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Assault on driver by cops Tribune News Service
Dera Bassi, August 2 Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti has asked Dera Bassi SP Anil Sharma to investigate the matter and submit him a report. In his complaint to the SSP, Surinder Kumar alleged that ASI Harpal Singh, posted at Dera Bassi, assaulted and detained him. He said the police official threatened to implicate him. The incident took place on June 22. He said a car that was in front was not letting him overtake as the driver was busy on phone. After he overtook the vehicle, the latter gave him a chase. As they reached near Dera Bassi police station, the olice officials signaled him to stop at a naka. After he stopped, the driver of the Swift car pulled him out of his vehicle and started thrashing him. “Later, I learnt that the driver of the Swift car was ASI Harpal Singh,” claimed Kumar. The officials then took him to the police station detained him illegally, gave a sound beating and threatened to frame him in a drug peddling case, Kumar alleged. The police officials forced him to sign an apology letter and then let him off, the complainant stated.
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‘Kidnappers’ open fire on being chased by villagers
Mohali, August 2 The residents said the other two youngsters managed to take away the girl after firing the shots. Although the Mohali police denied the kidnapping and firing incident, they said a case was being registered in this connection. “Some residents, who claimed to have chased the suspects, are in an inebriated condition. Although, we will be verifying all facts later, we have sounded an alert in the area to nab other suspects,” said a policeman. Meanwhile, village sarpanch Harbhajan Singh accompanied by several other residents reached the police station. Some residents claimed they were standing on a village road, when they saw a girl raising the alarm in a moving car. As some of them started chasing the car in their vehicles, the alleged kidnappers got trapped near the Green Enclave, a residential complex near Daun village.
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Police arrest two during special I-Day drive
Chandigarh, August 2 The police said Keshav, a resident of Sector 37, who was coming from the ISBT-43, was stopped for checking near the Sector 42/43 roundabout. He was found carrying the narcotic. The accused was arrested and a case under the NDPS Act was registered against him at the Sector 36 police station. During interrogation, it was established that the accused used to procure drugs from Amritsar and deliver it in Chandigarh. Man held under Arms Act
While patrolling near Sanatan Dharam Mandir, Sector 23, Chandigarh, a team of the crime branch, headed by SI Tarsem Singh, apprehended Navitan Pal, alias Tony, of Sector 37, and recovered a country-made .32 bore pistol, along with two live cartridges, from his possession. During interrogation, he disclosed that he got the pistol from Meerut, UP. A case under the Arms Act has been registered at the Sector 17 police station. Both the accused will be produced in the court tomorrow. Meanwhile, the police today held a drive to check antecedents of residents at a colony in Sector 25.
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PG house owner booked, released on bail
Chandigarh, August 2 Narinder Sharma has been booked for disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant under Section 188 of the IPC at the Sector 3 police station. He was arrested and released on bail later. The police carried out checks in the wake of the Independence Day and found that students were staying as paying guests, the information of which was not provided to the police. Man held for thefts
The police have arrested, Baldev Singh, a resident of Sector 41-B here, on the charge of theft. Parbhakar Chaurashia and Gorakh Nath of Sector 56 reported that Baldev Singh, a resident of Sector 41-B, along with another person, stole a purse containing a silver bracelet and some coins and cash amounting to Rs 2,300 on Friday. The accused also committed the crime in another house from where a purse, a mobile phone and Rs 40,000 in cash were stolen.
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Girl’s body found
Mohali, August 2 The Government Railway Police have registered a case of murder. As per GRP officials, the victim’s limbs were tied together. Further, she was tied to the railway track with a duppata. “We suspect that the girl (around 22 years of age) was placed on the railway track in an unconscious state and during night hours so that she is run over by a train,” said a GRP official at Kharar. The victim was wearing a blue suit.
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Mohali realtor arrested on rape charge
Panchkula, August 2 A team from the Chandimandir police station arrested the accused, identified as Devinder Gill, from Noida. The police said Gill had allegedly raped a woman on the pretext of marrying her. Later, the victim filed a police complaint against him. Her medical examination confirmed the crime. Devinder was declared a PO in a fraud case. Phase 1 police station SHO Ravinder Pal said, “Devinder Gill was booked for fraud of Rs 2.5 crore this year and was absconding since then.”
