Mohali, July 28
A local court today extended the police remand of Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) senior assistant Tarun Kumar Bhagirath, who has been accused of embezzlement, by another three days.

After his three-day police remand ended today, Tarun was produced before the court of Mohali Judicial Magistrate.

The Mohali police requested the court to extend his police remand on the plea that they have to interrogate him about involvement of other PSEB officials in the case. “We have recovered Rs 11 lakh from his account in a private bank at Phase VII. The accused had tried to withdraw money before his arrest but could not succeed as his accounts were already sealed,” said Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti.

Tarun was suspended by the board on July 15 after his involvement in siphoning off funds came to light. A case was registered against him under Sections 409 and 120 B of the IPC at the Phase VIII police station.

Panchkula, July 28
In a bid to become law protectors, two youngsters who had come to take the exam for the post of constable in Haryana police, ended up taking to crime by fielding two others in their physical test, at the Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, here.

The two impersonators, identified as Ajay and Jasbir were arrested by the Panchkula police while the youths who had actually applied for the post— Virender and Mandeep— fled the spot.

“In morning Virender, a resident of Karnal and Mandeep, a resident of Rohtak, got their heights measured. When the turn for 200 metres race came, Ajay ran for Virender and Jasbir ran for Mandeep,” said a police official.

He added, “During 400 metres race, when the finger impressions were being taken on the machine, the same did not match thereby raising suspicion.”

The local police was called and the impersonators were held while the applicants fled.

The police have lodged a case under Section 419 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The police officials said they were investigating the matter.

Chandigarh, July 28
After a struggle of nearly six months by a 41-year-old woman, the widow of a Late Navy Commander, the UT police have booked her in-laws in a case of cheating and criminal conspiracy.

The UT police have registered a case of forgery and criminal conspiracy against a Rajasthan-based couple — Gurparkash Singh Dhillon (75) and Manjot Kaur Dhillon (70) — on the complaint of the wife of a Late Navy Commander that her in-laws ‘grabbed’ her rightful property illegally.

As per the case, it is alleged that Gurprakash and Manjot hatched a conspiracy to transfer the land owned by their son and cheated the complainant.

The complainant, Sukhmani Dhillon, a resident of Phase X in Mohali, stated in the complaint that she is the wife of Late Commander Gagandeep Singh Dhillon and has a 13-year-old daughter, who is suffering from an ailment ‘Hemangieoma,’ who has undergone 14 surgeries for the same.

Sukhmani said her husband died in the line of duty in 2006. She said that he had earlier purchased four kanal of agricultural land in Khasra in village Khuda Ali Sher.

In July 2013, Sukhmani was shocked to know that her father-in-law Gurparkash and mother-in-law Manjot were trying to sell the land owned by their late son without seeking her consent.

The complainant applied for a copy of the Jamabandi and ran from pillar to post to secure the document of her land, besides filing RTIs in this regard.

Sukhmani got to know that Manjot had transferred the land in her name in June 2013. She then filed an appeal for the cancellation of mutation to the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.

It was also found after the perusal of documents that Gurparkash and his wife Manjot had filed a false affidavit dated May 22, 2013, stating that their son was unmarried and had died issueless, much to the shock of the complainant as she and her daughter were left as non-entities.

Later, Manjot, to save herself from the prosecution, filed an application stating that she was not aware of how the land was transferred in her name.

This was a blatant lie as she had personally presented the death certificate of her son to the patwari. Sukhmani filed a complaint in January this year and after a long struggle with the police, her case has finally been registered.

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In her complaint, Sukhmani Dhillon has stated that her father-in-law Gurparkash and mother-in-law Manjot allegedly hatched a conspiracy to transfer the land owned by their late son.

Chandigarh, July 28
A 24-year-old resident of Behlana village died after falling-off from an auto-rickshaw last night. The victim, identified as Amit Kumar, was working with a private firm in Industrial Area.

The incident took place when Amit and his friend Surinder Kumar hired an auto from Industrial Area to go towards Behlana.

The mishap took place when the auto driver took a turn at high speed. Amit fell down and was injured. He was declared brought dead at the GMCH-32.

