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Lalru, November 1
Wanted in a murder case in Bihar, a self-syled godman who had taken refuse in a temple in Khelan village, near here, was arrested by the local police on Friday night.

The accused, Mohan Das, a resident of Akbar Nagar in Bihar, was absconding after jumping bail and was residing with his uncle Hari Chand in a village temple near Lalru since 1995.

In an effort to hide his identity, Mohan changed his name to Baba Uma Singh, claimed Anil Sharma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Dera Bassi.

The SP said Mohan Das alias Baba Uma Singh, was arrested by the Bihar Police for killing a resident of his area and a case under Section 302, IPC, was registered against him in Nawada district.

The accused managed to get bail from a Bihar court in 1995 and later absconded from there, said the SP.

Following which, his son Umesh Kumar, in an attempt to frame the complainants, lodged a case of abduction against Naresh Kumar and three others. The four were the complainants in the murder case against Mohan, he added.

The SP said Naresh and three others were convicted in a case of abduction. After spending three years in prison, Naresh filed a civil suit in a Bihar court apprehending that Mohan was alive and living with his uncle Hari Chand, who died a few years ago.

Following court orders, the police along with Naresh, the petitioner, raided the temple premises and arrested the accused, who was later identified as Mohan Das, he said.

He was later produced before a Dera Bassi court where the judge directed the police to shift him to Bihar and produce before the Nawada district court there, the SP added.

Dera Bassi, November 1
A car accidently caught fire here this afternoon. It was parked outside a private hospital in Dera Bassi. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained yet.

Noticing smoke and flames being emitted out of the vehicle, residents of nearby houses and commercial establishments informed the car owner, Dr Vikas Vashisth. Dr Vashisth and hospital staff tried to put off the flames with the help of fire extinguishers but failed to do so.

Dr Vashisth said after getting information, a fire tender reached the spot and doused the flames but it was too late. A complaint has been lodged at the Dera Bassi police station in this regard.

Chandigarh, November 1
In the resumed hearing of the cash-at-judge’s door case involving Justice Nirmal Yadav (retd), the prosecution examined two witnesses today.

Ashok Kumar, a stamp vendor at the Panchkula district courts, and Ramesh Chander, a friend of a co-accused Rajiv Gupta, were examined and cross-examined in the CBI court today.

The prosecution stated that Rajiv Gupta had purchased a stamp paper through Ramesh Chander from the stamp vendor Ashok Kumar. The stamp paper was then allegedly used by Rajiv Gupta to prepare a false agreement to sell a plot while establishing a false alibi before the police.

The case has now been adjourned to November 15 when five more prosecution witnesses had been summoned.

At the time of arrest, the accused had arranged a person by the name of Nirmal Singh who disclosed that the amount of Rs 15 lakh alleged to be bribe money was actually sent by the accused hotelier Ravinder Singh to Nirmal Singh as a part payment of the deal between Rajiv Gupta and Ravinder Singh for a plot in Sector 16, Panchkula. CBI investigations revealed that no document relating to the deal between Ravinder Singh and Rajiv Gupta existed and they conspired to prepare a false sale agreement to show it to the police. Later, when Sanjiv Bansal surrendered to the police, he disclosed for the first time that the money was meant for Justice Yadav towards a land deal in Solan. The stamp paper on which the false agreement was prepared was sold by Ashok Kumar and thus he was made a prosecution witness.

The case had hit the headlines in August 2008 when a bag containing Rs 15 lakh in cash was “wrongly delivered” at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, following which she reported the matter to the police. The money was allegedly delivered by Parkash Ram, a clerk of the then Haryana Additional Advocate General, Sanjiv Bansal. Investigations revealed that the money was sent by Delhi based hotelier Ravinder Singh for Justice Yadav through Bansal.

After Justice Nirmaljit Kaur reported the matter to the Chandigarh Police, an inquiry was instituted and it was alleged that the money was meant for Justice Yadav but was delivered to Kaur due to confusion over their names.

