Chandigarh November 3
Heated arguments were witnessed in the Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Anshu Shukla today over the bail application of Himachal Pradesh DGP’s son Arjun Gill booked by the UT police in an attempt to rape case.

Counsel for the complainant girl placed on record before the court copies of WhatsApp conversation between the boy and the girl in which the accused was asking her to make physical relations with her.

The counsel reiterated allegations of attempt to rape and outraging modesty against Arjun Gill, son of former Himachal Pradesh DGP, Gurpreet Singh Gill.

Opposing the application moved by Arjun Gill seeking anticipatory bail after being booked on charges of attempt to rape and dowry harassment, advocate Rabindra Pandit stated that the accused had threatened the girl that her objectionable pictures with him would be made public if she did not give in to his demands.

The victim is the daughter of a Punjab IGP and both were scheduled to tie the knot on November 30.

The court after hearing the arguments at length reserved the orders on bail for November 5.

On the other hand, counsel for the accused stated that the victim was harassing the accused and no such demand was ever made and it was done to malign the image of the Gills.

This marriage, due next month, was to bring two high-profile families together. Gurpreet Singh Gill, former DGP of Himachal Pradesh, his wife and son are on the run. The daughter of a serving Inspector General of Punjab Police has filed a case of rape and dowry harassment against the Gills. The Gills, in turn, have alleged misuse of power by the Punjab Police officer.

The case against the Gills was registered at the Sector 34 police station on October 11.As per the FIR, Arjun Gill allegedly tried to force the victim into his house on October 7 arguing physical compatibility was a must before marriage.

However, Gill’s counsel claimed that the registration of the case amounted to “misuse of power” as the girl’s father was “in active service of the Punjab Police, posted as Inspector-General in Chandigarh”.

“The roka ceremony was solemnised on August 10. The girl alleged that the accused started demanding dowry after the marriage date was fixed. A list was handed over to the complainant’s parents in which six gold bracelets of three tolas each, gold sets for women relatives in the in-laws’ family, a Rado watch and 30 suits for women were sought. Arjun claims that dowry was never demanded, saying “these false allegations are a willful attempt to malign us.” 

Chandigarh, November 3
The Chandigarh Police hve arrested two persons, Ajay Kumar Das (40) and accomplice Manik Ray (40), here today. Both the accused were arrested for allegedly killing 30–year-old Vasudev, alias Kalu Das, whose body was found in the jungle of Daria on November 1.

Parminder Singh, ASP (East) UT Police, said the accused were nabbed on Monday from Sector 29.He further said that going by the investigation there was a possibility of the victim developing illicit relations with Ajay Kumar Das’s wife. So the accused hatched a conspiracy with Manik Ray and killed Vasudev. All of them consumed alcohol and later the two accused murdered the victim. Vasudev, native of West Bengal, had allegedly arrived in the city to meet Ajay’s wife and was staying at his residence. Police teams raided various place to catch the accused. The ASP said a mobile phone which was recovered from near the body helped them trace the accused. “The call details helped us in identifying the accused. All of them were known to one another” said Parminder Singh. 

Chandigarh, November 3
Four persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly cheating (using electronic gadgets) during the examination of the Staff Selection Commission SSC) held at Chandigarh on Sunday.

All accused, including Vikrant Singh, Nikki, Vipul and Sanjay, are residents of Haryana and were caught cheating from different centres. Sources said Vikrant was arrested from Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 37, while Nikki, a resident of Panipat, was arrested from Government Model High School of Sector 39. Vipul Kumar, a resident of Rohtak, was arrested from the examination centre of Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 47, for using bluetooth device while Sanjay, a resident of Rohtak, was arrested for using a mobile phone from Government Model High School in Sector 43. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 3
A rashly driven truck claimed the life of a 21-year-old youth near CTU Workshop road in the Industrial Area today.

The incident took place at 9.30pm when a truck driver, reportedly under inebriated condition,lost over his vehicle.He was later arrested from the spot.Eye witnesses said the truck driver after losing control turned the steering towards pavement where the victim was walking. The victim was talking to his brother on the phone and the vehicle crushed him before overturning.The victim was rushed to Government Hospital sector 32 where he was declared brought dead. The truck driver has been identified as Jarnail Singh and he was driving alone under the influence of alcohol. The deceased is yet to be identified. A case has been registered. 

Chandigarh, November 3
Mohali resident Mandeep Singh, a dentist by profession, has been arrested for allegedly passing lewd comments and eve-teasing a woman constable near Punjab National Bank Sector 22, on Sunday.

