Chandigarh, November 5
The CBI court today framed charges of corruption against a head constable with the UT traffic police who was caught while taking a bribe of Rs 1,500 near the PGI on July 17. The court framed charges against head constable Dalbir Singh who was arrested while taking the bribe from the president of a local auto-rickshaw union as part of his “monthly bribe” for not challaning members of the union.

The bribe money was being accepted for not challaning auto-rickshaws for any violation in the area as most of these were plying without permits.

On receiving a complaint from the president of the Kranti Auto-rickshaw Union, Sector 22, the CBI had laid a trap and caught the policemen while taking the bribe and the amount was recovered from his uniform.

The head constable was posted on duty near the PGI for the past one year.

According to the complaint, Dalbir had initially demanded a bribe of Rs 3,000 and later settled for Rs 1,500. He had divided the amount as Rs 50 from each of the 30 auto drivers.The CBI said the head constable had earlier threatened the auto drivers that they would be challaned as they were registered in Mohali and were plying in the city without a permit.

Mohali, November 5
Following directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC), the trial proceeding against drug lord Jagdish Bhola, Jagjit Singh Chahal and Paramjit Singh Pamma in the infamous drug scam could not take place in the Mohali district court today.

Recently, the HC has stayed the trial proceedings against them till further orders.

During today’s hearing in the court of Mohali additional district and session judge PP Singh, the counsels of the trio requested the judge to stay the trial proceeding against their clients, on which the court held that it was yet to get the High Court’s orders in question. However, no trial proceedings took place in the court in connection with Bhola, Chahal and Pamma.

The co-accused in the case, including Manjinder Singh Aulakh, alias Bittu Aulukh, Sarabjit Singh Saba and Deep Singh Deepu were present in the court.

The court has fixed November 20 as the next date of hearing in the case.

Chandigarh, November 5
The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge, Anshu Shukla, today acquitted two residents of Sector 37 booked on charges of kidnapping and rape of a minor girl after the victim turned hostile.

Those acquitted are Vijay (31) and Sanjeev (28), both residents of Sector 37. The duo were arrested by the UT police on March 29, 2014, on allegations of kidnapping and raping a Class X student. The police had claimed that the accused — Vijay and Sanjeev — had kidnapped the 14 –year-old victim residing in the vicinity on pretext of helping her to find out her exam result. The victim alleged that she was raped at a hotel in Attawa. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 5
A constable of the ITBP has complained that some unknown person withdrew money from his account by using his ATM card.

The police said constable Parnav stated that the accused cheated him by changing his ATM card with another one and withdrew Rs 1.77 lakh from his account. The constable had met the person at the Motor Market, Mani Majra on October 12. The accused on the pretext of helping the constable in withdrawing the money took his password and changed his ATM card. The accused then withdrew the money from the account. A case has been registered at Mani Majra police station. — TNS

Chandigarh, November 5
Second seed Krishna Rajput had a tough time in defeating Kabir Manrai, in the boys’ (U-18) category match, during the ongoing CLTA-AITA Talent Series (TS-7) Tennis Tournament for boys and girls (U-18), being held, here today.

In the first set, Krishna was at ease with his 5-3 lead however Kabir Manrai maintained his calm and posted a shocking 7-6 win in the opening game. Kabir was expected to carry forward his stunning performance in the second set however Krishna bounced back strongly and won the set 6-3.

Later, in the final set, Krishna came back strongly and conceded only two games to win the final 6-2.

Chandigarh, November 5
The sports branch of the UT Education Department, falling flat on rules, has asked the DAV School to clarify the month of admission of their players participating in the inter-school girls football (U-17) championship by Friday.

As per the rules, the players admitted till the month of May are eligible to play in the inter-school tournaments. On contrary, all the 18 members of DAV School, Sector 8, were admitted in the month of August.

Students with late admissions can be allowed to play, only if given special approval by the DPI, schools, UT Administration, prior to the tournament.

However, the DAV coaching staff failed to produce the special permission as they claimed to forget the piece of permission back in school.

On other hand, rather taking a strict action, the organisers have asked the DAV School to produce the document till Friday, raising eyebrows on this ‘special treatment’ for a particular team.

The team also attracted objections, as all the players of the DAV School are from a Hisar-based (Haryana) academy. The same batch did not participated in the Suboroto Cup Football Championship for girls held in the month of July, organised by same department, and no player from the team appeared for the trials meant to select Chandigarh girl’s team for the national games.

“They claimed to have special permission of DPI schools for playing in the championship however they failed to produce the document on Wednesday. We have given a day’s time to produce the documents,” said Balwinder Singh, in-charge of the tournament. When asked about the special relaxation of one day, he maintained, “We are following the instructions of the department,” said he. The inter-school tournament for girls (U-17) is being played at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 37.

On the other hand, local coaches are also opposing the decision allegedly taken by the higher authorities. “Had it been some government school, decision would have been different. If players of government schools, admitting to school on late dates, struggle hard to play without permission then why this particular school has been given one-day relaxation to submit the document. If they have the permission, they could have brought it today as Sector 37 is not far from Sector 8,” said a coach.

The coach, from Hissar, accompanying DAV School team said, “These officials put so many conditions on children. My job was to bring players while completing the paper work is the responsibility of local school teachers,” said the coach (name withheld).

Chandigarh, November 5
Paddlers of Shri Aurobindo School defeated Trishakti Table Tennis Academy 3-0, in the boys’ (U-18) event, on the commencing day of the 27th Chandigarh State Table Tennis Championship for S Gurmeet Singh Grewal Memorial Trophy, held at the table tennis hall of Sector 23, here today.

For winning side, in the first match, Himanshu overpowered Daksh 3-0 (11-6, 11-9, 11-8) while Akshat beat Rishabh 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-6). In the doubles’ category, Akshat and Gautam beat Rajdeep and Karan 3-0 (11-9, 11-4, 12-10). More than 100 players are participating in the championship. And on the basis of the ranking attained in the tourney, the organisers will shortlist teams for Junior National Inter-State Table Tennis Championship to be held at Alleppey (Kerala) from November 25 to 30 and Senior National Inter -State Table Tennis Championship to be held at Pondicherry from January 12 to 17.

Chandigarh, November 5
The softball team of GMSSS-15, won the Inter-School Softball Championship for Girls (U-17), held here today.

The team of GHS-11 bagged runners-up spot while GMSSS-10 ended their campaign on the third spot. The team of St. Anne’s School, Sector 32, claimed fourth spot.

In the final the title winners won 10-3 while GMSSS-10 won 14-04.

Chandigarh, November 5
Panjab University Campus defeated PUSSGRC, Hoshiarpur, in the ongoing Panjabi University Inter-College Football Tournament for Men (A-Division) tournament being held at campus ground, here today.

The winning team registered 2-0 victory. In the second match, local favorites DAV College, Sector 10, went down against Malwa College, Bondali, 2-0. In the last match, Government College, Hoshiarpur, defeated GN Khalsa College, Abohar, 3-2.

In the Inter-College Hockey Championship for Women, Dasmesh Girls College, Badal, beat MGK Girls College, Talwandi Bhai, 9-0, while GCG, Ludhiana, defeated SDP College, Ludhiana, 11-1. — TNS