The CBI had on March 4, 2011, chargesheeted Justice Nirmal Yadav, who retired as Uttarakhand High Court Judge, less than two years after being transferred from the Punjab and Haryana High Court in November 2009. CBI stated in the chargesheet that Justice Yadav had ruled a judgment relating to a property dispute case in Bansal’s favour in March 2008 and was paid Rs 15 lakh for the same.

Chandigarh, November 1
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed a chargesheet against a head constable of the UT traffic police in a corruption case.

Head constable Paramjeet Singh was arrested on September 9 for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1,000 from an auto driver Narotam for not challaning his vehicle for violation of various traffic rules.

The CBI had received a complaint from the auto driver and laid a trap near the Sector-35 Kisan Bhawan roundabout. The accused was reportedly caught red-handed while taking the bribe money, which was wrapped in a white-coloured paper and recovered from him.

CBI officials said the cop had challaned the auto of Narotam, who is the complainant in the case.

As per the chargesheet, the auto driver got his vehicle released after paying Rs 4,000 as challan fee after he failed to pay the bribe of Rs 1,200 demanded by the traffic cop on September 2. His vehicle was challaned for various offences like not carrying document. Then, the head constable had challaned him for more offences as Narotam failed to pay the bribe the cop had sought.

On September 4, the head constable again spotted the complainant riding the auto-rickshaw. He demanded bribe again and threatened him to challan again if he failed to pay this time. Narotam then complained to the CBI following which a trap was laid.

Mohali, November 1
The Permanent Lok Adalat (Public Utility Services), Mohali, headed by Jagroop Singh Mahal, has directed the PSPCL to release a power connection to a resident of a village in Derabassi tehsil, pay Rs 5,000 as costs of litigation and Rs 25,000 as compensation.

Jaswinder Kaur of Handesra village had moved an application alleging that she had applied to the respondents, the SDO, Handesra, the XEN, Lalru, and the Secretary, PSPCL, Patiala, along with the necessary documents and charges to release a power connection but the PSPCL had failed to do so.

Notice was issued to the respondents, who alleged that the applicant’s premises were within 30 metres from the National Highway and an electricity connection could not be released to her.

A local commissioner was appointed by the adalat, who visited the spot and prepared a report in the presence of the parties. He found that the distance on one side of the building was 52.40 metres and on the other side 58 metres from the road. He also measured the distance from the edge of the kutcha portion of the road i.e. PWD/Forest land and found that the distance on one side was 32 m and on the other side 31.40m.

The adalat, therefore, allowed the application and directed the PSPCL to release an electric connection to the applicant within 30 days. If the connection was released within 30 days, they would not pay compensation.

Chandigarh, November 1
Arrested in a graft case, former SHO of the Sector 34 police station Rajesh Shukla moved an application before the court today seeking direction to defreeze a seized bank account in Dharamsala in HP, which allegedly belongs to his brother-in-law.

Contesting the claims of the CBI that Shukla had account in Dharamsala as well, Shukla moved the application seeking directions to defreeze the account saying the account belongs to his brother-in-law.

Shukla has claimed that his brother-in-law, who is an NRI, had fixed term deposits since 2010.

The account had been frozen on directives of CBI after he was booked and arrested.

Shukla said his brother-in-law needed the money for renovation of the house in Dharamsala so they should be allowed to operate the account.

The application would now come up for hearing on November 5.

On September 3, the CBI apprehended Chandigarh Police inspector Rajesh Shukla, head constable Mukesh Kumar and constable Dilbagh Singh, all posted at the Sector-34 police station, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a parking contractor of Sector 34, Lalit Joshi. The arrests were made at the Burail police post. The bribe money was handed over outside the Sector 34 police station.

Joshi had earlier filed a complaint with the CBI on September 2, alleging the police personnel had been demanding monthly payments for allowing him to run parking lots and had been pressing him to pay up for August and September.