The auto driver, Madan Kumar, resident of village Raipur Khurd, was arrested.

Chandigarh, July 28
Nidhi Gupta of St Mary’s School, Sector 46, emerged as champion in the girls’ (sub-junior) singles event, on the second day of the 24th Chandigarh State Carrom Tournament, being held at St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, here today.

In the final of the championship, Nidhi proved her supremacy over Maryan Khan of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46, winning in straight two games 17-00 and 17-10. Earlier in the semi finals, Nidhi defeated Sanya Chadha 09-08 and 21-00 whereas Maryam Khan stunned Komal Gupta 21-00 and 19-04.

In the sub-junior (singles) category, Mihir Yadav of Gurukul Global, Manimajra, clinched the crown defeating Sahil Thakur of Tender Heart School, Sector 33, in a three game contest 12-10, 00-15 and 15-04. In the semifinal of junior girls’ (singles) event Tuba Sehar defeated Nidhi Gupta 14-08 and 13-12. While Priya Sharma managed to win against Manu Gupta in a three games affair 05-21, 11-08, 16-10. The semifinals of men’s, women’s and junior category were also played today.

Results

Girls’ sub-junior singles (semifinals): Nidhi Gupta bt Sanya Chadha 09-08, 21-00; Maryam Khan bt Komal Gupta 21-00, 19-04

Girls’ sub-junior singles (final): Nidhi Gupta bt Maryam Khan 17-00, 17-10

Girls’ junior singles (semifinals): Tuba Sehar bt Nidhi Gupta 14-08, 13-12; Priya Sharma bt Manu Gupta 05-21, 11-08, 16-10

Women’s singles (quarterfinals): Farheen bt Nidhi Gupta 25-08, 23-10; Priya Sharma bt Bhanu Sadana 25-00, 25-00; Manu Gupta bt Gurkiran 25-00, 21-19; Tuba Sehar bt Gulshan 25-01, 25-10

Boys’ singles sub-junior (quarterfinals): Mihir Yadav bt. Gurjeet Singh 19-00, 21-00; Chirag C bt Aryan Singh Dhaka 12-10, 01-15, 15-00; Rishu Sharma bt Gurrehmat Singh 19-05, 08-05; Sahil Thakur bt Yash Gupta 13-08, 21-04

Boys’ singles sub-junior (semifinals): Mihir Yadav bt Chirag C 09-13, 20-08, 21-14; Sahil Thakur bt Rishu Sharma 20-12, 21-06

Boys’ singles sub-junior (final): Mihir Yadav bt Sahil Thakur 12-10, 00-15, 15-04

Boys’ singles junior (pre-quarterfinals): Talib bt Sanklp 21-00, 21-00; Chirag C bt Piyush 21-00, 21-00; Mihir Yadav bt Saurav Diwan 15-00, 21-00; Nimtanshu bt Sahil Thakur 12-09, 21-06; Paras Arora bt Viren Pathania 21-00, 21-00; Sahibpreet Singh bt Shubham 21-00, 21-00; Aarish bt Mukul Negi 21-00, 21-00

Boys’ singles junior (quarterfinals): Mohd. Aarish bt Sahibpreet Singh 19-04, 00-21, 13-06; Paras Arora bt Yishu Sharma 06-15, 20-14, 21-13; Mihir Yadav bt Nimtanshu 21-06, 11-17, 20-17; Mohd. Talib bt Chirag C. 21-00, 21-00

Men’s singles (1st round): Vikash Mathur bt Sanklp 25-01, 25-00; Yishu Sharma bt Shubham Thakur 25-00, 25-00; Paras Arora bt Fauna Bose 25-03, 25-00; Ojal Anand bt Mukesh Chand 25-00, 07-13, 25-10

Men’s singles (2nd round): Hassan bt Tasavar Ali 25-09, 25-00; Nimitanshu bt Sanjay Negi 19-22, 25-14, 25-07; Mazhar Khan bt Dhruva Chakarvarthy 17-16, 19-09; Umeed Ali bt Yishu Sharma 25-14, 25-10; Mohd. Talib bt Ojal Anand 17-12, 25-00

Men’s singles (quarterfinals): Hassan bt Nimtanshu 25-11, 24-07; Mohd. Talib bt Paras Arora 25-00, 22-09.

