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Mohali, August 26
The Mohali court today pronounced three-year term to a woman for immoral trafficking.

The court of the Mohali Additional District and Sessions Judge Jaswinder Sheemar sent Raj alias Rajpreet Kaur of Katani Kalan village in Ludhiana, to jail for three years and imposed a fine of Rs 5,000.

Raj has been held guilty of forcing a minor girl into immoral trafficking. A case in this regard was registered on the complaint of the victim’s mother at the Phase 11 police station.

In another case, the court has sent three accused, including a woman, to jail for three years in a case of abetment to suicide. The accused have been identified as Manpreet Kaur, Darshan Singh and Ragbir Singh.

A case of abetment of suicide under Sections 306/34, IPC, was registered against the accused at the Kharar Sadar Police Station on March 6, 2012.

Panchkula, August 26
A local court has granted bail to Bhupinder Singh, a friend of a former cricketer-turned-actor Yograj Singh, who was involved in a brawl case, here today.

Bhupinder was arrested by the police for his involvement in a group clash with neighbourer Ashanand, a former DSP of the Chandigarh Police, and his two sons - Sunil Narang and Sumit Narang - in Sector 2, on Sunday night.

Yograj and Bhupinder were arrested by the police for their involvement in a brawl with Ashanand and his sons. A cross FIR was registered against them. While Yograj, Ashanand and his sons were released on bail, Bhupinder was remanded to judicial custody for a day, on Monday.

Now, the case will come up for hearing in the court on September 8.

Kuljeet Kaur, England-based NRI cousin of Yograj, has not moved a formal complaint against the Panchkula police to the British High Commission. She, however, has informed the commission about the role of the police in the case.

Talking to The Tribune, Kuljeet complained that the police did not entertain her complaints.

“No one listen to our plights. Even the police favoured the former DSP and his sons who abused, misbehaved and ripped our clothes,” she said.

They used abusive language and tried to molest her daughter, she alleged while talking to mediapersons outside the courtroom yesterday.

Chandigarh, August 26
Shree Shyam Packers & Movers has been penalised for not delivering consignment, in safe and intact condition while shifting it from Noida to Chandigarh.

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum directed the company to pay Rs 26,280 to the complainant towards the cost of missing articles of the consignment and Rs 10,000 as compensation for mental agony.

Dheeraj Kumar Dubey, a resident of Dhanas, said that he was shifting from Gurgaon to Chandigarh and hired the services of the opposite party for transporting his motorcycle and other articles from Noida to Chandigarh. He paid of Rs 3,500 as advance to the opposite party and Rs 3,803 as the balance amount was to be paid at the time of delivery of the consignment.

He alleged that the consignment was received by his mother at Chandigarh. At the time of receiving the consignment, the mother of the complainant allegedly requested the official to wait for some time, as she wanted to count and check the items properly, but he unloaded the consignment hurriedly on the pretext that everything was fine.

Later, an endorsement was made by the official that one gas cylinder was missing, which would be handed over after three days. The balance of Rs.3,803 was also paid to the opposite party by the mother of the complainant. “The consignment was handled by the opposite party in a careless manner; all the seals were opened and 13 items valuing Rs 26,280 were found missing,” the complainant alleged.

Chandigarh, August 26
The Mohali police today reportedly rounded up a person, believed to be Sumedh Gulati, co-accused of Davinder Singh Gill in the Rs 2-crore land fraud case, which was registered at the Phase I Police Station, Mohali, in March this year. Sources disclosed that Gulati was picked by the police from a city-based private hospital, where he came to see Krispy Khaira this evening.

Notably, Krispy, wife of Davinder Singh Gill, attempted to commit suicide by consuming sleeping pills yesterday. She is recuperating at the hospital. She has levelled allegations of molestation against Punjab Police IG Gautam Cheema and one Ajay Chaudhary.

Mohali SSP Inder Mohan Singh Bhatti confirmed that the police had rounded up a person from the hospital, who came to meet Krispy. “We are verifying his credentials. We will arrest him after ascertaining his identity,” said SSP Bhatti, while indicating that the person in question might be Gulati, who was declared as a proclaimed offender, along with Gill and two other accused, in the case. Gulati is a partner of Davinder Gill in a real estate company - Sky Heights. The police said they had received several complaints of fraud against Gill and Gulati.

