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Gagan K Teja
Tribune News Service

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 31
Allegedly harassed by his wife a husband identified as Kamaljit Singh, a resident of Ghumandgarh village near Bassi Pathana, first gave a poisonous substance to his two-year-old son Sidakpreet Singh and then committed suicide by consuming the same at his residence today.

Both died on the spot. On the complaint of Ranjit Singh, father of the deceased, the police has booked Ravneet Kaur, wife of the deceased, his father in law Baljit Singh, Chacha father-in-law Bagga Singh and Chachi mother-in-law Charanjit Kaur, all residents of Jhampur village in the district, under Section 306 of the IPC. No arrest has been made so far.

Gurmeet Singh Chauhan SSP said Ranjit Singh complained to the police that his deceased son Kamaljeet Singh got married to Ravneet Kaur four years ago. Her daughter-in-law in connivance with her parents and relatives used to harass his son mentally and had quarrels with him. Her parents used to support her and she left their residence many times.

He said she had returned to their house last night only with the intervention of the village panchyats. He said his son must had been badly harassed mentally that he took the extreme step to end his and his son's life. 

Fatehgarh Sahib, August 31
It is unfortunate that certain school heads are illegally collecting extra funds from students on the pretext of meeting the school expenses by projecting poor financial condition of the school but ultimately using the funds for their own use. “The government has provided enough funds for strengthening the infrastructure in the schools,” said Arun Sekhri, Deputy Commissioner, while presiding over the meeting of the District Education Committee called to review the progress of the Education Department.

He said Rs 1.17 crore had been spent on the construction and renovation of girls’ toilets in government schools and the work was in progress in 81 schools, besides 3,223 m boundary wall had been constructed at the cost of Rs 1.11 crore and Rs 8.50 lakh were being spent on the construction of additional class rooms in two schools. He warned the officials regarding the grants sanctioned for strengthening the infrastructure of government schools be properly utilised in a transparent manner.

He directed the DEO’s that all information related to staff and students of all elementary schools in the district must be loaded on the web portal ‘www.epunjabschools.gov.in’ by October 31 by all means.

Sekhri instructed the officials to get the water tanks of schools cleaned, to take water samples and to spray DDT at the water lodged areas near schools. He also asked the officials to furnish the elaborate report of computers given to the schools at the earliest. — OC

Kalka, August 31
A 32-year-old truck driver died and two others got injured when the truck in which they were travelling overturned on Friday night, near Tipra village adjacent to kalka.

The two injured included the conductor and cleaner of the truck who sustained multiple injuries and were referred to Sector 6 hospital in Panchkula.

According to information, the accident took place around 11.45 pm, near Shiv Mandir on the Parwanoo-Pinjore bypass, when the truck (Number HR-55-K- 9330) loaded with apples, which was on its way to Bangalore from Shimla, overturned after breaking the railings of the highway resulting in the death of the driver, who died on the spot.

The deceased has been identified as Soni Kapoor (32) of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The injured were identified as Raj kumar and Tanveer. An eyewitness said the deceased and the injured were lying unattended for more than two hours.

A case has been registered in this regard.

Chandigarh, August 31
A total of 13,966 cases of different categories were disposed of at fourth mega Lok Adalat held at the District Courts here today. This included 12,970 traffic challans for which Rs 28, 61,410 were collected as fine.

Nineteen benches were constituted for the purpose. The cases, including motor accident claims, Hindu Marriage Act cases, civil cases, rent disputes, Executions, civil appeals, compoundable criminal cases, and cases under sections 125 CrPC, 138 NI Act, complaints, bank cases, shop act cases and traffic challans were disposed.

Justice Rajan Gupta, Administrative Judge of this Sessions Division, and SK Aggarwal, District and Sessions Judge, visited the benches.

A total of 306 cases were settled under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act in which Rs 89, 18,210 were involved. Compensation of Rs 11, 02,300 was awarded in the MACT cases. Similarly, 680 civil cases, rent cases, HMA cases, executions, appeals, complaints were also settled and in execution petitions of Rs 5,44,84,526 has been disbursed to the petitioners and claimants. 

