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Chandigarh, May 11
A day after a Nigerian was arrested with cocaine, the UT police today arrested two more Nigerian nationals who came to India on a business visa and were supplying drugs to youngsters outside discotheques and colleges. A number of students staying as paying guests in the city are their regular customers, the police said.

The crime branch of the Chandigarh Police arrested Chimaobi Raphael Okeke and Samuel Ben Onuka, natives of Nigeria, along with Sachin Thakur, a resident of Mohali.

The police laid a barrier in front of the Director Punjab Health Office in Sector 34, Chandigarh. They noticed a person fleeing on seeing them.

He was apprehended and he disclosed his name as Chimaobi Raphael Okeke and his personal search revealed he was carrying five gram of cocaine. The accused was asked to produce a permit or a licence for the recovered cocaine, but he failed to produce any such document.

A case under various Sections of the NDPS Act has been registered against him and he was arrested.

In the second incidence, the police laid a trap in Sector 18 and apprehended a Mohali resident, Sachin Thakur, and recovered 20 gram of heroin from his possession. The accused was asked to produce any permit or licence fothe recovered substance, but he failed to do so. He was then arrested.

A separate police team on patrolling duty near Shani Mandir, Industrial Area, Phase II, Chandigarh, noticed that one person tried to flee on seeing the police party. With the help of other police officials he was apprehended. He disclosed his name as Samuel Ben Onuka.

His search led to the recovery of 32 gram of heroin from his possession. The police said they would prepare a list of all the customers of the accused to curb the menace of drugs in the city. Yesterday too, a Nigerian was arrested. The police said the three Nigerians were part of a well -organised gang who were selling drugs in the city.

students of PGs regular customers

Inspector Ranjodh Singh, in charge, crime branch, said during interrogation it had come to light that they brought drugs from Delhi and sold these in the tricity outside discotheques and colleges. He said students living in PGs were their regular customers. Both Nigerians came to India in 2014 on a business visa and medical visa and got into the drug business for quick money.

Panchkula, May 11
A 27-year-old mechanical engineer was arrested by the Panchkula Police for committing various thefts in houses in the city.

The police said after Vikas failed to get a job, he entered the world of crime.

The accused, identified as Vikas, is a resident of Ram Darbar in Chandigarh. He was arrested by the CIA from Sector 14 this evening.

Inspector Suraj Chawla, in-charge, CIA wing, said the accused had confessed that he committed thefts in Sectors 11, 15,16 and 21 of the city. He had stolen lakhs of rupees, jewellery and foreign currency. “Vikas has committed thefts even in Chandigarh . He is a graduate and diploma holder in mechanical engineering," said the police official. The police are expecting more theft cases to be solved with his arrest. The Chandigarh Police is also seeking the help of Panchkula Police to crack theft cases in their area. The police is also looking for the accomplices of the accused. "He would keep a rod and small key with him. In the morning, he would recce the house inwhich he would commit theft and at night he wouldsteal, " said another police official.

Panchkula, May 11
A businessman was allegedly robbed of cash, including foreign currency, at a knifepoint by two unidentified persons near the Amartex light point here late last night.

Vinod Manchanda, a resident of Sector 15, was heading home after his trip to Delhi when the incident took place.

The police said Manchanda, who is into import-export business, alighted from a bus near Zirakpur flyover at around 1.20 am and was walking his way home when near the Amartex light point, two motorcycle-borne youths stopped him. They robbed him of his wallet containing Rs 5,000 and US dollors 220.

The victim told the police that the robbers were conversing in Punjabi.

A case has been registered at the Sector 20 police station. — TNS

Chandigarh, May 11
The local police have arrested two vehicle thieves and recovered two stolen motorcycles from their possession.

Two others vehicles including a SUV and one three-wheeler, was also stolen from the city last night. The police said Amit Kumar of Sector 46 reported that his motorcycle was stolen from the road separating Sectors 19 and 27 around 7pm on May 10. A local police team raided the house of one Sanjay in Gandhi Colony, Panchkula, and, recovered the stolen motorcycle from his possession. In a similar incident, Satish Rana of Dadu Majra, Colony 38, reported that his motorcycle was stolen from his house and the police recovered the two-wheeler from the possession of Rajinder, a resident of Bhaskar Colony in Sector 25. The two accused have been remanded in judicial custody on Sunday. However, Ashwani Singh of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, reported that his Bolero bearing a Himachal registration number was stolen from the house of his distant relative living in Gobindpura in Mani Majra. Ram Avtar of Sector 19 reported that his auto bearing a Punjab registration number had been stolen from the rear side parking of the District Court Complex in Sector 43.

