Chandigarh, June 17
A team of the UT police crime branch today arrested three women members of an inter-state gang of burglars, who were active in Chandigarh.

The police arrested Seema, a resident of Bapu Dham Colony, Shallu, a resident of Bhaskar Colony, Sector 25, and Seema, a resident of Sector 56. The police recovered stolen gold ornaments from their possession, which they had stolen on June 8.

The crime branch team headed by Sub Inspector Rajdeep Singh along with other officials under the supervision of crime branch in charge Inspector Ranjodh Singh, set up a barrier near the PGI roundabout towards PEC road, when the three were arrested.

The crime branch officials said they had worked out five more cases so far and recovered gold ornaments worth Rs 6 lakh from the women. The accused women are habitual offenders as they have been arrested by the police many times in the past too.

The women used to identify their target houses by posing themselves as garbage lifters and would move about in the locality. After finding the houses locked and unattended they would commit the theft.

One of the accused Shallu was sent to judicial custody, while the remaining two were remanded in police custody till June 18.

Mohali, June 17
After cross-examining over 50 persons associated with the victim, working on various theories and thorough search of all possible locations to get any lead, the police are still clueless in the Congress leader Rajwant Singh Shergill’s blind murder case. According to medical examination reports, Shergill was possibly murdered on the intervening night of May 18 and May 19. Today almost a month has passed, but the police have failed to move an inch in the case despite all efforts.

Notably, Shergill’s decomposed body was recovered in an Ertiga car, which was found parked on a pavement along a park in a residential colony in Sector 69 here on May 21 morning.

Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh admitted that despite their all efforts, the police are yet to make any headway in the case. “We have cross-examined the victim’s family members, his friends, women with whom the victim was found involved, their (the women) close relatives, his security guard and several other persons. Apart from that, call details of the victim’s cellphone numbers have been minutely scrutinised, but we have not been able to get any clue so far,” said the SSP.

“We have been working on various theories to crack the case, but we are now banking upon the call and message details of one cellphone, which was found in the damaged condition in the car later. The phone has been sent for forensic examination. We might get some lead in the case after receiving the forensic report of the cellphone,” said SSP Bhatti.

On being asked when the police would get the report in question, the SSP said: “We are pursuing the matter with laboratory officials. We hope to get the forensic report soon”.

Chandigarh, JUNE 17
Continuing with its drive to nab those drinking alcohol in public places, the UT Police today arrested as many as 25 persons. A majority of the accused were arrested from Industrial Area, Ramdarbar and village Daria.

The police said Saravjit Singh, resident of Raipur Khurd, was arrested while consuming liquor near his house at a public place. Likewise, Heera Lal, resident of Phase-1, Industrial Area, was nabbed.

The police also arrested Akash Thappa, Upender Parshad and Bhanu, residents of Phase II, Ramdarbar; Gaurav, Surender and Vikas, residents of Sector 30; Mohan and Dhani Ram of village Daria; Dimply Kumar of Mohali; Happy and Madan Goapal of Sector 47; Kamal Kumar and Kamlesh Kumar of Mohali.

Others arrested for the offence were Money of Sector 48, Sarwan Kumar of village Faidan, Vijay Kumar of village Burail, Suraj Gupta, resident of Sector 45; Ram Niwas of Sector 52, Pardeep Kumar of Sector 25; Aslam of Village Kajheri, Dharmohinder Kumar of Village Burail, Baldev Singh of Dhanas, Kala Ram and Seth Pal of Maloya Colony, Balwinder Singh of Sector 41-A, and Harkesh of Sector 54.

All the persons were arrested under Section 68-1-14 of the Excise Act and later bailed out.

One held with drugs

The police on Tuesday arrested a person carrying 104 capsules of Spasmocip Plus. The accused Wasim, a resident of Hallo Majra, was nabbed from Phase-II, Industrial Area. 

A resident of Dhanas was injured after he was attacked by three unidentified persons on Monday night. Amit, a resident of Milk Colony, Dhanas, alleged that three unidentified persons thrashed and threatened his friend Rahul, resident of village Sarangpur. Amit told the police that Rahul was attacked while he was passing through the Kabari market, Dhanas. The three unidentified persons came from behind him and thrashed him. Rahul received injuries and was admitted to the PGI. The police have registered a case of causing hurt (323) wrongful restraint (341), criminal intimidation (506), IPC, at the Sector 11 police station. The police said personal enmity appears to be the reason behind the incident.

2 motorbikes stolen

Two motor vehicle thefts have been reported in the last 24 hours. In the first incident, Sandeep Singh, resident of Mauli Jagran, reported that someone stole his motorcycle (CH-03V-4440) from Phase-1, Industrial Area. Himanshu Dhameja, resident of Sector 22, reported that someone has stolen his motorcycle (HP-03C-3702) from the Information Technology Park.

Woman’s gold chain snatched

Meanwhile, a woman became a victim of snatching here on Monday. Navneet Kaur, resident of Phase 3B2, Mohali, alleged that the motorcycle-borne youth snatched her gold chain and fled. Kaur said the incident took place in Sector 35. She could not note down the number of the vehicle.

