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Man held with fake sales tax bills
Tribune News Service

Police remand

Harjinder Singh, sales tax inspector, said the cost of goods shown was worth Rs 54 lakh and the accused was trying to evade tax of Rs 2,54,990 by producing fake bills for clearance. The accused, Ajay Kumar, was produced before a local court and was remanded in police custody for a day. 

Mohali, July 19
Local court today pronounced seven-year jail term to a rapist, here. Accused Pinku, a resident of Bihar, had raped a 19-year-old girl at Mullanpur after abducting her. The police had registered a rape and abduction case against him.

The court of Mohali Additional District And Sessions Judge Jaswinder Shimar held Pinku guilty of the crime and pronounced seven-year jail and Rs 10,000 fine. — TNS

Zirakpur, July 19
One person was killed and four were injured in two accidents on the Kalka-Ambala highway in the last 24 hours.

In an accident involving a tractor-trailer and an Alto car, four occupants of the car sustained injuries and one of them died on way to the hospital. The incident occurred under the Zirakupr flyover, when the car rammed into a tractor-trailer. In the collision all the four occupants namely Jatinder, Davinder, Dharminder and Pradeep sustained injuries. The injured were rushed to GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh, where doctors declared Davinder Kumar brought dead.

In another accident, an vehicle knocked down a girl on the highway near Sethi Dhaba, last night. The injured Shushila was rushed to GMCH, Sector 32, Chandigarh. — TNS

Chandigarh, July 19
Two days after the decomposed body of an investment agent was found dumped in a nullah in Sector 23 here, the Chandigarh Police claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of a resident of Burail.

The deceased, Krishan Kumar (43), a resident of Khuda Lahora, was missing since July 15 evening and his family had also lodged a missing complaint with the police. His car was also missing.

Police officials said the accused, identified as Karan Pawar, had been arrested. Karan admitted that he had committed the crime.

“Karan, a resident of Burail, was arrested after scrutinising the call details of the deceased as there were several calls made between the two. During questioning, he admitted that he had killed Krishan,” said a police official.

On the information provided by the accused, the police also recovered the missing vehicle of the deceased from Sector 34, Chandigarh.

Krishan was working with a courier company and was also into selling products and worked as an agent with an investment company.

According to police sources, Karan, who is also an investor, had invested his money through Krishan.

The police said Karan had invested Rs 3 lakh through Kirshan but he failed to get the returns. Karan kept asking for his money but Krishan failed to return the money with interest, following which he allegedly killed Krishan by strangulating him. Karan then threw his body in the nullah in Sector 23.

A case under Section 302 of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 17 police station.

Bassi Pathana (Fathehgar Sahib), July 19
14-year-old Ravidas Singh from Mehar Baba Charitable Trust in Bassi Pathana has been selected for the Army ASC Centre (South), Bangalore, after undergoing selection trials in Bangalore

A Class IX student of Government Senior Secondary School, Bassi Pathana, he was selected out of the 50 players who participated in trials from the region in physical fitness, skill, knowledge and performance tests.

The trials were held for four days at Bangalore.

Only seven players including Ravidass were shortlisted for the final selection. Son of Sardar Tara Singh (42), a daily wager, he joined the Mehar Baba Charitable Trust Hockey Academy in 2012.

According to Prof HS Mejie, owner of the hockey nursery, Ravidas’s selection will encourage other players at the academy to play hard.

At the Army ASC Centre, the selected players undergo extensive training and are imparted free education. At the age of 18 years, the selected players are absorbed as sepoys on the pay scale of Rs 25,000 along with canteen facilities, medical benefits and paid leave of 90 days every year.

Chandigarh, July 19
UT IGP RP Upadhyay, who was supposed to flag off an annual cycle rally organised by Chandigarh Senior Citizens, gave the event a miss. Since the IGP didn’t arrive for the event, ASP Parvinder Singh flagged off the rally from Sector 11 here this morning.

Participants from schools and colleges, who were supposed to join the cycle rally, dropped out due to the inclement weather.

The cycle rally was organised to spread the message to save environment. Dressed in bright red T-shirts, senior citizens pedalled bicycles wearing evocative messages like “Grow More Trees”, “Keep Your City Green”, etc, around their neck. The police personnel also peddled with the senior citizens from Sector 11 to the Sukhna Lake.

The senior citizens and the police personnel formed a human chain at the Sukhna Lake to convey the message of united action for clean environment.