Chandigarh, November 1
A 30-year-old man was found murdered near the railway track in Dariya village on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kalu Prasad, a native of West Bengal. He was found lying in the forest area near the railway-level crossing.

The police said a passerby, Anand, and his two children, who were crossing from nearby, noticed the body lying in bushes. Anand immediately informed the police about the incident.

The body was sent to Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, for autopsy.

Sources said that the victim had been hit with stones and sharp-edged weapons as he had seven injury marks on the face.

Police sources said that a mobile phone and liquor bottles were found from near the dead body. The victim used to stay with his sister in Hallo Majra.

A case of murder has been registered at the Industrial Area police station and investigations have been initiated.

Chandigarh, November 1
Chandigarh Academy for Rural Tennis (CHART) trainee Shashikant Rajput defeated Nishant Sindhu 9-1 with ease during the opening match of the CLTA-AITA Talent Series (TS-7) Tennis Tournament at the CLTA courts in Sector 10 here today.

Earlier, Shashikant Rajput was awarded walk over against Udgam Aggarwal in the first round game. In another match of the same category, Ramanjot edge past Gurjot Sindhu by 9-7. Starting the proceedings, Ramanjot was claiming a good lead till 8-3. However, when he was serving, Gurjot fought back and put the match close at 8-7. In the next set, Ramanjot maintained his calm and played his best to claim the match at 9-7. Both the players made it to the final qualifying round to be held from Sunday onwards.

Results

(U-18) boys’ singles Round I: Sehaj Sidhu bt Adeshwar Grewal 9-4, Gurjot Sidhu bt Abhinav Takkar 9-0, Shashikant Rajput bt Udgam Aggarwal W/O, Neeraj Yashpaul bt Saurabh Prashar W/O, Sahil Garg bt Namohari Gajjan 9-2, Karan Bhalla bt Yuvraj Goel 9-1, Hardeep Singh Sandhu bt Raunaq Rathi 9-5, Santbir Singh bt Rahul Rana 9-0, Harinder Sidhu bt Akash Bhandari 9-5, Akshit Chabra bt Nishant Kakkar 9-1, Amarjit Singh bt Priyanshu Bhatia W/O, Cheraaj Bajwa bt Abhinav Sharma 9-0, Shivam Vij bt Rajdeep Singh Kaura 9-5, Jaskaran Riar bt Rahul Arora 9-2; (U-18) boys’ singles Round II: Krishna Rajput bt Aadish Manrai 9-6, Savneet Singh Bajwa bt Sehaj Sidhu 9-6, Ramanjot Dhindsa bt Gurjot Sidhu 9-7, Shashikant Rajput bt Nishant Sindhu 9-1, Jagdeep Singh Bajwa bt Neeraj Yashpaul 9-0, Sahishnu Sharma bt Sahil Garg 9-3, Raunaq Singh Marwaha bt Karan Bhalla 9-1, Parmeet Deol bt Jaskaran Riar 9-5, Kabir Manrai bt Santveer Singh 9-2, Shivam Vij bt Pranav Joshi 9-1, Anmol Kamboj bt Hardeep Singh 9-1, Harinder Sidhu bt Alex Edwin 9-1, Mridul Kharkwal bt Akshit Chabra 9-0, Anmol Sandhu bt Amarjit Singh 9-2, Cheerag Bajwa bt Rahul Verma 9-0, Archit Juneja bt Shikhar Jot 9-2.

Chandigarh, November 1
A fine bowling spell by the bowlers of St. Stephen’s School lead the team to destruct Carmel Convent School, Nahan, during the ICSE Inter-School Cricket Tournament, here today. St. Stephen’s School, Sector 45, registered an 8-wickets win over their rivals. After electing to bat first, Carmel side failed to face a fierce bowling attack by Sanjay and Anshul Chaudhary. The former castled 4 wickets for 13 runs while Anshul Chaudhary claimed 3 for 15 runs. For Carmel Convent, Vineet remained the highest scorer with his 30-runs contribution.

