-0.