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Dera Bassi, June 6
Four migrant labourers sustained burn injuries when a LPG stove they were using accidentally caught fire in Saidpura village, near here, today.

Hailing from Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, the youths - Taveesh, Kabir, Arsad, and Sahizad - were residing at a rented accommodation in a building owned by Dr Ramesh Kumar in Saidpura village for the past 15 days.

As one of the youth switched on the stove, which was allegedly leaking, it caught fire that spread to the room leaving the four injured, said a victim.

The injured were rushed to the local Civil Hospital where they were undergoing treatment, said Dr Kumar.

Chandigarh, June 6
Spice Mobile Company Limited has been penalised for “failing to repair the mobile handset of the complainant”.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the company to return the mobile handset of the complainant in a perfect working order, free of charge, and pay Rs 5,000 as compensation for mental agony.

Pankesh Kumar purchased a mobile phone of Spice Company on July 30, 2013, from the opposite party by paying Rs 6,499 with one year warranty.

The mobile phone started giving problem in charging within two weeks of its purchase, the complainant alleged.

He was told that for repair, the handset would be sent to their corporate office in Noida, which would take at least 10 days for the replacement of the charger. However, the mobile was returned after 25 days. The handset started giving more problems as it was not installing any application or game.

“Due to the irresponsible attitude of the opposite party, the complainant has suffered a lot,” the forum ruled.

Panchkula, June 6
The ongoing cross-examination in the high profile Jyoti murder case was closed in the CBI court today. The court, however, asked that the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh, to produce reports related to the crime in the court in the next 10 days.

During the cross-examination of ACP Virender Sangwan, who was the investigating officer in the case, he further recorded his statement proving the charges levelled against accused Ram Kumar Chaudhary. He added that the call details and location of the mobile phones of the accused and aides indicates involvement of the accused in the crime.

Chandigarh, June 6
In yet another incident of dog bite, the Chandigarh Police arrested a Sector 46 resident whose pet dog bit a 10-year-old child staying in the neighbourhood.

The dog bit Jagdish, a Class V student, while he was playing cricket near his house on Thursday evening.

The incident led to resentment among the residents who called the area councillor and Senior Deputy Mayor Heera Negi on the spot and decided to report the matter to the police.

The victim’s father, Jai Prakash Gupta, a resident of Sector 46, said earlier also the same dog had bitten two other persons.

“The residents of the locality have asked the dog owner to ensure that the dog does not roam freely as there can be more victims of the dog bite,” Gupta said.

The residents went to the Sector 34 police station with the complaint.

The police conducted the medical of the child at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, here.

The police booked Satbir Singh, owner of the dog, under Section 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animal) of the Indian Penal Code.

He was arrested and later released on bail.

Mohali, June 6
A man has been arrested on the charge of raping a girl on the pretext of getting her a job. The police said Charanjit Singh of Forozepur, the suspect, has been arrested and a case under Sections 376 and 342 of the IPC has been registered against him. At present, he is staying at a rented accommodation in Sohana village here.

Charanjit, who works as a driver at an office of a pharmaceutical unit in Phase V, had told the alleged victim that there was a post of receptionist vacant in the office.

He said he would get her the job. He then picked up the girl from Sector 40, Chandigarh, in a car and brought her to Phase V.

He asked her to go into the office but she declined. Later, the suspect later took her to a hotel and allegedly raped her. Afterwards, she was dropped at her house by the suspect.

Chandigarh, June 6
On the second day of the Inter-district Cricket Tournament for Boys (U-19) for the Dhruve Pandove trophy being played between Chandigarh and Patiala at DAV Senior Secondary School grounds in Sector 8 here, Chandigarh resuming their overnight 262 for 4 were bowled out for 378 in 135.1 overs.

Continuing his terrific form, Arjit Singh, who was unbeaten on 90, went on to complete his century (119) off 272 balls before being caught by Sagar of Anmol Preet’s ball. Meanwhile, his twin brother Arpit Singh did not add to his overnight score of 60 and was caught early in front of the wicket by Sanveer. Contributing to the team’s total, Arvind Chouhan scored 56 off 97 balls that included seven boundaries. For Patiala, Anmol Preet turned the game with his figures of 3 for 12.