In reply, the Stephen’s side achieved the target with Saksham Katoch (25 runs) and Sanjeev Kumar (20 runs). The side achieved the target in 10.4 overs.

Brief scores

Carmel Convent School: 69 all out in 24 overs (Vineet 30, Sanjay 4 for 13, Anshul Chaudhary 3 for 15, Parshant Sharma 2 for 11).

St Stephen’s School: 70 for 2 in 10.4 overs (Saksham Katoch 25 not out, Sanjeev Kumar 20 not out, Gaurav 1 for 6, Utkarsh 1 for 9).

Panchkula, November 1
Arhaan Pahwa outclassed Bhupinder Pal Singh while Ajay Singh beat Samarvir Singh with similar scores of 7-0, in straight sets, during the ongoing Ideal Tennis Academy (ITA)-AITA Talent Series Tournament, held at Manav Mangal School, here today. Both the players registered wins in the boys’ (U-12) first round matches. In the second round matches, Gaurav Kumar had an easy run over Sidharth Bhalla at 7-0 while his counterpart Sidharth Basaiti defeated Ronav Caundh at 7-0.

Results

Boys (U-12) Round I: Sukhraj Singh bt Vaibhav Dhanda 7-5; Arhaan Pahwa bt Bhupinder Pal Singh 7-0; Sarthak Gulati bt Chamanpreet Singh 7-1; Jivaj Chawla bt Sahaj Vir Singh Sidhu 7-6(5); Sarthak Bhardwaj bt Tushar Kumar 7-2; Snehil Saini bt Abhay Yuvraj Singh 7-0; Manjot Singh beat Akshay Sawal 7-3; Gaurav Kumar bt Viren Kumar 7-3; Arshjot Singh Bhatti bt Gurnoor Singh Kullar 7-1; Ajay Singh bt Samarvir Singh 7-0; Round II: Mahishmat Kumar bt Abhijett Kandel 7-0; Sarthak Bhardwaj bt Manraj Singh 7-4; Dhairya Chadda bt Karan Shahi 7-6(5); Gaurav Kumar bt Sidharth Bhalla 7-0; Sidharth Basaiti beat Ronav Caundh 7-0; Arshjot Singh Bhatti bt Sarthak Gupta 7-3; Adhyan Mittal bt Aakash Deep 7-0. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 1
Punjab bowled out Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association on 195 runs during the first day’s play for the (U-19) Cooch Behar trophy at Dhruv Pandove Stadium in Patiala today.

Winning the toss and opting to field first, Punjab bowlers continued to claim wickets on regular intervals. The side struck four quick wickets on a total of 71 runs in 15.2 overs. Later, Shubham Pundir (42 runs) and Mohd Bhatt’s (29 runs) 42-run partnership for the 5th wicket helped the team to reach to a respectable stand of 113 runs. Thereafter Surya Malhotra (37 runs) and Abid Mushtaq (21 runs) maintained some courage and took the score to 195 runs in 54 overs. Left arm spinner Karan Bhargav picked 5 for 44. He was ably supported by Jagjit Singh who claimed 2 for 44.

In reply, Punjab lost opener Karan Sharma for 14 runs however, later Sanvir Singh and opener Mansab Gill added 99 runs for the second wicket before Sanvir was caught by S Mahotra off S Pundir for 85 off 89 balls with 17 boundaries and one six. Mansab remained unbeaten on 37 runs while Anmolpreet Singh added unbeaten 43 off 85 runs for the third wicket and scripted Punjab’s total to 184 for 2 in 40 overs at the close of first day’s play. For the bowling side, Irshad Ahmd and S Pundir claimed a wicket each.

Brief scores

Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association: 195 all out in 54 overs (Shubham Pundir 42, Mohd Bhatt 29, Surya Mahotra 37, Karan Bhargav 5 for 44, Jagjit Singh 2 for 46); Punjab: 184 for 2 in 40 overs (Sanvir Singh 85, Mansab Gill 37 not out, Anmolpreet 43 not out,Irshad Ahmd 1 for 25, and S Pundir 1 for 19).