Chandigarh, May 11
Top seed Calvin Golmei defeated Karan Singh Bhalla in the second round match of the excellence academy's AITA tennis championship for boys and girls being held at the tennis courts of the Sunny Enclave, Kharar, today.

In the match, decided in tie-breaker, Calvin kept his nerves calm to beat Karan 4-5 (0), 4-0, 15-13.

Later in the pre-quarterfinals, played today; Calvin charged with full power against Chiraz Singh Dandona and defeated him in straight sets 4-0 and 4-0.

On the other side, in the girl’s quarterfinals, Nandini Sharma thrashed Hansika Singh, Janat Kaur beat Khushbeen Kaur and Komaljit Kaur defeated Janvi Shivram in the straight sets.

Results

Boys Second Round:

Parmveer Singh Bajwa bt Yuvraj Goel 4-0, 4-0; Savneet Singh Bajwa bt Jaskaran Singh Riar 4-0, 4-1; Sohraab Singh bt Yuvraj Singh Kooka 4-2, 4-5 (4), 7-3; Ramanjot Singh Dhindsa bt Ankush Mishra 5-3, 4-1; Calvin Golmei bt Karan Singh Bhalla 4-5 (0), 4-0, 15-13; Chiraz Singh Dandona bt Parmeet Singh Deol 2-4, 4-0, 7-5; Rahul Verma bt Akshit Chhabra 4-1, 4-2; Kabir Manrai bt Shivam Vij 4-1, 4-1; Sabrang Sandal bt Jot Shikhar 4-0, 4-1; Debashish Singh bt MS Karthik 5-3, 4-0; Neeraj Yashpaul bt Alam Dhanoa 4-0, 4-0; Sagar Bains bt Bhavdeep Singh 4-0, 4-1; Aishwarya Goel bt Jagdeep Singh Bajwa 4-0, 7-5; Sahishnu Sharma bt Abhinav Sharma 4-0, 4-2; Anmol Rattan Kamboj bt Laksh Vohra 4-0, 4-0; Param Pun beat Vatsal Chauhan 4-2, 4-0; Boys (pre-quarters) - Paramveer Singh Bajwa bt Savneet Singh Bajwa 4-2, 4-1; Sohraab Singh bt Ramanjot Singh Dhindsa 4-1, 4-1; Calvin Golmei bt Chiraz Singh Dandona 4-0, 4-0; Kabir Manrai bt Rahul Verma 5-3, 4-0; Sabrang Sandal bt Debashish Singh 5-3, 4-2; Sagar Bains bt Neeraj Yashpaul 4-0, 4-0; Sahishnu Sharma bt Aishwarya Goel 1-4, 4-0, 7-5; Param Pun bt Anmol Rattan Kamboj 4-2, 4-1;Girls (pre-quarters) - Nandini Sharma bt Areetinder Kaur 4-0, 4-0; Hansika Singh bt Aditi Dogra 2-4, 4-0, 10-5; Jannat Khurana bt Samita Yadav 4-0, 4-0; Khushbeen Kaur bt Samera Mehta 5-3, 4-1; Komaljit Kaur bt Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa 4-0, 1-4, 10-8; Janvi Shivram bt Shrishti Dhir 4-2, 4-1; Itika Sharma bt Mansi Singh 4-0, 4-0; Rahat Mangat bt Seerat K Pannu 4-1, 2-4, 10-2; Girls (quarter finals) - Nandini Sharma bt Hansika Singh 4-0, 4-0; Janat Kaur bt Khushbeen Kaur 4-1, 4-2; Komaljit Kaur bt Janvi Shivram 4-2, 5-3; Itika Sharma bt Rahat Mangat 5-3, 5-4 (8).

Chandigarh, May 11
Chandigarh's Ayush Sikka with the support of Tavleen Singh, helped Chandigarh to amass 429 runs in their first innings against Ludhiana during the second day play of the ML Markan Cricket Trophy being held at Guru Nanak Public School, Sector 36, here, today.

Resuming at the overnight score of 91 runs for one wicket, Chandigarh went to hammer bowlers of Ludhiana. After losing early wickets on the second day, Tavleen Singh and Ayush Sikka added 108 runs for the 5th wicket.

