Man held in robbery case

Chandigarh, November 24
The UT police arrested one person, who along with five others, robbed a resident of Mauli Complex in Mani Majra. The police arrested Dharminder, resident of Mauli Complex, and booked five others, who robbed Arun Maurya of Rs 5,000 near Mehar Jewellers near Mauli Complex. 

Chandigarh, November 24
The partially nude body of an unidentified person, stabbed twice in the neck and stomach, was fished out from a pond in Dhanas today. The police said the body was two days old and the man appeared to be between 35 and 40 years of age. A passerby noticed the body at 6 pm when the police were called.

The victim was wearing a blue vest with a check shirt and wearing no trousers below. The police also suspect that he might have been sexually assaulted, though they are still investigating the angle.

The body has deep stab wounds on the neck and stomach. The police questioned a number of Dhanas residents and passersby to ascertain the identity of the victim, but could not establish the identity as no document was recovered from the clothes of the victim.

The body was shifted to the mortuary of Government Multi-Specialty Hospital in Sector 16. A case of murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at the Sector 11 police station.

The police said they would wait for some days to establish the identity of the victim and circulate his photographs and then further probe the murder case.

Panchkula, November 24
The body of a saint (60) was found near the Golf Club in Sector 3, Panchkula, late last night. The body has been kept at the mortuary of general hospital, Sector 6, in Panchkula for the post-mortem. The police was yet to establish the identity of the man.

The preliminary investigations revealed minor injury on the head of the victim.

Mohali, November 24
The Punjab Cricket Association (PCA), which has been earning crores of rupees by organising international and IPL cricket matches, is yet to pay the security bills worth around Rs 20 crores to Punjab Police.

Several reminders have been sent to the association by the police department but the PCA have failed to pay their dues so far. Interestingly, DGP Sumedh Singh Saini is vice-president of the association. Besides, Punjab senior IAS officer Vishawjit Khanna is also an office bearer of the association.

The bills for providing security in and around the stadium during international matches are being raised after every match by the police since 1995, the stadium came in to existence.

On the other hand, the PCA management used to reiterate that they had never asked the police to provide security cover during the matches. “The police provide security because maintaining law and order at such high-profile event is their responsibility then why should we pay for it,” this is the statement, which the PCA authorities used to issue every time.

Seeing the deadlock, the state government had constituted a committee consisting officials of Mohali police, PCA and others, to resolve the issue but the decision of the committee is yet to come.

On being contacted the PCA’s joint secretary GS Walia said they were waiting for the committee’s decision in this regard. “Whatever and whenever the decision of the committee would come, we would abide by it,” said Walia. “But we still maintain that we never asked for the security cover,” added Walia.

On the issue, the Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh, who had recently taken over the office, here, said he would check the latest status of the case. “I would check the file of the case only then I would be able to comment on the issue,” said SSP.

Notably, the Punjab Police Rules and Instructions issued by Government of India stated that forces deployed for other government organisations may be withdrawn in case of default of payment. In case of security provided to corporate bodies or commercial establishments, the payment should be recovered in advance.

The office of the “Commissioner of Income Tax - II, Chandigarh, in its order had already cancelled the PCA’s registration under Section 12-A of the IT Act 1961 by virtue of which it enjoyed a status of a charitable organization, thereby exempting it from all kinds of income tax rebates and mentioned it as a commercial organisation. 

Chandigarh, November 24
Local golfer Karandeep Kochhar, won the category B competition during the All India Junior Golf Tournament, concluded at Oxford Golf and Country Club, Pune. He bounced back, on the final days’ play, to win by two strokes; he shot 6,4,4,2, a total of 16 over par for four days.

This golf tournament has been rated as one of the top tourneys of IGU Circuit. Kartik Sharma and Arjun Prasad of Delhi ended their campaign at second and third spot in the same category.

In the category-A competition, Manu Gandas of Delhi won the trophy by a margin of 4 shots, he played 10 under for four days while shoot 4 under on the final day.