Chandigarh, November 1
Athletes of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, claimed gold medal in the (U-19) girls 4x100m relay event during the CBSE Cluster-XIII Athletics Meet at PML SD Public School in Sector 32 here today.

While team of Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib, and Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh), attained the silver and bronze medals, respectively, in the same event. In the girls (U-14) 4x100m relay event, The Scholar’s Home, Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh), claimed the top spot followed by St Anne’s Convent School, Chandigarh, and Bhavan Vidyalaya School, Panchkula. On the other side, in the boys’ category of the same event, Rashtriya Military School, Chail (Himachal Pradesh), Lawrence Public School, Mohali, and St Anne’s Convent School, Chandigarh, claimed the top three spots.

Results

Boys (U-16) 4x100m relay: Akal Academy, Baru Sahib; Saupin’s School, Chandigarh; Lawrence Public School, Mohali; Girls (U-16) 4x100m relay: Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib; St Soldier International School-28, Chandigarh; St Anne’s Convent School, Chandigarh; Boys (U-14) 800m: Sonu of Rashtriya Military School, Chail (HP); Yarphel of Central School for Tibetans, Dhalongi, Solan; Harmanpal Singh of Banyan International School, Jammu and Kashmir; Girls (U-14) 800m: Upneet of Ryan International School, Chandigarh; Yungdrung of TSO Central School For Tibetans, Dhalongi, Solan; Ankita of Chapslee School, Shimla; Girls (U-16) 800m; Sakshika of Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib; Rudrang of DAV Public School, Bilaspur (HP); Samten Wangmo of Central School For Tibetans, Dhalongi, Solan; Boys (U-16) 800m: Uttam of Sri Guru Gobind Collegiate Sector 26, Chandigarh; Soepa of Goel Central School For Tibetans, Dhalongi, Solan; Prabhjot of Rashtriya Military School, Chail (HP); Boys (U-19) 800m: Kshitiz Punj of Ryan International School, Chandigarh; Ritik Sharma of MIA DAV Public School, Mehatpur (HP); Sahil of Satluj Public School, Panchkula; Girls (U-14) long jump: Anmoldeep of St Soldier School, Sector 28, Chandigarh; Komal of Jaypee Vidya Mandir, Solan; Ankit Chawla of Eicher School, Parwanoo (HP); Boys (U-16) long jump; Khupzamuan of Satluj Public School, Chandigarh; Omesh Panwar of Ryan International, Chandigarh; Krishna of Mata Sahib Public School; Girls (U-16) long jump: Akshita of Doon Valley Public School, Nalagarh (HP); Shivani of St Soldier International, Sector 28, Chandigarh; Gurveer Kaur of Lawrence Public School, Mohali; Girls (U-19) long jump: Simrat Kaur of Akal Academy, Baru Sahib (HP); Simranjeet of MIA DAV Public School, Mehatpur (HP); Anita of Alpine Public School, Nalagarh (HP); Girls (U-19) 800m: Nandit of Central School For Tibetans, Dhalongi, Solan; Amandeep of Akal Academy, Baru Sahib; Harpreet of Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib; Girls (U-14) 100m: Kritika of Jaypee Vidyamandir, Solan; Navnish of The Scholar’s Home; Ankita of St Anne’s Convent School, Sector 32, Chandigarh; Girls (U-19) javelin throw: Prabhdeep of Sant Isher School, Mohali; Bhrituti Shreesh of Central School For Tibetans, Dalhousie (HP); Sonam of Central School For Tibetans, Shimla (HP); Boys (U-19) javelin throw: Gurpreet of St Soldier International School, Sector 28, Chandigarh; Uygen of Central School For Tibetans, Shimla (HP); Tenzin of Rinzin Central School For Tibetans, Dhalongi, Solan.