Later, a person, claiming to be a senior official, took him along in his car. After a while, the police were seen chasing the vehicle, which was found parked at Max Hospital.

Chandigarh, August 26
In the third such incident reported at the hotel in the last two years, gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 18 lakh was allegedly stolen from a room in Hotel Park Plaza in Sector 17 during a wedding.

A businessman from Delhi, Simranjit Bakshi, who stayed at the hotel for four days and was one of the guests at the wedding, has complained to the police that the jewellery has been stolen from his room. He has added in the complaint that he suspects the theft to be a handiwork of the hotel staff. The police have lodged an FIR at the Sector 17 police station and have begun investigations.

A total of 44 rooms were booked at the hotel for the wedding when the theft was reported.

Simranjit Singh Bakshi, a resident of Rajouri Garden in New Delhi, stayed at Room Number 506 of the hotel.

“I checked in at the hotel on August 15 and stayed for four days with my wife. The theft, in all likelihood occurred on August 16 when I along with my wife was leaving for the function and I last saw the pouch on the table at 8 pm. We had requested housekeeping staff to clean the room at that time. The jewellery was missing after that following which we lodged a complaint,” said Bakshi.

As per the complaint, two diamond bangles, two gold bangles and two heavy gold kadas worth Rs 18 lakh have been stolen. The jewellery belonged to Simranjit Singh’s wife.

“It was a disappointing experience. The hotel authorities did not cooperate with us at all and asked us to verify our luggage again and again,” he said.

A senior official of the hotel, when contacted said that they were verifying facts and it was difficult to comment anything at this point of time.

Bakshi has also requested the hotel to provide CCTV footage of the hotel and the names of the staff who cleaned his room.

DSP Ashish Kapoor said they had registered a case of theft on the basis of the complaint and were investigating.

Chandigarh, August 26
Spikers of Government Model High School, Dhanas, beat Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS), Sector 45, 25-14 and 25-14 (2-0) in girls (U-17) category of the Inter-School Volleyball Championship.

In another match under the same category, Government Model High School (GMHS), Sector 43, defeated Government Girls Model Senior Secondary School (GGMSSS), Sector 18, 25-6 and 25-9 while Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 16, beat the GMHS-39, 25-21 and 25-19.

Further, GGMSSS-20 beat GMSSS-47, 25-18, 19-25 and 25-13 while GMSSS-10 got the better of DAV-15 with scoreboard announcing 25-3 and 25-7.

Meanwhile, under the boys (U-17) category, Government Senior Secondary School (GSSS)-45 defeated GMSSS-23, 25-9, 25-9 (2-0).

Government Senior Secondary School, Kaimbwala, beat GMHS-43, 19-25, 25-15, 25-13.

In another match under the same category, Vivek High School, Sector 38, got better of St Anne’s School, Sector 32, with score chart reading 23-25, 25-18 and 25-10.

Chandigarh, August 26
A match between in-form rivals, the South Western Air Command (SWAC) and the Western Air Command, ended in a 1-1 draw during the ongoing Air Force Football Championship-(2014-15) being organised at 3 Base Repair Depot, Air Force Station, here today.

With the Pool A match ending in a draw, both the teams have qualified for the semi-finals. The second match of the day between the Air Headquarters and the Eastern Air Command (EAC) also ended in a score-less draw.

In the evening matches played by teams under Pool B, the Central Air Command (CAC) side played 2-2 draw against the Southern Air Command (SAC) while the Training Command (TC) played a goal-less draw against the Maintenance Command (MC). Under Pool B, the TC and the CAC have qualified for the semi-finals. 

Chandigarh, August 26
Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, beat Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 20, in the opening game of the girls under-14 category of the inter-school netball championship at the KBDAV School, Sector 7, here today. The final score was 4-1.

In the girls U-17 category, GMSSS-20 beat Carmel Convent School, 5-3. In the girls U-19 category, Mount Carmel School-47 pipped Sacred Heart School-26, 9-4. In another match, Moti Ram Arya School, Sector 27, outclassed DAV School, Sector 15, 7-0. Under boys U-14 category, GMSSS-20 beat St Peter School, Sector 37, 8-0, while GMSSS-28 defeated SGHM, Sector 38, 6-2.

