Chandigarh, February 9
The Chandigarh police have booked a resident of Haridwar, Uttarakhand, for harassing a 22-year-old resident of Sector 41, Chandigarh.

According to the police, the complainant had met the accused, Girish Gupta, in Haridwar a few months ago when she had gone there in search of her grandmother, who had left the home without informing anyone. “The victim had several pictures of her grandmother which she showed to shopkeepers in Haridwar,” the police stated.

She had also given her phone number and address to the accused so he could inform her in case he came across her grandmother. He started calling her and used to compel her to marry him. “The accused even started visiting her house and tried to outrage her modesty,” the police stated.

A case has been registered at the Sector 39 police station and investigation is on.

Chandigarh, February 9
Two travel agents have been booked by the Chandigarh police for duping a resident of Mansa district in Punjab by withdrawing Rs 8.43 lakh from his bank account through an online transaction.

The complainant, Sukhandeep Singh alleged that Mandeep and others duped him on the pretext of sending him to Canada.

He said he had read an advertisement in which the travel agents had claimed that they were sending people to Canada and charged the fee after a person has been sent abroad. Finding the offer attractive, he contacted the travel agents.

The police stated that the accused took the complainant’s bank statement and other account details and fraudulently transferred the money to their account. The incident took place on January 29.

The police said a case had been registered at the Sector 36 police station.

Mohali, February 9
The police have managed to arrest one more accused involved in the Kurali gang rape case of two nursing students, here today.

The accused, identified as Paramvir Singh (25), a resident of Manakpura Sharif village is said to be the cousin of Davinder Singh Lalli, the main accused in the case.

So far, the police hae arrested three accused in the case. The police have booked Paramvir for attempt to rape. A total of seven persons have been booked in the case.

Notably, the two victims were abducted by the accused on gunpoint when they were returning to their homes from Chandigarh after their college on January 27. The victims were taken to a farmhouse on the Siswan-Baddi road, where they were gang raped.

Chandigarh, February 9
Local cricket team won their first match against Jalandhar by three wickets in the Punjab Inter-District One-Day Limited Overs Tournament for FC Mittal Trophy, being held today. A fine batting performance by Amit Prashar and Manan Vohra guided the team to victory.

After winning the toss, Chandigarh side offered their rivals to bat first. The Jalandhar scored 243 runs, losing seven wickets, in the allotted slot of 50 overs. In the fruitful partnership for 2nd wicket, Mandeep Singh (junior) and skipper Taruwar Kohli scored 53 runs whereas in middle order wicketkeeper Abhishek Gupta and Himanshu Satyawan stitched another 86 run partnership for the 4th wicket. In the last overs, Rahul Sharma and Himanshu Satyawan stood for a 47 runs partnership. Taking the charge, bowler Jaskaran Singh remain the pick of the side for claiming 3 for 46 while Siddharth Kaul and Gurinder Singh claimed two wicket each.

Chandigarh, February 9
Top seeded Sahishnu Sharma marched into the semifinals of the boys (U-14) category, in the ongoing Tennis Excellence Academy‘s tennis talent hunt series tournament for boys and girls (U-14), being held at Kharar today. Sahishnu defeated Dhruv Sharma 4-1 and 4-1. In other quarterfinal match of the same group, second seeded Anmol Rattan Kamboj trounced Asav Kumar 4-1 and 4-1.

In the girls’ category, Khushbeen Kaur upset top seeded Harleen Kaur in straight sets. Kushbeen Kaur defeated her opponent Harleen Kaur 4-1 and 4-2, whereas second seeded Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa blanked Adity Dogra at 4-1 and 4-0.

Results Boys (second round): Sahishnu Sharma beat Savinay Singh 4-0, 4-2; Jaskaran Singh Riar beat Alam Dhanoa 4-0, 4-1; Dhruv Sharma beat Chiraz Singh Dandona 0-4, 4-1, 7-5; Yuvraj Singh Kooka beat Siddharth Basatia 4-1, 4-2; Savneet Singh Bajwa beat Archit Jain 4-0, 4-2; Sehaj Punj beat Udaivir Singh 2-4, 4-1, 7-3; Vatsal Chauhan beat Pranav Chopra 5-3, 4-0; Kanishak Paul beat Manik Singh 4-1, 4-0; Shrut Mohan beat Udgam Aggarwal 4-3, 4-1; Kunwar Aishwarya beat Sarabjot Singh 4-2, 4-1; Vikram Aditya beat Chetanbir Singh 4-0, 5-3; Neeraj Yashpaul beat Deepinder Garg 4-0, 4-2; Asav Kumar beat Arunab Singh 4-1, 4-1; Udit Kamboj beat Daksh Marwaha 4-0, 4-0; Dhruv Tangri beat Dhananjay Singh 4-2, 4-2; Anmol Rattan Kamboj beat Jasraj Sethi 4-0, 4-1.