Ayush scored 101 off 174 balls, including 13 boundaries, to stable his team's innings.

However, Tavleen, on the other hand continued to strike well and march ahead with his individual best score. After Aysuh's wicket, Tavleen stitched a 72-run partnership for the 6th wicket with Yogesh Nathani before the latter was castled by Gurjot for 30 off 37 balls.

Tavleen scored 180 off 211 balls studded with 28 well- executed boundaries before getting run out. Chandigarh in the process, established a well made lead of 231 runs in the first innings. For Ludhiana, Anmol Sharma claimed 3 for 87 while Gurjot Singh claimed 2 for 88.

In reply, Ludhiana's batsman scored 77 for 2 in 22 overs at the end to the day's play. Jaish Jain (24 off 18 balls) and Lovish Dhir (33 runs) scored an unbeaten knock in the team's total.

Brief scores

Ludhiana (1st innings)- 198 all out in 87 overs

Chandigarh (1st innings) - 429 all out in 100.3 overs(Ayush Sikka 101, Mandeep Mann 38, Kunaldeep 25, Tavleen Singh 180, Yogesh Nathani 30, Jagdeep Singh 26, Anmol Sharma 3 for 87 and Gurjot Singh 2 for 88) Ludhiana (2nd innings) - 77 for 2 in 22 overs (Lovish Dhir 33 not out, Jaish Jain 24, Aman 1 for 11 , Arshdeep 1 for 24).

Chandigarh, May 11
Rupali Khurna of Tribune Model School, Sector 29, won a gold medal in girls’ (junior) category of the state Chandigarh State Cycling Championship held here today.

The championship was organised by the Chandigarh Amateur Cycling Association where 45 cyclists from different schools of the city took part in various events of senior, junior and sub-junior categories.

In the track events of the competition, Aditi Mohindra of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, clinched two gold medals in junior girls’ (500m) and (1,000m) track category. The Chandigarh Cycling Association will also organise a Chandigarh Mountain Bike Cycling Competition at Sukhna Lake (7am).

Results:

5 km Mass Start Boys' (U-13)

Dakash Nain - Gurukul Global (1st)

Karan - Ryan International School (2nd)

Nikhil — Gurukul Global (3rd)

15 km Mass Start Girls' (U-17)

Rupali — Tribune Model School (1st)

Hargun — Ryan International (2nd)

Aditi Mohindra - Sacred Heart School (3rd)

15 km Mass Start Boys' (U-15)

Anurag — Bhawan Vidalaya-27 (1st)

Pranav Mohindra —DACPS (2nd)

Samarpreet Singh — Ryan International (3rd)

25 km Mass Start Special/Para Boys

Jagwinder Singh — CCC (1st)

Abishek - SCET (2nd)

25 km Mass Start Boys' (U-15)

Udbhav Bhawan Vidyalaya, Panchkula (1st)

Harsimran Singh Cheema - GMSSS-37 (2nd)

Ashish Kadian - GMSSS-32 (3rd)

25 km Mass Start Men

Naveen CCC (1st)

Saket Malhotra GNHS-20 (2nd)

Yogesh Kanojia CCC (3rd)

Track events

500M Time Trial Boys’ (U-17)

Aditi Mohindra — Sacred Heart School (1st) 59.83 Sec

Hargun - Ryan International (2nd) 1M 14.22 Sec

Shivani Sharma GMSSS-32 (3rd) 1M 17.13 Sec

500M Time Trial Girls' (U-13)

Rupali - Tribune Model School (1st) 59.12 Sec

Reet Kapoor — Carmel Convent (2nd) 1M 05.73 Sec

Muskaan — Sacred Heart (3rd) 1M 10.74 Sec

500M Time Trial Boys’ (U-13)

Daksh Nain - Gurukul Global (1st) 57.54 Sec

Nikhil - Gurukul Global (2nd) 1M 10.93 Sec

Divansh Kaushil - Saupins (3rd) 1M 18.09 Sec

500M Time Trial Boys' (U-15)

Anurag — Bhawan Vidalaya-27 (1st) 53.57 Sec

Samarpreet Singh - Ryan International (2nd) 53.70 Sec

Pranav Mohindra — DACPS (3rd) 54.15 Sec

500 M Time Trial Boys' (U-17)

Harsimran Singh Cheema — GMSSS-37 (1st) 47.51 Sec

Shiven - Nishan Public School (2nd) 48.71 Sec

Krishan Malhotra — Gyandeep Pub Sch-20 (3rd) 49.35 Sec

1,000M Scratch Race Girls’ (U-17)