Mohali, August 31
The Mohali police has arrested two members of an inter-state gang, who used to commit robberies in the area. The arrested miscreants have been identified as Vijay Kumar and Pardeep Kumar, both residents of Savla village, Haryana.

The police has also identified some other members of the gang, who were known as “Pardi Gang” and most of its members were from Khejra village, Madhya Pradesh. These accused included Ghansham, Dhanraj, Yuvraj Singh, Jacky, Kaali Charan and Raja. All these accused fled away when a police party conducted a raid at their village in Madhya Pradesh.

Mohali SSP Gurpreet Singh Bhullar said these accused had also opened fire on the raiding team while fleeing away.

“The gang was involved in the robbery at a house in Landran village a fortnight before. Apart from gold jewellery, cash and other valuable goods, the robbers had also taken away three rifles and 25 live cartridges from the victim’s house,” said SSP Bhullar.

The CIA team, led by inspector Gurcharan Singh, has been investigating in the case.

“Our team has managed to nab Vijay and Pardeep from Zirakpur-Ambala highway. Some other members of the gang have also been identified. The gang, involved in theft, robberies and other crime in the area, has over 50 members. We are trying to nab them,” said SSP Bhullar while adding that several cases would be worked out with the arrest of these miscreants.

“Vijay and Pardeep came into contact with these gang members after they met Jacky in Ambala Jail,” he said.

On the complaint of the Mohali police, the Madhya Pradesh police has also registered a case against 36 members of this gang under Sections 307, 294, 147, 148, 149 of IPC and 25, 27, 54 and 59 of the Arms Act at Dhrnadada police station. 

Panchkula, August 31
The Panchkula police has booked Rajiv Gupta and Rajeshwar Ahlawat in a case of forgery. Rajiv Gupta, a Chandigarh-based businessman, is one of the accused in the "cash at judge's door" case.

According to the police, a case on the complaint of Mohinder Singh has been registered against the duo. They are booked for allegedly selling shares of a society in Sector 27, Panchkula, to Mohinder for Rs 17 lakh. After the deal, Mohinder came to know that the General Power of Attorney (GPA) of the share was already cancelled. 

Chandigarh, August 31
The dodgeball squad of Government Model High School, Sector 26, defeated Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, 2-0 (10-8, 9-6), to win the final match of girls’ (U-17) category during the concluding day of the 2nd Chandigarh State Dodgeball Championship for boys and girls at IS Dev Samaj Secondary School in Chandigarh.

In the same category, the team of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, trounced Prince Club 2-0 (12-9, 7-5) to attain third place.

Result

Boys’: Raipur Khurd Club beat Raipur Royals 2-0 (7-6, 8-4); Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, beat Sri Aurobindo School, Sector 27, 2-0 (7-4, 10-6).

Girls’ ( U-14): Government Model High School, Sector 26, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, 2-1 (8-10, 7-6,10-7); Dev Samaj School, Sector 21, beat Yahoo Club 2-0 (5-3, 6-3); Boys’: Government Middle School, Sector 26, beat Sri Aurobindo Club 2-0 (9-4, 8-6); Sri Aurobindo School, Sector 27, beat Warrior Club 2-0(6-4, 8-3). 

Chandigarh, August 31
Local golfers Aadil Bedi and Vasundhara Thiara, students of Vivek High School, defeated players representing Scottish High International School, Gurgaon, during the 3rd Albatross Inter-School Golf Championship that concluded at the ITC Classics Golf Club.

Aadil and Vasundhara won by a margin of 11 strokes. A total of 15 schools participated in the championship. The duo shot a 2-day score of 307.Individually, Vasundhara shot 79 an 80 (total 159) in two days with shooting 6 birdies and 14 pars on Canyon Course while Aadil shot 77 and 71 (1 under) (total 148) includes 26 pars and 3 birdies. Vasundhara lead both days and won the D category while Aadil came with the help of 3 birdies shot best round of 1 under par and won the C category individual title.