Chandigarh, July 28
Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra, defeated DAV Model School, Sector 15, by 8 wickets in a match of the Inter-School Cricket Championship for (U-14) boys today.

After winning the toss and electing to bowl first, Gurukul Global School restricted the rivals on a mere total of 74 runs in 19.4 overs. Bowlers Tanuj and Angad performed excellently and claimed the major share of wickets. Tanuj claimed 4 for 4 while Angad grabbed 3 for 16. For the batting side, Yatharth scored 21 runs off 36 balls studded with 4 boundaries.

Chandigarh, July 28
Hosts St John’s School, Sector 26, defeated Chitkara International School by 3-0 to enter in the finals of the Brother Meredith Football Tournament for (U-11) boys here today.

Striker Devid scored hat-trick by scoring a brace each in 11th minute, 15th minute and 20th minute to ensure his team’s win.

In the (U-14) boys’ category, DPS defeated St John’s School by 2-0. Apurav scored both the goals in 15th minute and 20th minute to ensure his team’s win.

In the second match of the same category, Saupin’s beat Chitkara School by 2-0. Japneet scored both the goals in 20th minute and 25th minute, respectively.

In the (U-17) boy’s category, Ryan International beat St John’s by a solitary goal while DPS beat St Kabir in a tie-breaker 3-1.

Chandigarh, July 28
Vivek High School, Sector 38, registered a marginal victory over Ashiayana Public School, Sector-46, by 4-3 in a match of the (U-17) boys’ category of the ongoing Pre-Subroto Football Cup being played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 22, here today.

Vivek’s win was initiated by a four-goal contribution by Nishchal Chander while Ashiayana’s score line was put in effort by two braces of Hardeep and a goal by Gunjeet.

Starting the day, Hardeep opened the team’s account in the 12th minute followed by a solo effort while taking advantage of weak defence. Within a gap of five minutes, Nishchal Chander reverted back strongly and levelled the score in the 17th minute.

Carrying further his performance, Nishchal pumped in the lead in the 32nd minute by smartly posting a free-kick over the goal line followed by the third (hat-trick) goal in the 36th minute to ease his team’s lead at 3-1. In the very next minute, he again strike and scored the final goal (his fourth goal) in the 37th minute.

On the other hand, Ashiayana’s strikers again came together to combine well and reduced the lead to 3-2 through a brilliant brace by Gunjeet in the 38th minute. After the lemon break, suspense continued to prevail over the winner as both the teams started playing attacking game. However, Hardeep of Ashiayana School scored a single goal in the 86th minute to reduce the margin at 4-3.

In the second match of the same age-group, Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35, tasted defeat against DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, by 0-2. Coming out well, Rahul Lamser put the team ahead in the 19th minute followed by another goal by Ankit Deswal in the 22nd minute.

(U-14) boys’ category

In the match of (U-14) boys’ category, Strawberry Fields School, Sector 26, defeated St John’s School, Sector 26, by 2-1. Strawberry team started off their campaign with an early lead in the 12th minute by Ishgun. His brace was initiated by the team’s effort and contribution by Half-back Akshit. However, Heera levelled the score in the 29th minute. As the match was proceeding to the lemon break, Ashrey of Strawberry Fields sealed his team’s win by scoring the final goal in the 32th minute. The second half witnessed no goals from both the teams.

In the second match, Government Model High School, Sector-36, was awarded walkover against St Kabir School, Sector 26.

Chandigarh, July 28
Fencers of GMSSS, Sector 10 bagged titles of all three events including foil (team), epee (team) and saber (team) of inter-school tournament in the girls’ (U-14) category, being held here today. In the foil (team event), GMSSS-10 won the title followed by Chitkara International School, Sector 25, and Sacred Heart School, Sector 26. GMSSS, Sector 15, finished fourth in the event.

In the Epee (team event), GMSSS-10, Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, and Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, bagged top three positions while Chitkara International School, Sector 25, finished fourth in the championship. In the Sabre (team) event, GMSSS-10, Chitkara International School, GMSSS-15 and Sacred Heart School finished at top spot. — TNS