Fraud case registered

Raman Kumar, resident of village Mullanpur Garibdass, Mohali, has alleged that he was cheated of Rs 13 lakh in a land deal. Kumar alleged that Sanjay Kumar, resident of Sector 20, Panchkula, and Rajnish Kaushal of Sector 39 B, cheated him of Rs 13.50 lakh in connection with the sale of a flat. Raman said he paid the amount to both the accused but did not get the possession or papers of the flat. The police have registered a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy under Sections 420 and 120-B, IPC, at the Sector 39 police station. — TNS

Chandigarh, June 17
The hosts Chandigarh cricket team scored 154 for 5 against Amritsar on the second day of the ongoing Punjab State Inter-district Cricket Tournament of Boys (U-19) for the Dhruv Pandove Trophy, being played at the cricket stadium in Sector 16, here, today.

Earlier, resuming at 122 runs for 3 wickets, the Amritsar team went to score 215 runs and maintained a 27-run lead over Chandigarh. Overnight batsman Karan Sharma scored 71 off 92 balls with 7 boundaries and 3 sixes. Chandigarh’s Himank Chaudhary returned impressive figures of 7 wickets for 58 runs while Arpit Singh claimed 2 for 74.

In the second innings, the Chandigarh’s batting line up again fumbled as the team scored 154 runs for 5 in 63 overs at the close of 2nd day’s play. Arjit Singh and Abhimanyu Srivastav stabled the team with a 85-run stand for the second wicket. Arjit scored 79 off 139 balls studded with 15 boundaries before being trapped in front by Rahul Kashyap. For Amritsar, Rahul Kashyap and Karan Sharma claimed two wickets each. The Chandigarh team is leading by 127 runs with 5 wickets in hand.

Brief Scores

Chandigarh (1st innings) 188

Amritsar (1st innings) - 215 in 64.1 overs (Karan Sharma 71, Abhishek sharma 40, Navneet Lucky 25; Himank Chaudhary 7 for 58 while Arpit Singh 2 for 74)

Chandigarh (2nd innings) - 154 for 5 in 63 overs (Arjit Singh 79, Shivam Bhambri 26, Rahul Kashyap; 2 for 61 and Karan Sharma 2 for 10)

In the second match, Patiala resuming at overnight 42 for no loss scored 308 in 104.3 overs to take a first innings lead of 81 runs against the hosts Jalandhar. For Patiala, Manveer Singh scored 75 off 132 balls with 4 boundaries and one six while Karan Pathak supported him with his 71 off 165 balls.

The duo had a 81-run partnership for the 8th wicket. For Jalandhar, Rohit Chauhan claimed 4 for 100 while Mohit Maria took 3 for 77.

Brief Scores:

Jalandhar (1st innings) - 227 all out

Patiala (1st innings) - 308 all out in 104.3 overs - Manveer Singh 75 and Karan Pathak 71, Rohit Chauhan 4 for 100, Mohit Maria 3 for 77

Jalandhar (2nd innings) - 0 for 1

In the third match, Mohali’s Shubhman Gill after returning from an U-16 camp at the NCA, Bengaluru, scored a brilliant century against Ludhiana. Shubhman scored 141 off 129 balls studded with 24 well- timed boundaries and was involved in a 2nd wicket partnership of 141 runs in 31.2 overs with Abhijit Garg scoring 41 runs, inclusive of 6 boundaries. In the boys’ (U-16) tournament, Shubhman scored around 900 runs in four innings before leaving for the U-16 camp at Bengaluru. He took his team past the 300-run mark to overtake Jalandhar’s first innings total of 298 and ensured the vital first innings lead for his team. Later, Ramandeep and Pranjai stitched an unbroken partnership of 97 runs. For Ludhiana, Hartejasvi and Navendu claimed 2 wickets each.

Brief Scores

Ludhiana (1st innings) - 298 all out. Mohali (1st innings) - 302 for 5 in 92 overs (Shubhman Gill 141, Abhijit Garg 41, Ramandeep unbeaten 60 and Pranjai Sharma unbeaten 34; Hartejasvi 2 for 50 and Navendu 2 for 32)

Chandigarh, June 17
Local sub-junior tennis player Digvijay will face Arshjot in the final of the combined (U-10) category, to be held on Thursday, in the ongoing Sub-junior and Junior Combined Tennis Tournament being held at Divya Public School in Sector 44 here.

In the semi-finals played today, Digviyay defeated Shivansh 6-2 while Arshjot overpowered Darshan 6-2. Earlier, in the quarterfinals, Digviyay beat Dhruv 5-1, Shivansh beat Tanya 5-2, Darshan beat Parul 5-1 and Arshjot beat Aditya 5-1.

