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Tribune News Service

Kharar, October 22
The police arrested a person, Harvinder Singh, alias Bhindu, a resident of Ghoga village, on charge of raping a woman of the same village this afternoon.

In her complaint, victim Paramjit Kaur alleged that she was alone at her house when the accused entered her house and raped her.The incident occurred at around 12.05 pm. The police said the accused has been arrested after.

Theft at school

A theft took place in Government Middle School at Raipur Kalan village. The thieves decamped with four batteries, one cylinder, sports kits and other goods.

According to Gurpreet Singh, a social worker at the village, the theft took place yesterday. The main gate of the school was found intact while locks of three rooms were found broken.

The matter came to light when the staff and students came to the school today morning.

School headmaster Satinder Kaur and the village sarpanch Rakesh Kumar has lodged a police complaint in this regard at the Sohana police station.

Chandigarh, October 22
Reliance General Insurance Company has been penalised by the District Consumer Forum for rejecting insurance claim for a damaged truck, which was “duly insured”.

The forum directed the company to pay the assessed amount of Rs 95,743 to the complainant towards his insurance claim and Rs 25,000 as compensation for mental agony and harassment, in addition to Rs 7,000 as the cost of litigation.

The complainant got his truck insured with the opposite parties by paying a premium of Rs 29,295. The said truck suffered damage in an accident.

The complainant immediately informed the opposite parties and lodged the claim. However, inadvertently the driver of the vehicle gave the copy of the licence, which was valid for LMV only. According to the complainant, after approval from the surveyor, he got his truck repaired by paying a sum of Rs 1,80,743.

Despite supplying the copy of the valid licence, the company rejected the claim to the complainant.

The opposite parties in their written statement did not dispute the facts with regard to the insurance as well as the accident of the vehicle in question. It has also been admitted that the surveyor was appointed by them for assessing the damage. However, it has been denied that the said surveyor/loss assessor ever gave any approval for carrying out the repairs.

“The vehicle of the complainant was duly insured with the opposite parties and during the term of the policy, it met with an accident in which it suffered damage,” stated the forum.

“The case of the complainant is that inadvertently his driver gave to the surveyor the copy of the licence that was valid for LMV only. However, when the surveyor pointed the same on telephone, the complainant immediately provided the copy of the licence (C-5) to him, which was valid for LMV, MMV and HMV. The present complaint deserves to succeed and the same is accordingly allowed”, the forum ruled.

Panchkula, October 22
In yet another loot in the city, a resident of Khatauli village in Barwala was robbed of Rs 60,000 by two youths after the former was given juice laced with some sedatives.

After withdrawing the cash from the branch of the State bank of India (SBI), Barwala, the victim, Neel Kanth, was approached by the accused in the bank itself. They get into a friendly conversation with him.

Later, Neel Kanth was seen lying by a man of his village at the bus stand and the latter informed his son about the same. The victim was taken to General hospital, Sector 6, here.

“I had withdrawn the amount when two youths approached me and said they have to deposit certain amount in the same bank but the notes with them are fake so if I could get my notes checked once,” said the victim.

He further added that “they checked my currency notes and went. Later, when I was waiting for the bus at the bus stand they came there and offered me a glass of juice. They also pretended that they were waiting for a bus.”

The victim fell unconscious and later realised that he has been robbed of the money.

In another incident, a resident of Sector 41, Chandigarh, lost her gold chain worth Rs 25,000 to thieves when she visited the office of the Agriculture Department at Sector 21, Panchkula today.

The victim, Sonia Anand, had kept the chain in her purse and after finishing her work there she saw her purse opened.

A case has been registered at the Sector 5 police station in Panchkula in this regard.

Online fraud: Woman duped of Rs 49K

In a fresh case of online fraud, a woman was duped of Rs 49,000 by a fake online company after she placed an order for two I-phones using the Internet. The Cyber Crime cell of the UT police registered a case of online fraud against the Lucknow-based company after the resident of Sector 11, here, Nidhi Soni, complained that she had been duped. She reported to the police that Media Cart Company, Ashoka Marg, Sikander Bag, Lucknow, failed to deliver the I-phones and she had made the 50 per cent payment of Rs 49,000 for the same online. A case has been registered.

3 vehicles stolen

Thieves are on the prowl in city with as many as three four-wheelers, including two SUVs, stolen from the city last night. Randhir Singh, a resident of Sector 8, said his Innova vehicle was stolen from the parking lot of Sector 22 market. The SUV was locked. A Tata Safari from Sector 44 was also stolen. The SUV was parked outside the house of its owner Manjeet Singh. In another incident, Narinder Kumar of Sector 25 said his car was parked near his house when it was stolen last night.

Two duped of Rs 18.75 lakh

Two persons were duped of Rs 18.75 lakh on the pretext of sending them abroad by two travel agents on Tuesday. The accused agents were Ikwinder Singh and Surinder of Mohali. The complainant Rajesh Gupta of Raipur Khurd in Chandigarh and Sanjeev of Zirakpur said the agents had taken cash from them in three instalments for sending them to a western country on work visa, but failed to do it. A case has been registered. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 22
The host team of Panjab University, Chandigarh, won their first quarterfinal match of the ongoing All-India Inter-university Baseball Championship for men (A-division), being held at the PU campus grounds, here today.