Viraj Maddappa of Kolkata stood 2nd with a total of 6 under while Chandigarh’s Feroz Singh Garewal stood 3rd with 1 under par for four days.

Karandeep is a student of St. John's High School while Feroz is studying at the DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 15, both of them are student of Jesse Grewal at the Chandigarh Golf Academy and the Chandigarh Golf Club.

Chandigarh, November 24
At the age of 75 years, when majority of people go for a stroll in a park, with their grandchildren, for a walk, some local veteran athletes opted to prove their fitness.

During the 34th State Veterans’ Athletics Meet, held at the Sport Complex, Sector 46, a total of 300 veteran athletes marked their presence. Aging over 35 years and going till in their late 70’s, all of them participated with great zeal and zest in events including races, shout-put, long jump and 3kms and 5kms walk. Totally relying on their regular practice sessions and healthy diet these athletes displayed a perfect combination of their skill and courage.

Veteran athletes participate in a 3-km walk during the State Veteran Athletics Meet in Chandigarh on Sunday. Tribune photo: S Chandan

For 78-years old Baljeet Gill, a participant of 3 Km walk, to rehearse for her passion everyday is not less then any hard task to come over. The former national level athlete starts her day at 5 in morning and walks for over 7 kms everyday. Making Sunday’s special, she does some stretching sessions. She also puts a special emphasis on her diet. In winters she will start having an extra bunch of iron while in normal routine she has a healthy vegetarian diet.

“To practice everyday is a major task to perform and at the age 78 years, it becomes really difficult. Morning jogging and walking are among the regular features of my practice session. In evenings, I usually attend short distance walking sessions but put a special focus on my diet” said Gill. Her track-mate, 74-year old Balbir Kaur, a native of Patiala basically, also follows a hard routine. “To become an example for others, you should have some extra qualities and in order to attain some, I am performing these exercises. To have dedicated exercise schedule is my secret of fitness,” said Balbir.

In men’s category, 79-year old Gurdev Singh caught all pleasing eyes followed by 77-years old Chitkara. The duo participated in the 5kms walk race with marking a total of 12 and half rounds of the 400mts track. “One cannot expect performance, at this age, but to live with such fitness level is something that makes us proud. Our main aim is to spread a message of fitness among the youngsters,” said the duo. The top position holders of this State Athletics meet will represent Chandigarh in the 34th National Master Athletic Championship to be held on February 6 in Manglore (Karnataka).

Results

Men-200mts -70+ -SP Sharma; RS Bhullar; 80+ -Amrik Singh; Hardiyal Singh; Gurbhajan Singh;85+ - Baljeet Singh; 5kms walk- 35+- Pankaj Sharma; Arinderjeet Singh; Kamal Sharma; 40+- Gurinder Singh; Jaswinder Singh; Harjeet Singh;45+- Surinder Singh; Ganga Bhadur; Balwainder; 50+- Laljit Singh; Ranjit Singh; Parvinder Mehta; Long jump- 35+ Ahmed Hussain;40+ Rakesh Sethi; Santosh Singh; Ajit Singh; 45+ Harjeet Singh; Rajesh; Inderjeet Singh;50+ Jagveer Singh; Amrik Singh; Sukhwinder.

Chandigarh, November 24
Players of Tender Heart School, Sector 33, defeated St. Xavier’s School, Sector 44, Chandigarh, to win the running trophy of ICSE Inter-School Basketball Tournament.

The winning team trounced the rivals by 39-23. Earlier, in the semi-finals, St. Xavier’s School beat Little Flower Convent School Panchkula by 34-16 while Tender Heart School routed St. Stephens School, Sector 45, 40-13. In the Quarter Final matches, the Little Flower Convent School Panchkula beat St. Xavier’s School, Panchkula, 32-0 and the Tender Heart School thumped down Saupin’s School, Panchkula, by 56-9. St. Xavier’s School Panchkula, St. Stephens School, Sector 45, Saupin’s School Panchkula, St. Xavier’s Chandigarh, Little Flower Convent School, Panchkula and Tender Heart School Sector 33 Chandigarh, participated in the event.