Results

Combined (U-12): Pranjal bt Ravitaj 6-0, Jasmol bt Abhay Mohan 6-3, Abhinav bt Ishaan 6-2, Udeyveer Singh bt Harsh 6-0. Quarter finals: Udeyveer bt Jasmol 6-1, Sarabjot bt Shrenik 6-3, Kunal bt Pranjal 6-0, Sidharth bt Darshan 6-0, Semi final: Udeyveer bt Sarabjot 4-1 and 4-3 (7-5). Combined ( U-14) - First round: Piyush bt Shubham 7-6 (9-7), Sohani bt Aadita 6-1, Ishaan bt Kunal 6-4 and Vanshdeep bt Dhairya 7-6 (7-2).

Chandigarh, June 17
Taking big steps to become a perfectionist, 14-year-old Rishab Sharda has pleased everybody with his performance during various tennis tournaments held recently.

He won the ATF Asian Ranking Junior Tennis Tournament that concluded on Sunday. In the final, he defeated his opponent even after going down in the first game.

He started his career at the age of 10 years. He had not only performed in local tournaments, but also recorded victories in competitions held in other parts of the country. Rishab, a student of St John’s High School, Sector 26, has 16 titles of All-India Tennis Association (AITA) in his kitty, including his maiden AITA title won in 2011.

“I am working hard to improve my game. This year, so far, was a high-pitch affair in terms of facing opponents and tough competitions. The recently concluded AITA’s Mumbai tennis tournament was a good platform that helped me to win this (Asian ranking) tournament,” said Rishab, who won the cup at the CLTA courts, Sector 10, his home ground. In the recently concluded Mumbai national tennis event, he reached in the semifinals but lost after giving a tough fight. Not losing his heart, he contributed well in Chandigarh’s win in the double’s category, in the same tournament.

“I am getting into my peak form. I want to be among the top 10 players of the junior category in India. I am performing my daily practice sessions at the CLTA courts under the guidance of Gajinder Singh. I play in singles’ and doubles’ category to set my base in both events. I would preferably continue to play in both categories. Even in this Asian ranking tournament that concluded on Sunday, I and my partner clinched the title with ease,” said Rishab.

Earlier, he hogged the limelight by winning the Talent Hunt Series for boys (U-14) where he won all matches and outclassed his rivals in 2013 and also won the top honours in various national-level competitions. He also reached the second round of Finesta Open Tennis Championship for Boys (U-16) and also participated in the HSBC ‘Road to Wimbledon’ held at Delhi. In the recent months, besides winning the all- India level AITA tournaments, he also won the tennis championship at Ambala for boys (U-16) and won a silver medal in the tennis event of nationals organised by the School Games Federation of India.

At present, Rishab is playing in the Super Series Tennis Championship, being held in Dehradun, and has successfully entered the third round of the tournament.

Chandigarh, June 17
In the first match of the AG Challenger Cup T-20 Cricket tournament, Infosys XI defeated Max Hospital by 9 wickets held at the cricket grounds of DAV Public School, Sector 8, here.

Batting first, Max Hospital bundled out on a mere total of 61 runs with Karan (22) and Gurpreet (9) scoring the maximum runs. In bowling, Narinder and Omkar Singh claimed two wickets each.

The winning side scored 65 runs with Raghav Sehgal (39 runs) scoring an unbeaten knock. In bowling, Mannu claimed 1 for 13.

In the second match, Sigma XI trounced JW Marriott by 8 wickets. Batting first, the JW Marriott posted 70 runs with Abhilash (23) and Prakash (18) initiating the total. In bowling, Kafeel (2 for 11) and Vipan (2 for 16) claimed two wickets each.

In reply, Sigma XI posted 73 runs for 2 wickets with Sandeep (30) and Rakesh (24) ensuring the team’s win. In bowling, Prakash claimed 1 for 10 while Abhilash took 1 for 26. In the third match Earth Infrastructure defeated USV Ltd by 11 runs. — TNS

Mohali, June 17
With the aim of developing Mohali as a sports hub, the state government has constructed a multipurpose sports stadium worth Rs 66 crore here. Besides, an international-level hockey stadium has also been built.

This was stated by Kahan Singh Pannu, secretary, Youth Welfare, Punjab, while inaugurating swimming and badminton coaching centres in Sectors 63 and 78 here today.

Pannu said experienced coaches had been appointed at these centres. He appealed to the public to benefit from the coaching centres.

He said youth clubs in the villages had been provided with sports kits, which would motivate the youth and also help remove drug addiction among the young generation.

Tejinder Singh Dhaliwal, Director, Sports, Punjab, said modern facilities had been provided at the coaching centres.

Manmohan Singh, district sports officer, said for the coaching centres, registration of 500 swimmers and badminton players had been done. Children and youth were showing a huge interest in these sports, he said.

Chandigarh, June 17
Local soft tennis player Rohit Dhiman has been selected to attend a probables’ camp of the Indian soft tennis team here.

He will attend the preparation camp to participate in the 17th Asian Games-2014 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, to be held from June 20 to July 4.

Rohit is the only player from Chandigarh who will participate in the camp. The selected squad will represent India in the upcoming 17th Asian Games-2014 Soft Tennis Championship to be held in Korea.