The police said the incident took place on Sunday night, when Mandeep was roaming in Sector 22 market with his friends. On noticing the woman constable, Mandeep passed lewd comments. In her statement to the police, the victim maintained that after she protested, the accused eve-teased her and tried to outrage her modesty. Following this, the woman constable raised the alarm and the accused was nabbed on the spot. A case under Section 294 (obscene acts and songs) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Sector 22 police post.

Panchkula, November 3
Fortyfive days after groping in the dark, the Panchkula police found the vehicle of missing politician Vibhore Batra, who has been giving sleepless nights to bureaucrats after he duped them of lakhs.

The Innova vehicle of Vibhore was found from the Dehradun Airport today.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rahul Sharma said, “We had issued an alert across the country and at all airports. We got a call from the Dehradun police today that the car was lying abandoned at the airport there.”

When a team of the Panchkula police officials reached the Dehradun Airport, it found all windows of the car locked.

The DCP said further details could be known only after the team returns to Panchkula.

“There is a possibility that Vibhore has left abroad as his car was found abandoned. We are also working on the theory that it can be left to mislead the police as he might be residing around,” said another senior police official.

The police officials are also getting the CCTV footage from the airport to get some clues. The car seems to have been lying abandoned since days.

Sources said the police officials were under immense pressure to trace Vibhore as money of many bureaucrats and high-profile persons is with him.

Already, the mother of Batra, Arun Batra, has been arrested by the Faridkot police in a fraud case in which Vibhore and his friend have also been booked for duping a businessman, said the Punjab Police.

Vibhore has been giving sleepless nights to people, including high-profile persons in Punjab, as well. Former Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Lakshman Das also fell in his trap and got a case of fraud registered against him after the accused duped him of lakhs. Many businessmen also surfaced stating that Vibhore duped them in the name of investment.

Kalka, November 3
A youth of Sahnipur Tanda village of Patiala district in Punjab was arrested by the Kalka police for instigating a local girl to commit suicide.

Police sources revealed that Jaswinder Singh alias Banti was arrested from his residence in Punjab on Saturday and was produced before a court, from where he was sent to judicial custody for 14 days.

The sources said Vichiter Singh of Handiya Mohalla, Kalka, had lodged a complaint with the police that his daughter Navneet Kaur (21) had consumed some poisonous substance on June 5, 2014. She was rushed to the CHC, Kalka, which further referred her to the PGI, Chandigarh, where she breathed her last.

In his complaint, Vichiter had alleged that the deceased, who was a student of Government College, Kalka, had gone to her maternal grandmother’s house in Patiala district on May14, 2014, where Jaswinder started teasing her. He was blackmailing the victim on her mobile phone and provoked her to commit suicide. Frustrated with his behaviour, she took the extreme step.

The police had also recovered a suicide note in which the victim had alleged that Jaswinder was responsible for her death as she was being harassed and mentally tortured by him. The police had sent the suicide note to Madhuban for matching the handwriting of Navneet. A case has been registered.

Mohali, November 3
The Mohali Police today arrested a 24-year-old private school bus conductor on the charges of raping a four-year-old girl at Kharar.

Inspector Manjit Singh, station house officer of Kharar police station (City), said the crime came to light three days ago after the victim complained of stomach ache.

“When she was taken to a local hospital, the doctors found that she had been raped,” said the police.

The suspect, identified as Anil Kumar of Chhotti Majri village, was arrested following the victim’s statement. She told the police that the suspect had threatened her not to tell anyone about the incident.

Mohali, November 3
The Mohali police have arrested a person for duping a Dera Bassi-based carpenter of Rs 95 lakh.

The accused, identified as Sahil Gurwara of Phase X, here, and his brother Amrinder Gurwara have duped Satish Dhiman of Dera Bassi, who did wooden work in their offices, around three years ago.

Satish said: “When I went to take the pending payment of my work, the duo refused to give me the money. Instead, they persuaded me to take a loan of Rs 1 crore to set my own factory at Dera Bassi, which will be, as per their claim, paid by the accused.”

“I took the loan from the United Bank of India. The accused influenced me and took my signatures on various documents, including blank papers. Later, they siphoned off the entire loan amount fraudulently,” Dhiman alleged.

“He is not the only victim of the duo. They have cheated several persons and banks also,” he alleged.

“Sahil was arrested from Sector 15, Chandigarh, today. His brother Amarinder is still at large. Raids are on to nab him,” the police said.

A case under Sections 406, 420 and 120B of the IPC has been registered at the Economic Offence Wing, here.

