Chandigarh, April 22
Sixteen years after the mysterious death of a Sector 40 resident, a local court today acquitted his wife of the crime. The court acquitted Sukhwant Kaur of the charges of murder.

The case dates back to March, 1998 when her husband Gurpartap Singh had died a mysterious death after having dinner and drinks. Based on the post -mortem report which stated it was a natural death, the police had initially closed the case. However, the victim’s father Kartar Singh, who is a retired Civil Surgeon in Patiala alleged it was a murder and moved a private complaint in the court in this regard.

Based on the CFSL report which stated that the deceased consumed a substance which reacted when taken with drinks resulting in his death, Kartar Singh alleged that his son was murdered by his wife as she wanted to grab his property and settle abroad. Kartar Singh corroborated his case with the statements of his wife who stated she had seen her daughter-in-law Sukhwant adding a substance in her husband’s food. However, during his cross examination in court, he turned hostile. Sukhwant Kaur was then acquitted today.

Chandigarh, April 22
Modern Automobiles and Maruti Suzuki India have been penalised for selling a year-older model of a car to the complainant when she had applied and paid for the latest one.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed the opposite parties to assist in the process and bear the expenses incurred in the registration of the vehicle. It also ordered the parties to pay a compensation of Rs 20,000 to the complainant for mental agony.

The complainant, Preety Guru, a Panchkula resident, had purchased a Maruti Alto car from Modern automobiles in 2012. Later, while arranging the documents she was shocked to see that in the sale certificate and insurance letter, the month and year of manufacture of the car was mentioned as November, 2011. She brought the discrepancy to the notice of the officials concerned but to no avail, she said. “We can understand the predicament of an unsuspecting customer about the fate of registration of her vehicle, when there is no body to come to her rescue. This is a serious misconduct on the part of the opposite parties, which certainly amounts to deficiency in service,” the forum ruled.

Chandigarh, April 22
Two months after a complaint was received, the cyber cell of the UT police finally registered a case for creating a fake website (milkhasingh.co.in http://milkhasingh.co.in/.) in the name of legendary athlete Milka Singh.

The police booked two Delhi-based cyber companies and their three employees today. A case under Sections 66, 66-A, C and E of the Information and Technology (IT) Act and 201 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered against Atir Khan and Azfar, directors of Netgains India Internet Private Limited, 101 / IIIrd floor, Kundan Kuteer, New Delhi, and director, Net Niwaran Internet Service Provider Limited, IInd floor, Kundan Kuteer, New Delhi, respectively. The third accused Sanjeev Kumar is their associate.

The cyber cell have also slapped charges of destroying evidences against the three accused because they had blocked the website when a notice was issued to them. The five have been booked on a complaint filed by flying Sikh Milkha Singh with the city police on February 14.

In his complaint, Milkha Singh had sought an inquiry into the incident and demanded registration of a criminal case under provisions of the IT Act and under Sections 420, 467, 468 of the IPC against the person who created his fake website.

He had also alleged that the suspects had also created his Facebook account and were operating it without his knowledge or consent.

The complainant had also alleged that the suspects, after creating the fake website had also received a number of advertisements on the website which could be established by opening the above mentioned website as the number of advertisements would show along with the website and all this was done without the knowledge or consent of the complainant.

Mohali, April 22
The police have booked the managing director (MD) of a readymade garments company for cheating a Kharar-based businessman of Rs 25 lakh here.

The police said the complainant, Prem Singh, a resident of Kharar, had alleged that he had paid Rs 25 lakh as security money to the accused, Manjit Singh, MD of the readymade garments company, “Colour”, for taking the franchise of his company. Manjit Singh is a resident of Kharman village, Haryana.

“An agreement was signed between Prem Singh and Manjit Singh in this regard in September 2010. Prem Singh alleged that Manjit Singh neither gave him the franchise nor returned the amount,” said the police.

After an enquiry by the Economic Offences Wing of the police and obtaining the opinion of the district attorney (Legal), the police registered a case under Sections 406 and 420 of the IPC against Manjit Singh.

Mohali, April 22
Two persons were killed and one was seriously injured in separate road accidents at Kharar, near here, last night. In the first incident, Manoj Singh lost his life while his friend, Parmod Kumar, sustained serious injuries when their motorcycle was hit by a truck.

The police said Manoj and Parmod were going towards Chandigarh from Kharar on the Mohali-Kharar Highway when the truck took a turn all of a sudden without giving any indicator. The motorcycle came under the wheels of the truck, being driven by one Nand Kumar. Manoj Singh died on the spot while Parmod sustained serious injuries. The injured had been shifted to a hospital.

The police have arrested Nand Kumar after registering a case under Sections 279, 304-A and 427 of the Indian Penal Code at the Kharar police station.

