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COURTS

Immigration firm’s owner sent to 3-day remand
Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 8
The managing director of an immigration firm, Real Abroad, was remanded to three-day police custody by a local court today. Accused Rashmi was arrested from her office at Phase 3B2 yesterday on the charges of duping people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending them abroad.

She was produced before the court of Duty Magistrate Surbhi Prashar.

A case had been registered against Rashmi on February 14 under Sections 406, 420, IPC, and Section 24 of the Immigration Act.

The complaint in this regard was made on October 26 last year wherein three complainants — Vinod Kumar, Neeraj Kumar and Neeraj Sharma —alleged that Rashmi defrauded them of several lakhs of rupees on the pretext of sending them abroad.

She even secured a fake work permit for a complainant, said the police.

Lok Adalat in Mohali district on April 12
Our Correspondent

Mohali, March 8
A National Lok Adalat will be held in courts of the country on April 12. In this district, the adalat will be organised at Mohali, Dera Bassi and Kharar. This information was given by Tarntaran Singh Bindra, Chief Judicial Magistrate-cum-Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Mohali, at a meeting with the regional heads of nationalised and private banks.

Bindra said nine benches of Lok Adalat had been constituted at Mohali and three each at Dera Bassi and Kharar.

These benches would be presided over by judicial officers, who would be assisted by nominated members and lawyers.

Besides the nine benches at Mohali, some more benches for traffic, Municipal Corporation and revenue cases would be resolved in the National Lok Adalat.

CRIME

Gang of thieves busted, 15 vehicles recovered
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 8
With the arrest of four persons and recovery of 15 two-wheelers, the Chandigarh Police today claimed to have busted a gang of vehicle thieves. UT Senior Superintendent of Police Sukhchain Singh Gill said the police got information that two persons would be visiting the Burail market on March 7 to sell a stolen motorcycle.

Acting on the tip-off, a team of Sector 34 police station, under the supervision of DSP (South) Surjit Malik and SHO Rajesh Shukla, laid a naka near Luxmi Narain Mandir in Sector 44, said the SSP

“The accused were intercepted and it was found that two different registration numbers were displayed on the front and the rear number plates,” he said.

The accused were identified as Suraj, a resident of Dhanas, and Rajat, a resident of Sector 25.

On interrogation, the accused revealed the names of their accomplices Ajay, a resident of Jagatpura colony, Mohali, and Rahul, a resident of Sector 25. Their arrests lead to the recovery of 14 more two-wheelers that were stolen from different parts of the city, said the SSP.

“The accused used to commit snatchings and thefts on the stolen motorcycles. More vehicles are expected to be recovered,” he said.

Mobile phone thief held

The police have arrested a thief and recovered 16 mobile phones and 30 mobile batteries he had stolen from different parts of the city. The accused has been identified as Deepak and hails from the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. A case has been registered at the Sector 34 police station.

SPURT IN CRIME
Police to identify vacant govt houses in Sectors 22, 23
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 8
Due to the recent spurt in theft incidents in Sectors 22 and 23, the Chandigarh Police are preparing a list of government houses that are currently unoccupied in these areas. The police suspect that these vacant accommodations provide a safe haven for thieves on the prowl.

The police authorities will soon write to the UT Administration in this regard.

UT SSP Sukhchain Singh Gill said today, “As theft incidents have increased in these sectors and thieves are mostly targeting government accommodations, we have started a survey to identify which houses are currently vacant.”

“The area DSP has been asked to prepare a list of such houses where a close watch will be kept,” said the SSP.

Recently, a thief had challenged the Chandigarh Police by leaving a note promising to strike at government houses in Sector 23 on March 3.

Following this, the sector was sealed and police personnel were deployed in civvies even as patrolling parties kept a watchful eye. However, no theft was reported on the day. Thieves have been targeting government houses and have also left behind notes twice challenging the police to strike back.

The SSP said security had been beefed up in the area and patrolling parties were keeping vigil. “Area residents have also been asked to stay alert,” he added.

Sketch released

The Chandigarh Police have released the sketch of a person suspected to be involved in theft incidents in Sector 23 over the last few months.

3 hurt in road mishap

Mohali, March 8
Three persons, including a woman, sustained injuries when two auto-rickshaws collided near the Phase VI gurdwara this afternoon. Jaswinder Singh, got seriously injured and was shifted to PGI while the other two, Dilbagh Singh, a Punjab police constable, and Parvati, a resident of Panchkula, were shifted to Civil Hospital in Phase VI with minor injuries.

The police said the trio was going in an auto-rickshaw which overturned after being hit by another one. Both the auto-rickshaw drivers fled from the scene. — TNS

Thirteen held for selling illicit liqour
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 8
The crime branch of Chandigarh Police conducted a special drive against the sale of illicit liquor. During the drive, the police officials arrested 13 persons from the areas under their jurisdiction in the city.

In all, 100 bottles and 110 quarters of country-made liquor besides 22 bottles of English wine were recovered from the possession of the accused.

The police have booked all the accused under the Excise Act.

Bus driver held

Mohali, March 8
The Mohali Police today arrested the accused bus driver, who injured four students of Sant Ishar Singh Public School by ramming his bus into their car at the ICAI Computer Centre traffic light point at Phase 7 on Thursday.

Accused Gurmail Singh is a resident of village Gholian Khurd in district Moga.

Sub-inspector Navin Pal Singh Lehal, SHO of Mataur Police Station, said, “Singh had fled from the spot after the incident. He was arrested from the Phase 8 bus stand.”

Four students of Class XII — Gurpreet Singh Goldy, Manjot Singh, Raghuwansh Singh Sodhi and Deepak Manmohan — were going in their car to appear for a Computer Science examination when their vehicle was hit by a bus driven by Singh. — TNS

SPORTS

ANNUAL ATHLETICS MEET OF GMCH- 32
Agam, Sumukh shine on Day 1
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 8
Two students of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Agam and Sumukh, notched top two spots during the 21st Annual Athletics Meet of Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. The meet commenced at the Sports Complex of Sector 46, here today.

In the girls’ category, Mehak and Jannat Kang bagged gold and silver, respectively.

Results

Table tennis: Doubles (boys)- Sumukh and Jatin (gold), Angad and Jaskaran (silver) ; Singles (girls)-Mehak (gold), Jannat Kang (silver); Doubles (girls)- Aditi and Jannat (gold), Mehak and Jasmine (silver); Mixed doubles- Agam and Mehak (gold), Madhurima and Siddharth (silver); Badminton: Singles (boys)-Kulsajan Bhatia (gold), Siddharth Duggal (silver); Doubles (boys)- Kulsajan Bhatia and Sandeep Singh (gold), Siddharth Duggal and Jaskaram Singh (silver); Singles (girls)- Madhurima Sood (gold), Tanya Tyagi (silver); Doubles (girls)- Madhurima and Tanya Tyagi (gold), Chavvi Saini and Urvashi Rana (silver); Mixed doubles- Madhurima Duggal and Siddarth Duggal (gold), Kanwalpreet Singh and Tanya Tyagi (silver); Lawn Tennis: Singles (boys)- Harsh Arora (gold), Siddarth Duggal (silver); Doubles (boys)- Siddarth Duggal and Jaskarn Singh (gold), Harsh Arora and Himmat Kadian (silver); Mixed doubles- Harsh Arora, Deepali, Siddarth Duggal, Jannat Kang ; Singles (girls)- Madhurima Sood (gold), Jannat Kang (silver); Doubles (girls)- Navneet and Deepali (gold), Adity Aggarwal and Jannat Kang (silver).