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Mohali, April 10
In a corruption case involving Ludhiana-based Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Gurcharan Singh and one agent Budh Singh, charges have been framed by a Mohali court here today.

The court of Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge Jaswinder Simar framed the charges against Gurcharan Singh and Budh Singh here today.

Notably, Gurcharan Singh, who was posted as the DSP in the Vigilance Bureau then, and Budh Singh were booked in a case of corruption by the Vigilance Bureau on September 10, 2012, and a case was registered in this regard at the Vigilance police station, Phase VIII, here.

Gurcharan Singh had surrendered before a court in Mohali in the first week of October 4, 2012.

Gurcharan Singh had accepted a bribe of Rs 25 lakh to settle a case involving Motor Vehicle inspector Rakesh Kumar Gupta, who was also facing the charges of corruption and the investigations in the case were being conducted by Gurcharan Singh. As the case could not be settled, Gurcharan had paid half of the amount to Gupta while the rest amount of Rs 12.5 lakh was not paid to him (Gupta), following which Gupta had lodged a complaint against him.

Chandigarh, April 10
In-form players had a field day in the CLTA-AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament at the tennis courts of the CLTA, Sector 10, here today.

CLTA trainee Asav Kumar and Neel Garud from Madhya Pradesh upset top seed pair of Dev Javia and Mahesh Mohapatra in a one-sided final of the boys’ (U-12) category. Asav and Neel won the match by 6-1 and 6-2.

In the final of the boys’ (U-16) doubles category, Rashmik Rajan and Aeshna Patel defeated Urmi Pandya and Shivangi Sharma, while in the final of doubles (U-12), Tanisha Kashyap and Sanya Singh beat Vanshika Choudhary and Gauri Bhagia.

Results

Boys’ U-12 singles semi-finals: Mahesh Mohapatra bt Dev Javia 7-5, 6-2; Neel Garud bt Bhupender Dahiya 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

Girls’ U-12 singles semi-finals: Shreya Gulia bt Alisha Menon 6-1, 6-3; Mubashira Sheik bt Sanya Singh 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3

Boys’ U-16 singles semi-finals: Param Pun bt Sumit Pal Singh 6-4, 6-1; Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Shubham Malhotra 6-1 6-2

Girls’ U-16 singles semi-finals: Aarushi Kakkar bt Shreya Gulia 7-6(5), 1-6, 6-0; Urmi Pandya bt Tanisha Kashyap 7-5, 6-2

Boys’ U-12 doubles final: Neel Garud and Asav Kumar bt Dev Javia and Mahesh Mohapatra 6-1, 6-2

Boys’ U-16 doubles final: Paras Dahiya and Sumit Pal Singh bt Nihit Rawal and Param Pun 2-6, 6-1, 11-9

Girls’ U-16 doubles final: Rashmik Rajan and Aeshna Patel bt Urmi Pandya and Shivangi Sharma 6-4, 6-2

Girls’ U-12 doubles final: Tanisha Kashyap and Sanya Singh bt Vanshika Choudhary and Gauri Bhagia 6-0, 6-3.