In the second incident, Surjan Singh, an elderly person, was killed after being hit by an unidentified vehicle last night.

According to the complainant, Gurmit Singh, nephew of the deceased, Surjan Singh, a resident of Mata Gujri Enclave, went for a walk when the unidentified vehicle hit him.

Surjan was taken to the PGI, Chandigarh, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The police have registered a case under Sections 279 and 304 of the Indian Penal Code here.

Chandigarh, April 22
Participation of over 50 players in the national championship to be held at Pune hangs in the balance as the UT Education Department has failed to get confirmed railway reservations for them.

The tournament to be held under the aegis of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) will begin on April 26 and the participants have to report at the venue by April 25 evening. A total of three 18-member teams, including boys (U-19), and girls (U-19) and (U-17), are to represent Chandigarh at the national event.

With reserved berths being sought at the eleventh hour, the chances of teams’ participation in the championship are dull. Sources said the local authorities tried to get reservations in two superfast trains but they have a long waiting list of 158 and 216.

Earlier, the tournament was expected to be held in December 2013 but it was postponed by the organising committee of the SGFI.

It is learnt that the SGFI e-mailed the new dates of the championship to the local authorities on April 15 evening following which they started arranging for tickets.

DPI (Schools) Kamlesh Kumar said, “We will try our best to get reserved berths for players. We will also seek local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal’s help as we cannot travel with so many girls without reserved berths.”

District Education Officer (DEO) Ram Kumar Sharma remained unavailable for his comment on the issue.

Meanwhile, coaches are having a tough time dealing with parents seeking confirmation of their wards’ participation in the national event.

Also, the final announcement of the team has been put on hold to avoid any further confusion.

The trials to select players were held last year and now, the coaches are finding it hard to recall some players.

“The UT Administration has enough funds to spend on various activities. They could arrange air-tickets for the players. After all, they will represent Chandigarh only,” said a parent.

Chandigarh, April 22
The sub-junior and junior state wrestling championship began at the Sports Complex, Sector 42, here today. On the inaugural day, events in Greco-Roman and freestyle categories under various age groups were organised. Wrestlers from Raj Singh (Raja) Wrestling Akhara of Sukhna Lake won most of the titles on the first day.

Winners:

Sub-juniors: Freestyle (42 kg): Vijay; Greco-Roman: Anil. Freestyle (46 kg): Parveen 1; Greco-Roman: Malkit. Freestyle (50 kg): Vishal; Greco-Roman: Sarabjit. Freestyle (54 kg): Rajat; Greco-Roman: Tomson. Freestyle (58 kg): Ankush; Greco-Roman: Sachin. Freestyle (63 kg): Balkar; Greco-Roman: Hardeep. Freestyle (69 kg): Makhan; Greco-Roman: Sunil. Freestyle (76 kg): Baljit; Greco-Roman: Pankaj. Freestyle (85 kg): Amit; Greco-Roman: Ashish.

Juniors: Freestyle (50 kg): Sudhir; Greco-Roman: Bhupinder. Freestyle (55 kg): Vishal; Greco Roman: Sachin. Freestyle (60 kg): Vikas; Greco-Roman: Nitin. Freestyle (66 kg): Rakesh; Greco-Roman: Mukesh.

Chandigarh, April 22
Patiala defeated Chandigarh as the latter's batting line-up failed during a match for the ongoing ML Markan Cricket Trophy for boys (U-16) held today. With the win, the Patiala team has secured six points.

Patiala had set a target of 289 runs for Chandigarh with Kunal Yadav's unbeaten knock of 74 runs and half-centuries by Prince Balwant Rai and Ibbadat Thaman. For Chandigarh, Tavleen Singh claimed two wickets for 44 runs.

In reply, the local side was bundled out at 77 runs in 44.1 overs. Yogesh Nathani scored 26 runs while Tavleen Singh made 16 runs. For Patiala, Tejpreet Singh took three wickets for 21 runs and Abhishek Verma scalped two wickets for three runs. Lovedeep Singh, Harshdeep Singh, Abhay Tipnis and Prince Balwant Rai took one wicket each.

Third-round matches
Chandigarh vs Amritsar at Amritsar; Patiala vs Jalandhar at Jalandhar; and Ropar vs Mohali at Ropar. Three-day matches to be played from April 25-27

Chandigarh, April 22
Amrit Lubana of DAV Senior Secondary School here has been selected for a seven-day special coaching clinic to be held in Mumbai. He has been selected on the basis of his performance in the inter-state leg of the Coca Cola Cricket Cup for boys (U-16). A total of 27 players have been selected for the coaching clinic.

The clinic will be conducted by Anthony Adams, head coach, Cricket India Academy, in two sessions, 7 am to 9.30 am and 4 pm to 6.30 pm.

On April 27, the organisers will select the team which will play a three-match series against foreign team in May.