Mohali, November 3
Despite objections against setting of high rates for general category membership as compared to the service members category (meant for Punjab senior government officers), the upcoming Mohali Golf Range has received a good response.

In all, 464 people have applied for membership to the golf range coming up at Sector 65 here. The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) had set October 31 as the last date to receive applications.

The GMADA spokesperson said against the set number of 200 members in different categories in the first stage, we got as many as 464 applications from the enthusiasts.

“As applications have been put in sealed envelopes, we will get to know the response that each category got only on opening the envelopes,” said the official.

In the first stage, the authorities have decided to select as many as 200 members in various categories.

As per the decision, in the general category (including NRI), 100 members will be enrolled, while in the service members category (open for the Punjab government, state PSUs and Central PSUs officers, including retirees, with grade pay of Rs 5,700) there will be 50 members. In student and corporate members categories, there will be 25 members each.

The range will have two other categories — life members and tenure members — for which the number of members will be decided later.

“The members will be selected by a special screening committee, which will be constituted very soon,” said the official.

Noted golfer Harmeet Singh Kahlon has been roped in as the brand ambassador of the range.

This 115-yard wide and 185-yard long, two-tier range, which is spread over 10.5 acres, will have 28 hitting bays with Astroturf on the ground floor and equal number of bays on the first floor. Besides, it will have world-class chipping and pitching green with bunker of top class tiff twarf grass and Tiger turf synthetic 
green for fast putting surface. Out of the total nine greens, five greens are ready.

The range will also house a restaurant, bar, swimming pool, clubhouse, gymnasium, health club, tennis court, coffee shop and pro shop for selling golf paraphernalia. 

Is being built by GMADA at Sector 56, Mohali

As many as 464 people have applied for membership to the golf range coming up at Sector 65, Mohali. In the first stage, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority has decided to select 200 members under various categories.

Chandigarh, November 3
Archers of DAV College, Sector 10, lifted the title of the Panjab University Inter-College Archery Indian Round Championship for Men at the Panjab University campus grounds here today.

SGGS College, Sector 26, finished at the runner-up spot while DAV College, Abohar, and GHG Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, secured the third and fourth positions, respectively.

For the best individual performance, Sunil of SGGS College-26, claimed the top spot with 582 points while Pankaj Lohan of DAV College- 10, was adjudged as the second best archer with 576 points. Lakhveer Singh of GN Khalsa College, Abohar, with 574 points claimed the second runner-up position.

Results

50m individual: Amit (DAV College-10) 293 points, Sunil (SGGS College-26) 292 points, Sumit Saroha (DAV College-10) 288 points; 30m individual: Udham Singh (PU Campus, Chandigarh) 300 points, Krishan (SGGS College-26) 297 points, Pankaj Lohan (DAV College-10) 294 points; Individual all round best archer: Sunil (SGGS College-26) 582 points, Pankaj Lohan (DAV College-10) 576 points, Lakhveer Singh (GN Khalsa College, Abohar) 574 points.

Chandigarh, November 3
After three weeks of advertising the post of Joint Director, Sports, the UT Administration has now felt the need to review the selection criteria. The present incumbent is retiring in December.

In the post advertised on October 12, it was mentioned that the applicants should be a Class-I officer of UT cadre and will be appointed by the way of transfer.

As per the notification of the Chandigarh Administration Department of Personnel, the post should be filled by appointment of a UT officer or by an officer of the Central Government holding Class-I post. The latter point was missed in the advertisement.

UT sports secretary, Sarvjit Singh, said, “We are planning to review the criteria. The post will be filled while considering all the policies of the home department. All the aspects will be discussed,” he said adding that a delegation of coaches from the Chandigarh Coaches Association also pointed out the same and raised the demand to fill the post on promotional basis.

“We have met the sports secretary and demanded to fill the post on promotional basis. Highly qualified coaches or senior person of the Sports Department should be considered and promoted. It should be re-advertised considering our demands. Since long, no policy has been made to promote coaches or senior administrators,” said Harish Sharma, honorary secretary of the association.

Policy not reviewed

The recent demand to appoint Joint Director on promotional basis also put the UT Administration and functioning of the Sports Department under scanner. In 2010, the Ministry of Home Affairs had asked the local administration to re-draft their demand of promoting UT officials in the Sports Department. However, no initiative has been made in this regard. The post of Joint Director was created in 1984 while asking the criteria of 10 years experience in sports with a masters degree. At that time, Nirmal Milkha Singh was appointed as the Joint Director. After her retirement in 1993, the post was handled by IAS officers, as additional charge, till 1997. In 1997, JPS Sidhu (present Joint Director) was appointed at the post following orders by CAT (Centre Administrative Tribunal) in reply to a case under transfer basis of Punjab’s clause. Also since 1997, till date, no criteria or re-drafting was performed to uplift UT coaches even when the MHA had asked to do so.

