Chandigarh, May 10
The crime branch of the Chandigarh Police arrested two members of a gang of auto lifters, who were adept in stealing high-end cars and SUVs from the city.

The accused have been identified as Harpreet Singh alias Smarty, a resident of Patiala, and Ajit Singh, a resident of Delhi.

The police laid a naka at the road separating Sectors 10 and 3 near Bougainville Garden and apprehended the accused along with a stolen Innova bearing fake registration number PB-11-A-8056.

During the course of investigation, seven vehicles — three Innova, one Accent, one Swift and two Alto — have been recovered from their possession.

With the recovery of these vehicles, two cases of vehicle theft registered with the police stations of Sector 3 and Sector 34 have been solved.

Mohali, May 10
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 19-year-old colleague on the premises of a factory in Phase IX, Industrial Area, today. The victim has been admitted to the GMSH, Sector 16, Chandigarh.

DSP (City II) Navreet Singh Virk said the victim and the accused, Sanu, were found in a room on the first floor of the factory. He added that the victim’s mother alleged that she took her daughter to the manager of the factory immediately after the incident. “Instead of taking action against Sanu, he rebuked us saying we were raising the issue unnecessarily,” she alleged.

The police said the victim’s mother also alleged that Sanu had committed a similar crime with another minor girl around two months ago.

“We will register a rape case and investigate the role of other employees in the factory,” the DSP said.

Mohali, May 10
As many as six persons sustained serious injuries in a group clash at Matran village here today. Mohinder Singh, Pal Singh, Rupinder Singh, Darshan Singh, Malkit Singh and Kamaljit Singh, all residents of Matran, have been admitted to Civil Hospital, Phase 6, here.

They named Varinder Singh as the main culprit, who along with other accomplices, including Major Singh, Gurjant Singh, Gurdip Singh, Kaka Singh, Amrik Singh, Garja Singh, Jarnail Singh and other unidentified persons, are said to have attacked them with sharp-edged weapons over using water of the Chandigarh Sewerage Treatment Plant for irrigation of their fields.

In his complaint to the police, Mohinder Singh alleged that the water of the treatment plant, which comes through a small channel to the village, was being used for the past several years.

"Varinder closed the channel that resulted in the suspension of water supply to several fields of the village. When we tried to open the channel again, Varinder and his companions attacked us with sharp-edged weapons today," alleged Mohinder. Inspector Satwant Singh, SHO of the Sohana police station, said the police had recorded the statements of the injured.

"We have started investigations in the matter," he added.

Chandigarh, May 10
Karandeep Kochhar won the Category A event of the first Junior Golf Tournament (7 to 18 years age-group), organised by Aloha Golf Society, being held at the Chandigarh Golf Club, here today.

In the Category B of the same event, Amrit Lal won the championship while in Category C Simarjit Singh, in Category D Aditya and in Category E Jujhar Singh won the titles.

A total of 76 golfers participated in the event organised to inspire, promote and motivate young golfers.

Caddie Sunny won the caddy category while Jaspal Kang won the 18-holes competition.

In the girls’ category, Maanika Dutta clinched the title of the nine-holes event.

BS Gill, president of the Chandigarh Golf Club, and Parneet Grewal, former golf player of India, gave away the prizes to the winners of the tournament.