The Patiala team opened their innings with Sanveer Singh and Mandeep Singh adding 111 runs for the 1st wicket before Mandeep Singh was caught by Navansh of Bhagmender for 56 of 118 balls. His innings included eight boundaries and a six. Sanveer remained unbeaten on 67 off 166 balls inclusive of 10 boundaries and a six. For Chandigarh, Bhagmender took 2 wickets for 52. Patiala at stumps on day two were 154 for 2 in 55 overs.

Brief Scores

Chandigarh 1st innings 378 for all in 135.1 overs.

Arjitsingh 119, Arpit Singh 60 and Arvind Chouhan 56; Anmolpreet 3 for 12

Patiala 154 for 2 in 55 overs.

Sanveer Singh not out 67, Mandeep Singh 56; Bhagmender Singh 2 for 52.

In the second match between Jalandhar and Mohali played at Burlton Park, Jalandhar, Jalandhar resuming at overnight 266 for 7 went on to score 379 before being all out in 119.4 overs. Mansab Gill who was unbeaten on 139 went on to hammer a double century (231) off 357 balls studded with 30 boundaries and 7 huge sixes. Out of the 113 runs scored by Jalandhar today, the contribution of Mansab Gill was 92. For Mohali, Jasinder Singh finished with a haul of 5 for 115 and Akshy Kansal supported him with 4 for 41.

Mohali made a strong reply by scoring 165 runs for the loss of one wicket in 69 overs at the close of second day’s play. Abhijit Garg’s unbeaten 57 and Karan Azad’s unbeaten 86 put on 136 runs for the unbroken second wicket stand.

Brief Scores

Jalandhar 1st innings 379 all out in 119.4 overs

MansabGill 231, Mohit Mariya 47; Jasinder Singh 5 for 115 and Akshy Kansal 4 for 41

Mohali 1st innings 165 for 1 in 69 overs

Karan Azad 86 not out and Abhijit Garg 57 not out; Manpreet Bhullar 1 for 27

In the third match played at Ludhiana between Amritsar and Ludhiana, Amritsar resuming at overnight 447 for 8 were bowled out for 519 in 120.1 overs. Overnight not out batsman Rohit Kumar went on to score 79. For Ludhiana, Viswanath 5 for 100, Nikhil 2 for 90 and Hartejasvi 2 for 72 were the main wicket takers.

In reply, Ludhiana were bowled out for 211 in 59.4 overs. Nikhil Chaudhary (79) off 69 balls with 14 boundaries and one six and Parul (61) off 125 balls with 10 boundaries added 87 runs for the 5th wicket. For Amritsar, Rohit (5 for 74) and Rahul (3 for 49) were the main wicket takers. Trailing by 308 runs on the first innings, Ludhiana after being forced to follow on were 22 for no lose in 16 overs at the close of the 2nd days play.

Brief Scores

Amritsar 1st innings 519 all out in 120.1 overs

Rohit Kumar 79, Abhinav Sharma 146, Marshal Bhagat 84, K.Pathak 63, Rahul 51; Viswanath 5 for 100, Nikhil 2 for 90 and Hartejasvi 2 for 72

Ludhiana first innings 211 all out in 59.4 overs

Nikhil Chaudhary 79, Parul 61, Dipin Chitkara 23, Rajan 21; Rohit 5 five 74 and Rahul 3 for 49, Shivam 1 for 20

Ludhiana 2nd innings 22 for no loss in 16 overs

Chandigarh, June 6
Local bodybuilder Pushpinder Bharti got selected for the forthcoming Mr Asia Championship-2014, which would be held from June 19 to 21 at Colombo in Sri Lanka.

After getting selected for the championship, Pushpinder, who is a student of DAV College, said: “For me it’s a moment of pride that now I will get to represent the country at the international level.”

Pushpinder, who has been training for the past six years, had won the Mr Chandigarh Bodybuilding Championship in April this year and had bagged bronze medal at the Senior Mr India Bodybuilding that was held in Aurangabad.

Delighted by the selection of his trainee, coach Sunil Walia said: “I am hopeful and confident that Pushpinder will bag a medal in the competition and bring laurels to the country.”

Walia said his success was due to his dedication and efforts.