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Chandigarh State Swimming Championship Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 2 Teesta Tewani completed the patch in 00.53.65 seconds while, Kavya Nayar secured second place in 00.57.53 seconds. Sanchi Bhargava finished third in 1.02.35 minutes. More than 200 swimmers under various age categories of boys and girls (under 8 to seniors’ category) participated in the event. The event was organised by the Tricity Swimmers Welfare Society. Results Girls (Under-8)-50m freestyle- Teesta Tewani (00.53.65), Kavya Nayar (00.57.53), Sanchi Bhargava (1.02.35) 25m backstroke-Nandini Singh (0.31.00), Mandira Dutta (0.31.52), Teesta Tewani (00.33.00) Boys (Under-8)-50m freestyle-Dhruv Gupta (0.50.10), Parth (0.57.90), Aryan Garg (1.04.96) 25m backstroke-Parth (0.39.00), Prataham (0.47.13), Gursharan (0.56.34) Girls (Under-10)-100m freestyle-Samaira Singh Guleria (1.53.94), Pankti Shah (1.59.00), Preesha Kaur (2.14.45) Boys (Under-10)-100m freestyle-Akshaj Sharma (1.28.88), Rishi Nayyar (1.30.90), Aanhat Singh (1.42.56) 50m butterfly-Rishi Nayyar (0.49.78), Anhat Singh (0.51.50), Gurkirat (1.11.65) Girls (Under-12)-100m freestyle-Preena Kaur (1.19.31), Thwisha Gupta (1.19.41), Raavi (1.52.47) 50m butterfly-Preena Kaur (0.44.17), Tishya Kapur (0.47.56), Mishika Batra (0.47.88) 50m backstroke-Gurnoor Kaur (0.45.31), Thwisha Gupta (0.45.42), Mishika Batra (0.47.97) Boys (Under-12)-100m freestyle-Asav Kumar (1.13.70), Rishi Rana (1.18.21), Dhruv (1.22.78) 100m breast stroke-Shahdeep Singh (1.45.78), Rohan Talwar (1.46.13), Dhruv (1.51.12) 50m butterfly-Asav Kumar (0.36.79), Shahdeep Singh (0.38.44), Aryan Saxena (0.38.61) 50m backstroke-Asav Kumar (0.40.63), Aryan Saxena (0.44.78), Dhruv (0.45.47) Girls (Under-14)-50m butterfly-Saumya Nayar (0.41.97), Khushnoor Kaur (0.44.81), Nishita (0.50.40) 50m backstroke-Jasmeet Kaur (0.37.15), Saumya Nayar (0.39.31), Nishita (0.48.05) 200m individual medley- Jasmeet Kaur (2.59.19), Khushnoor Kaur (3.35.65), Muskan Saxena (4.20.53) Boys (Under-14)-100m freestyle-Samar Toor (1.05.95), Shubham Kaura (1.25.91), Sparsh Gupta (1.42.34) 100m breast stroke-Bikramjeet Singh (1.36.28), Tarunam Sadyal (1.51.41), Samarth (2.01.87) 100m butterfly-Samar Toor (0.35.31), Samarth Valecha (0.49.31), Tarunam Sadyal (0.50.38) 50 m backstroke-Samar Toor (0.38.47), Taranum Sadyal (0.47.41), Bikramjeet Singh (0.54.72) Boys (Under-17)-100m freestyle-Tejinder Singh (1.00.97), Mukesh Tarar (1.04.65), Abhishek (1.05.35) 100m breast stroke-Mukesh Tarar (1.24.53), Ashraf (1.32.28), Gaurav Sharma (1.34.77) 50m backstroke-Tejinder Singh (0.35.38), Abhishek Arora (0.35.88), Priyanshu Tegwal (0.40.15) 50m butterfly-Tejinder Singh (0.30.50), Ranjot Singh (0.31.50), Priyanshu Tegwal (0.35.22) Men-100m breast stroke-Kashish A (1.20.25), Ravinder Arya (1.20.88), Mridul Punia (1.26.78) 50m butterfly-Ravinder Arya (0.29.47), Mridul Punia (0.30.28), Tejinder Singh (0.32.00) 50m backstroke-Mridul Punia (0.36.66), Kashish Punia (0.37.87), Shahdeep (0.45.95) Women-50 meter butterfly-Chahat Arora (0.36.82), Anmol (0.41.84), Khushnoor (0.46.50) 50m backstroke-Chahat Arora (0.38.10), Sahibpreet Kaur (0.42.28), Khushnoor (0.46.00). |
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Short-circuit sparks fire at PCA stadium, no loss of property
Chandigarh, August 2 The fire broke out following a short circuit inside the gymnasium room. Members were also present inside the hall. According to the Mohali Fire Department, the emergency call was received at 6.12 pm. “We received a call at 6.12 pm informing us about the fire inside the Gymnasium Hall of the PCA stadium,” said Lakwinder Singh of the Fire Department. Shockingly, the fire-fighting equipment of the PCA, including the alarm system and hydrants, failed to operate. As per the fire fighters, the hydrants were found to be in a non-functional condition. A spokesperson of the PCA stadium remained unavailable to comment on the issue. In February 2008, a major fire broke out at the PCA stadium that gutted its top floor and property worth crores of rupees. No casulaty was, however, reported back then. The fire was caused by a spark of welding equipment being used for the renovation work on the floor. The fire spread across 11,000 sq ft of area within minutes. During that time too, the firefighting equipment at the PCA stadium were found to be non-functional. No lessons learnt
The firefighting provisions made by the PCA, including the alarm system and hydrants, did not operate at the time of the incident. In February 2008 too, when a fire broke out at the stadium, the equipment were found to be non-functional. |
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DAV outplay St John’s in quarterfinals
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, August 2 Taking the charge, DAV lads started pressurising St John’s defence in the beginning and attained the lead in the 15th minute through a brace by Nitin Bhandari. After a while, Rajat doubled the lead, after converting an awarded free-kick in team’s favor in the 32nd minute of the match. In the second match, Delhi Public School, Sector 40, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 29, 5-0. The goals started pouring-in since the eighth minute with Harship scoring the lead followed by goals by Dhruv in the 30th minute, Shivansh in the 35th minute, Manik in 40th minute and Uday in the 42nd minute. In the third match, Strawberry World School, Sector 26, defeated St Joseph School, Sector 44, 3-0. Sohail shined in the Strawberry school’s win with scoring a goal each in the seventh minute and 20th minute. Maulik scored the third goal of the team in the 36th minute. In the last match, Saupin School, Sector 32, went down against St Kabir School, Sector 26, 2-0. Arjit scored both the goals in the sixth minute and 26th minute.