Policy on Punjab pattern

The Chandigarh Administration follows Rule 8(i) of the Punjab State Sports Rules 1993. The clause provides that the post of Joint Director, Sports, should be filled by an officer of the state government or Government of India holding Class-I post and having experience and background of sports and its administration. It means the post should be filled by an officer of UT Chandigarh or Central Government. In case of failure, the post should be filled by deputation as per draft RRS, as stop gap arrangements, with the approval of the competent authority. 

Chandigarh, November 3
Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40-B, beat LIC, Sector 26 in the Inter-school match at Sector 32 in Chandigarh on Monday.

Batting first, LIC boys could score only 58 runs in the allotted 20 overs. Vaibhav wreaked havoc by taking four wickets by giving away just nine runs. Siddhant took two wickets by giving 10 runs. Shitij and Amandeep also took one wicket each.

In reply, Nikhil Sharma made the chase look like a stroll in the park. He scored an unbeaten 24 runs in just 20 balls. Johny also scored an unbeaten 16 runs in 20 balls.

The match finished in just 13 overs with Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40-B, emerging winners.

Chandigarh, November 3
Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh), lifted the overall trophy on the concluding day of the CBSE Cluster XIII Athletics Meet for Boys and Girls organized by PML SD Public School here today.

Athletes of Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib, secured the major share of medals in the championship.

In the age-group events, The Scholar’s Home, Himachal Pradesh, lifted the girls (U-14) category title while the Rashtriya Military School, Chail, Himachal Pradesh, won twin titles of the boys (U-14) and boys (U-16) championship.

Meanwhile, Guru Nanak Mission, Paonta Sahib, lifted the girls (U-16) category title. In the girls and boys (U-19) category event, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula, and St Soldier International School, Sector 28, claimed the trophies.

Best athletes

 Boys (U-14): Sonu Kumar from Rashtriya Military School, Chail, HP

 Girls (U-14): Upneet from Ryan International School, Chandigarh

 Boys (U-16): Sachin from Rashtriya Military School, Chail, HP

 Girls (U-16): Muskan Bhatia from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula

 Boys (U-19): Manveer from DAV School- 15, Chandigarh

 Girls (U-19): Swapnil Ahmad from Bhavan Vidyalaya, Panchkula 

Chandigarh, November 3
CHART trainee Jagdeep Bajwa defeated CLTA trainee Shivam Vij in straight sets 6-0 and 6-3 in the ongoing CLTA-AITA Talent Series (TS-7) Tennis Tournament for (U-18) boys and girls being held here today.

Jagdeep conceded only one game in the first set. However, in the second set he faced resistance from Shivam Vij. Jagdeep kept his calm and used his experience to close the tie at 6-0, 6-3. In another match, second seed Krishna Rajput defeated Vikas Ahlawat 6-1, 6-1 while Aditya Vashisht defeated Himanshu Saini 6-0, 6-0.

In a long rallied match, Aditya Pratap Singh overpowered Ritwik Rana. Aditya faced a 4-6 defeat in the opening game however he bounced back strongly in the next two sets. In the second set, he defeated his opponent by 6-4 while in the third he overpowered by 6-2. In another match, Raunaq Marwaha defeated Sohrabh Singh 1-6, 7-5 and 6-3. In the girls’ singles, Priyanka Jakhar registered an easy win against Kulsum Khan by 6-0 and 6-0.

Results

Boys’ singles (U-18) round I: Cheerag Bajwa bt Rohit Kumar 6-4, 6-0, Archit Juneja bt Vatsal Chauhan 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, Mridul Kharkwal bt Manjot Singh 6-3, 6-2, Calvin Golmei bt Sagar Sehrawat 6-1, 6-2, Savneet Bajwa bt Paras Sharma 6-0, 6-2, Ramanjot Dhindsa bt Arnav Benerjee 6-3, 6-1. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 3
Chandigarh Baptist Club, Sector 45, won the overall trophy of the 23rd State Tae kwon do Championship held at the
skating rink in Sector 10, Chandigarh.

Meanwhile, Royal Club, Sector 43, finished at the runner-up spot. MLA Balbir Singh distributed the prizes among the winning teams.