In their first quarter-final match, the hosts blanked MGS University, Bikaner 11-0. In the second quarter final match, MDU, Rohtak defeated Calicut University, while Lovely Professional University, Phagwara beat RGPU, Bhopal 10-0.

In the last match, Delhi University, Delhi, routed Kurukshetra University by a marginal score of 02-01.

Results

MGS University, Bikaner beat HNB Univesity, Gharwal 10-0; LP Univesity, Phagwara beat Solapur University, Solapur 06-03; Calicut University beat GND University, Amritsar 04-0; Kurukshetra University beat Kerala University 06-01.

Panchkula, October 22
The cricket team of Satluj Bravehearts defeated The British School by 6 wickets, in a match of Satluj Premier League Cricket Tournament held at Satluj Public School, Sector 4, here today.

Batting first the team of British School bundled out on a mere total of 94-runs with skipper Avantpreet Singh Kalsi contributing 35 off 69 balls. Later, he was supported by Sayan Garg, who chipped 33 runs. For brave hearts team, Hamanjeet Singh claimed 3 for 6.

In reply, chasing the target, the Satluj side attainted the target with four wickets in hand. Suraj (30-runs) and Aakash (21-runs) were the main contributors in the team’s total.

Brief scores

British- 94 all out in 28.5 overs (Anantpreet 35, Sayan 33, Narmanjeet 3 for 13, Suraj 1 for 11)

Satluj brave hearts- 95 in 15.3 overs (Suraj 30, Aakash 21, Rishabh 19 Aarush 3 for 17).

In the second match, the Satluj stunners defeated DC dazzlers by 143 runs. After elected to bat, the winning side posted a total of 243 runs. Rajat topped the team’s score chart with a 56-runs contribution. Sharavan was the other main contributor with scoring 44 off 22. For bowling side, Aayush claimed 4 wickets. Chasing the target, the DC dazzlers could manage to score only 93- runs. For bowling side, Rajat claimed 3 wickets while Shubham claimed 2 for 13 runs. 

Panchkula, October 22
Skaters of Rolling Tigers Club won laurels during recently concluded CBSE North Zone-I Championship held in Delhi. The skaters of the club won 13 medals in CBSE North Zone Competition held in Remal Public School, Rohini, Delhi. Around 1,200 skaters from various states including Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh, Delhi and Haryana participated in the championship. Skaters of different school and trainees of the club won 6 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals. A total of 7 players qualified for the national games to be held in Mumbai from November 6 to 9.

Results

Under-10 boys quad - Pranay Goud won 2 gold medals in rink race and road race; Haren Chaudhary won 1 bronze in road race in inline category; Under-12 boys quad- Sanyam Gupta won gold medal and Aditya Dabas won silver in road race; Under-12 girls quad; Vidushi Rawat won gold medal in road race; Under-12 boys inline- Arsh Mehtani won 1 gold and 1 bronze medal; Under-14 girls inline- Chhaya won 2 silver medals in rink and road race; Love Verma won bronze medal in rink race; Under-19 boys inline category; Shubham Aggarwal won 1 gold and 1 bronze.

Chandigarh, October 22
Badminton coach Surinder Mahajan of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been appointed as the coach of the Indian badminton team for the upcoming Junior World Badminton Championship to be held at Bangkok (Thailand) from October 23 to November 3. Mahajan, who has been appointed at the Panjab University Badminton Coaching Centre, has also acted as coach in other events including Common Wealth, Youth Games and Asian Championship. This will be his fourth assignment as a coach with the Indian team for World championship.

MC Sethi, president and TPS Puri, general secretary, of the Chandigarh Badminton Association congratulated Mahajan for his appointment. Dalwinder Singh, director, sports, Panjab University, also congratulated him. — TNS

Patiala, October 22
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan(KVS) 44th national sports meet for cricket U-16 (boys) being held from October 22 to October 28 was inaugurated at Kendriya Vidyalaya No 2, DMW, Patiala. Around 450 players from all 25 regions of KVS are participating in it.

SK Singh, chairman of the Vidyalaya and chief guest of the day, declared the meet open.

Ramesh Lal, deputy finance assistant and nominee chairman was also present on this occasion. There was a colourful opening ceremony.

A big bunch of balloons was released in the air spreading the spirit of sportsmanship and universal brotherhood.

In her welcome speech, Dr KO Singh, principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 DMW, Patiala, stated that Kendriya Vidyalaya No.2 has become a centre of excellence as far as sports activities were concerned.

Two more principals namely Amita Kaushal from Kendriya Vidyalaya-1 Adampur and Shri Umed Singh from RCF Hussainpur have been deputed here for the smooth running of the sports meet.

After oath taking ceremony, Sushma Puri, vice-principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya No 2, extended her heartfelt thanks to one and all for their sincere cooperation and valuable contribution in organising the national sports meet. 

Chandigarh, October 22
Local shooter Namanveer Singh Brar, a student of DAV College, Sector 10, won gold medal in the 10th Sardar Sajjan Singh Sethi Memorial Masters Shooting Competition held at New Moti Bagh Gun Club, Patiala.

He won the gold medal in the trap event of the championship.

College principal BC Josan congratulated Brar for his achievement.