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Saupin’s pip St Stephen’s by eight wickets
Chandigarh, August 2 After putting to bat first, St Stephen’s failed to face a convincing bowling attack by Saupin’s School and bundled out their innings on a mere total of 71 runs in 16.5 overs. Opener Prabhsimran scripted the team’s total and scored 33 runs off 31 balls, inclusive of four boundaries. For bowling side, Pushkar and Atul handled the charge and claimed three wickets and two wickets, respectively. Chasing the target, Saupin’s scored 72 runs in 16 overs with Gauravdeep scoring 24 runs off 31 balls, including three boundaries, and Manan contributing 21 runs off 31 balls, including three boundaries. Ankit from Stephen’s claimed one for 17 runs. — TNS
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Jahnavi, Tanya log win in Round
1 of tennis tourney
Chandigarh, August 2 Jahnavi conceded three games against Mansi Singh and registered a thumping win, 4-1, 4-2, while, Tanya moved ahead without conceding a game against Arti Nayan 4-0, 4-0. In other matches of the same category, CHART trainee Nikita won decider tie-breaker 8-6 against Yamini Issar to move to pre-quarters. Bindu Kulhria defeated CLTA trainee Deepshikha 4-2 and 4-0 and Princy Panchal defeated Srishty Dheer 4-0, 5-4 (6). In the boys’ category, CLTA trainee MS Karthik upset 11th seed Nishant Kumar 8-5 while, 14th seed Abhimanyu Rojra was upset by Amol Juneja 8-5. Results
Boys (second round)-Vikrant Dahiya bt Raghav Wadhwa 8-0, Shivam Vij bt Saksham Khungar 8-4, Bhupender Dahiya bt Aishwarya Goel 8-6, Neeraj Yashpaul bt Rahul Verma 8-4, Jagdeep Bajwa bt Sanjeet Singh Ahuja 8-6, Shrut Mohan bt Nishant Kakkar 8-1, Ishaan Puri bt Ritviz P 8-1, Kabir Manrai bt Tushar Agarwal 8-1, Sagar Bains bt Dhruv Sharma 8-3, Dhananjay Saraswat bt Tushar Kunwar 8-0, Naresh Badgujar bt Rishi Jalota 8-0, Anmol Juneja bt Abhimanyu Rojra 8-5, Ramanjot bt Shashikant 8-4, Utkarsh Tiwari bt Kunal Patial 8-1, Udgam Agarwal bt Pranshu Bhatia 8-1, Rishabh Sharda bt Aayush Trehan 8-0, Calvin Golmei bt Rohit Malik 8-1, Vatsal Chauhan bt Abhinav Thakkar 8-5, Arav Singh Gill bt Harneet Singh 8-3, MS Karthik bt Nishant Kumar 8-5, Aditya Pratap Singh bt Jaskaran Riar 8-0, Ankush Mishra bt Karan Bhalla 8-5, Jotshikhar bt Sahil Sarao 8-1, Aditya Vashisht bt Samarth Suri 8-2, Sabrang Sandal bt Akshay Chauhan 8-1, Khush Arora bt Sehej Nangal 8-2, Parmeet Singh Deol bt Chiraj Dandona 8-3, Sahishnu Sharma bt Sehaj Sidhu 8-3, Savneet Singh Bajwa bt Gaurav Seth 8-3, Aalam Dhanoa bt Akshdeep Bhandari 8-2, Rahul Arora bt Shaurya Benerjee 8-5, Digvijay Pratap bt Ajay Singh 8-1. |
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UT Open Tennis Tournament for boys and girls from August 5
Chandigarh, August 2 The players born on or after January 1, 1995, are eligible to participate in the championship. For further enquires players can call on 9592916016 (Sports Complex, Sector 42) or 9872220548 (Lake Sports Complex). — TNS
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