Aditi Mohindra - Sacred Heart-26 (1st) 2M 16.04 Sec

Hargun - Ryan International School (2nd) Seerat - Sacred Heart-26 (3rd)

1000M Scratch Race Boys’ (U-15)

Sagar Pandey DCMS, Panchkula, (1st) 2M 01.74 Sec

Samarpreet Singh - Ryan International (2nd)

Pranav Mohindra —DACPS (3rd)

500M Scratch Race Girls’ (U-13)

Rupali Tribune Model School (1st) 1M 11.58 Sec

Muskaan Sacred Heart (2nd)

Shweta Bhosle - Gurukul Global (3rd)

500M Scratch Race Boys’ (U-13)

Dakash Nain - Gurukul Global (1st) 1M 10.58 Sec

Nikhil — Gurukul Global (2nd)

Divansh Kaushil — Saupins (3rd)

3000M Scratch Race Boys' (U-17)

Harsimran Singh Cheema — GMSSS-37 (1st) 5M 47.88 Sec

Udbhav Bhawan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, (2nd)

Shiven — Nishan Public School (3rd)

10 Km Scratch Race Men

Saket Malhotra — GNHS-20 (1st) 12M: 18.48 Sec

Naveen — CCC (2nd)

Yogesh Kanojia — CCC (3rd)

Chandigarh, May 11
Converting his feebleness to his strength, 23-year-old para-cyclist Jagwinder Singh is turning fortunes in his favour. With no arms since birth, Jagwinder is not only paddling down the passion of grabbing "big" from cycling but also fulfilling his daily needs in a tough way.

In the absence of his arms, he eats his food, performs painting, works on computer and do other things by using his feet.

A resident of Patiala, he hogged the limelight when he participated in the 25-km para-boys challenge of the Chandigarh State Cycling Championship, here, today when he claimed the first place.

The cycling enthusiast started paddling at his native Patran village, near Patiala, in 2012 after watching a cycling event on television.

Much to his family's surprise, Jagwinder bought his own cycle and started paddling down to Patiala thrice a week. Slowly with support of his friends and family, he started participating in competitions and begun his journey to become a successful cyclist. At present, he claims to paddle down over 90 km, to and fro, on a regular basis to maintain his fitness. His very next aim ais to improve his timing. He is looking ahead to buy a professional racing-cycle.

"Things were quite difficult for him at the initial stage. At the age of 20, with the support of his family members and well-wishers, I learnt paddling like a five-year-old child. It was really tough to get up after every fall. After completing my higher education and my diploma, I was uncertain about my future. But cycling has given me a new hope to survive and shine," said Jagwinder.

Jagwinder, who falls under the cent percent category, has many awards in academics to his credit. He won three prizes at a state-level painting competition and also bagged one national-level merit certificate for making a foot-made painting. He was awarded with the honours during his diploma days. He completed his higher education with 78 per cent marks. Now, Jagwinder is only concentrating on achieving fame in cycling.

"Rakesh Mohindro, a local cycling coach, has seen me performing and invited me to participate in this event. He and my friends usually help me to get information of competitions and help me confirming my entry. I always try to give my best and win medals as this is the best way to revert back the supports of my well-wishers and family," said Jagwinder.

When asked about practising his passion in nearby universities and tracks, he said, "people at training centres only concentrate on giving tips to professionals rather focusing on amateurs. They treat them as they are coming for recreational activities, hence rather wasting my time there I prefer to perform alone with my watch, to note down my performance timings," he said Jagwinder.

Chandigarh, May 11
Golfer Pauline JM Singh with 31 points and Shalini with 23 points won the top two spots in the ladies category event of the 1st Senior Golf Tournament (Above 19), being organised by the Aloha Golf Society at the greens of the Chandigarh Golf Club, here, today.

A total of 175 golfers in amateur and professional category participated in the event.

In the (17-24) handicap category, Sahil Kapoor with 31 points and DP Singh with 29 points won the honours.

Results

(10-16) Handicap - S Aulakh (Gags) 34 points; Runners-up - Col JS Kang (Sr) 33 points; 0-9 Handicap - Vivek Janjua 34 points; Runners-up - Jagmohan Singh 34 points; Caddies - Vivek Gupta 37 points; Runners-up - Atul 35 points. — TNS