Earlier, Vasundhara finished 3rd in European Championship in Scotland while Aadil finished sixth in World Junior Masters held in July. 

Chandigarh, August 31
Patiala’s left arm spinner Rajwinder Singh damaged Chandigarh team’s batting lineup by claiming seven wickets during the first day play of the Katoch Shield Cricket Trophy Tournament, held today.

Rajwinder plundered rival’s innings by claiming 7 wickets off 36 runs in his spell of 17.4 overs. Chandigarh team mustered their innings on a mere total of 118 runs in 46.4 overs. Rajwiner claimed main players, including Manan Vohra, Gurkirat Walia, Sarul Kanwar, Vishwas Bhalla and Amit Prashar. In reply, Patiala team opened their inning with Kunwar Raina and Ravi Inder Singh and the duo contributed 106 runs for the first wicket before Ravi was sent to pavilion by spinner Gaurav Gambhir for 71 runs off 86 balls inclusive of 11 boundaries and a six. At the end of first day’s play, Patiala’s scored 143/ 2 in 41 overs.

Brief scores

Chandigarh: 118 /10 in 46.4 overs (Manan Vohra 35, Vishwas Bhalla 21, Gurinder Singh 19, Rajwinder Singh 7 for 36, Sandeep Sharma 2 for 28).

Patiala: 143/2 in 41 overs (Ravi Inder Singh 71, Kunwar Raina 44 not out, Gaurav Gambhir 1 for 21, Gurinder Singh 1 for 45).

In the second match, Jalandhar team ensured themselves in a strong position against Mohali. After electing to bat first, the team scored 231 runs. Mandeep Singh (Junior) played an unbeaten knock of 102 runs. Mandeep (junior) and Bhupinder (junior) added 47 runs for the first wicket before Bhupinder was trapped in front by Harmeet Bansal for 31-runs. Then joined, skipper Taruwar Kohli stabled team’s innings and the dup took the score to 231-runs with a unbroken partnership of 184 runs for the second wicket. Taruwar Kohli remained unbeaten on 86 runs.

Brief scores

Jalandhar: 231/ 1 in 90 overs (Bhupinder Singh 31, Mandeep Singh Jr. 102 not out, Taruwar Kohli 86 not out,Harmeet Bansal 1 for 41).

In another exciting clash between Amritsar and Ludhiana, Amritsar team scored 118 runs in 51 overs with Mohit Handa (24 runs) and Aman Bawa (18 runs). Amritpal Singh claimed 5 wickets by giving away 24 runs and off-spinner Rahul Singla took 3 wickets by giving away 26 runs.

In reply, chasing a low total the Ludhiana team was bowled out for 97 runs in 25.5 overs with Baltez Singh (22 runs) and Anil Sihag (18 runs) contributing major share. For Amritsar, right arm off-spinner Charanjit Singh claimed 6 wickets by giving away 56 runs while right arm medium-pacer Kamal Passi took 3 wickets by giving away 11 runs. In their second innings, Amritsar team closed the day with 13/2 11 overs.

Brief scores

Amritsar (1st innings ): 118/10 in 51 overs (Mohit Handa 24, Aman Bawa 18,Amritpal Singh 5 for 24, Rahul Singla 3 for 36).

Ludhiana (1st innings): 97/10 in 25.5 overs (Baltez Singh 22,Anil Sihag 18,Charanjit Singh 6 for 56, Kamal Passi 3 for 11).

Amritsar (2nd innings): 13/ 2 in 11 overs (Rohan Marwaha 8, Navneet Singh 2, Rahul Singla 1 for 1). 

Chandigarh, August 31
The 21st senior state-level tug-of-war championship started at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, today. During the first day, Haryana’s men and women teams won their preliminary matches after defeating Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir respectively. 

Defending champion Punjab defeated Andhra Pardesh, while Chandigarh beat Rajasthan. The participating teams have been divided into two pools. Pool A has Punjab, Andhra Pardesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Maharashtra, J-K while Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pardesh, Bihar, UP and Vidharbha are in the Pool B.