Boys (pre-quarters): Dhruv Sharma beat Yuvraj Singh Kooka 4-1, 3-5, 8-6; Savneet Singh Bajwa bt Sehaj Punj 4-1, 4-1; Kanishak Paul beat Vatsal Chauhan 4-2, 4-2; Kunwar Aishwarya beat Shrut Mohan 4-1, 4-2; Sahishnu Sharma beat Jaskaran Singh Riar 4-1, 4-0; Neeraj Yashpaul beat Vikram Aditya 4-2, 2-4, 10-8; Asav Kumar beat Udit Kamboj Anmol Rattan Kamboj beat Dhruv Tangri 4-0, 4-0.

Boys (quarterfinals): Savneet Singh Bajwa beat Kanishak Paul 4-1, 4-2; Kunwar Aishwarya beat Neeraj Yashpaul 4-2, 4-2; Anmol Rattan Kamboj beat Asav Kumar 4-1, 4-1; Sahishnu Sharma beat Dhruv Sharma 4-1, 4-1.

Girls (first round): Varinda Sharma beat Sirina Kalia 1-4, 5-4 (6), 7-5; Shrishti Dhir beat Dikshita Rana 4-0, 2-4, 8-6; Avneet Virk beat Bhumi Kakkar 4-0, 4-0; Sumera Mehta beat Luvya Singh 4-0, 5-3; Tashneen Makkar beat Neha Pal 4-0, 4-0; Sehajvir Bhandal beat Reet Malik 4-1, 4-1.

Girls (prequarters): Harleen Kaur beat Sukhmani Sahota 4-0, 4-0; Kushbeen Kaur beat Varinda Sharma 4-0, 4-1; Hanshika Sharma beat Shrishti Dhir 4-1, 4-0; Rahat Mangat beat Agrima Tewari 4-0, 4-2; Mansi beat Avneet Virk 5-3, 2-4, 7-3; Nandini beat Sumera Mehta 4-1, 2-2 (conceded); Adity Dogra beat Tashneen Makkar 4-2, 5-3; Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa beat Sehajvir Bhandal 4-2, 4-1.

Girls (quarterfinals): Rahat Mangat beat Hanshika Sharma 5-3, 4-1; Kushbeen Kaur beat Harleen Kaur 4-1, 4-2; Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa beat Adity Dogra 4-1, 4-0; Nandini beat Mansi 4-1, 4-0.

Panchkula, February 9
The cricket team of Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS), Sector 36, Chandigarh, won their first match against Sandeep Sagar Cricket Academy by 98 runs, during the 4th Shaheed Major Sandeep Sagar Memorial Cricket Tournament for boys (U-13), being held at Chaman Lal DAV School, here today.

After electing bat first, the batting line-up of the team, stood tall on their skipper’s decision.

The team posted a healthy total of 252 runs in the allotted slot of 35 overs. Openers Nikhil and Anshul started their team’s innings on a good note and score 86-runs for the first wicket. Later Ritik Shukla and Yuvraj Rai stabled the team’s innings and contributed a major share in the team’s total. Nikhil (50 off 45), Anshul Negi (36 off 32), Ritik Shukla (44 off 44) and Yuvraj Rai (25 off 32) were the main scorers for the team.

For bowling side, Arayan claimed most of the damages clinching 3 for 40 whereas his counterpart Nehal claimed 2 for 25.

Chasing their target, the Sandeep Sagar team bundled out on 154 runs in 34 overs. Opener Gourav scored 60 runs off 65 balls, to lead the score chart, however failed to get good support from any of his teammates.

Arjun scored 21 off 25 balls was the other noticeable scorer for his team. For Guru Nanak Public School team, Anshul Negi (2 for 30) and Ritik Shukla (2 for 25) claimed two wickets each.

Chandigarh, February 9
In order to pull more spectators, the management of Jaypee Warriors Punjab team decided to cut down ticket prices of the VIP category, for their rest of three games, to be held at the Hockey Stadium, Mohali. The management decided to offer VIP tickets for Rs 200 while Rs 50 for the general stands.

The tickets will remain available at Gate 1, 2 and VIP Gate, of Hockey Stadium, Mohali, Glasstique, Sector 9, Panchukla, Peddlers, Sector 35, Chandigarh and Nik Bakers, Sector 9 and 22, Chandigarh. Entry for armed forces personnel and students will be free. The Punjab Warriors is schedule to play three home-matches on February 11 (7:30pm), February 15 (5:30pm)and on February 16 (7:30pm). — TNS