Chandigarh, August 26
St Anne’s School, Sector 32, defeated Chandigarh Baptist School, Sector 44, by seven wickets to enter the semi-finals of the 6th St Joseph’s (U-13) Cricket Trophy today.

Batting first, Chandigarh Baptist failed to face a fine bowling spell by Karanveer Singh, who claimed three wickets for seven runs and Shiva Gupta, who sent two batsman to the pavilion while conceding 12 runs. The team was bundled out for a mere 63 runs. Abhinav with his 27-run inning made the major contribution to the Chandigarh Baptist’s total.

In reply, the St Anne’s side achieved the target in 11 overs while losing three wickets. Alam (21 runs) and Saksham Thakur (17 runs) remained unbeaten while for the bowling side, Zritik claimed a wicket for 13 runs.

In the second match, Shivalik Public School, Mohali, beat Mount Carmel School, Sector 47, by four wickets. Batting first, the Mount Carmel side posted 87 runs. Chasing a low total, Shivalik Public School finished the match in 18 overs by scoring 90 runs for four wickets.

Chandigarh, August 26
The Fatehgarh Sahib District Cricket Association, affiliated to the Punjab Cricket Association, will conduct trials to shortlist probables for the upcoming Katoch Shield Tournament, at Mata Sundri School, Attewali, on the Chandigarh-Sirhind Road (Fatehgarh Sahib) at 2.30 pm on August 27.

Players residing or studying in Fatehgarh Sahib are eligible for trials. The PCA will host the tournament the next month. — TNS

Chandigarh, August 26
Vivek High School, Sector 38, drubbed Guru Nanak Public School (GNPS), Sector 36, 31-6, during the ongoing 1st Independent School Association basketball tournament being played at New Public School, Sector 18, here today.

The winning side outclassed their rivals in all the four quarters, 7-0, 10-2, 8-4 and 6-0. Sartaj guided Vivek High to victory by scoring as many as 16 points.

In the second match, St Peter’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, beat Guru Teg Bahadur Public School, Sector 15, 30-5. The individual quarter scores were 10–2, 8–0, 4–0 and 8–3 with Divyajeet scoring eight points.

In a closely-fought match, Sri Guru Harikrishan Model School, Sector 38, managed to defeat Sri Aurobindo School of Integral Education, Sector 27, 9-5 (0-3, 0-0, 1-2, 8-0). For the winning side, Leetesh led the score chart with five points.

In another tie, New Public School, Sector 18, outclassed The Millennium School, Sector 67, 22-12 (4-2, 8-4, 6-4, 4-2) with Devang collecting the maximum eight points.

In the girls category, St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, defeated Guru Harkrishan School, Sector 38, 20-3 (6-0, 2-2, 8-0, 4-1) with Khushi scoring 10 points for the winning side.

In another match, GNPS-36 outplayed Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra, 20-3. The team won all the four quarters, 8-0, 4-2, 4-0 and 4–1, with Gurleen Kaur scoring the most seven points.

Results (boys)

y Sacred Soul School, Kharar, bt St Soldier School, Sector 28, 44-11 (22-4, 16-2, 2-5, 4-0).

y Gurukul Global School, Mani Majra bt St Stephen’s School, Sector 45, 31-27 (1-4, 4-10, 12-10, 10-4).

y St Joseph’s School, Sector 44, bt St Kabir School, Sector 26, 41-7 (12-4, 8-3, 10-0, 11-0).

y RIMT School, Mani Majra bt Vivek High School , Mohali, 36-0 (10-0, 12-0, 6-0, 8-0).

Mohali, August 26
Mantaj of Patiala House and Navi Bhadoo and Karan of Aitchison House claimed the top three spots in the boys (U-19) 25-metres breaststroke event during the ongoing Yadavindra Public School inter-house swimming championship held here today.

In the 50-m freestyle boys (U-19) event, Mahesh of Patiala House, Amit of Ranjit House and Vishvajeet of Aitchison House claimed the top three spots while in 25-m breaststroke girls (U-19) category, Sanya of Tagore House, Kudrat of Ranjit House and Jasmine of Tagore House won the top three positions.

In the 50-m freestyle girls (U-19), Mahima (Aitchison House) stood first, Karman (Tagore House) second and Khushi (Ranjit House) third.