1 arrested for duping banks
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Nov 16 — The police has arrested Sanjeev Sahu from Jagatsinghpur in Orissa for opening bank accounts by furnishing fictitious addresses and withdrawing money credited to his accounts by submitting fake demand drafts in other states.

He had opened bank accounts in the name of Om Parkash in IndusInd Bank in Sector 8. He had furnished copies of his ration card and driving licence to open an account in the bank and was issued a cheque book.

He had subsequently deposited demand drafts for Rs 1.83 lakh and Rs 1.68 lakh, purported to be issued by the SBI. The money was later withdrawn by him. The drafts were issued by the Lucknow branch of the bank and credited to his account on October 12 and 22. Withdrawals were made on various dates by the accused.

In the first week of November, Mr K.K. Sharma, bank manager and the complainant, received information from Centurion Bank, SAS Nagar, which he had duped, that a person by the name of Om Parkash was withdrawing large amounts after depositing demand drafts issued by the SBI at Bangalore and Lucknow.

Following this information, his accounts were kept under close observation. When he came to the bank today to withdraw Rs 2.85 lakh, he was nabbed by the bank authorities and handed over to the police.

During preliminary investigation, he revealed that his name was Sanjeev Sahu and he was a matriculate. While further investigations are on, a city court has remanded him in police custody till November 19.

He had also duped the branch of Centurion Bank in Phase 3-B-2, SAS Nagar, of Rs 3.9 lakh by withdrawing the money against a bank draft which was allegedly stolen from the Goa branch of State Bank of India. He had opened an account in the name of Om Parkash, a resident of Sector 22, Chandigarh, on October 1, with the branch. He deposited Rs 500 on opening the account and submitted a copy of a ration card to give his identity.

On October 22, he deposited a bank draft for Rs 3.93 lakh payable at State Bank of India. After the draft was cleared by the Goa branch of the bank, he took the cash payment in different parts on October 28, 29 and 30.

The duped bank came to know about the fraud after the Goa branch of the SBI informed it about the theft of a draft for Rs 3.93 lakh. Enquires at the Chandigarh address of the suspect revealed that the address was fake and he was wanted in similar cases by other banks, including the Chandigarh branch of the ICICI Bank. The SAS Nagar police had registered a case under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC on the basis of a complaint lodged by Mr Sanjay Gupta, branch head of the bank.

Defrauder held: The police arrested Joginderpal Sharma of Kishangarh village on the charge of collecting Rs 25 lakh from five persons on the pretext of sending them to the USA. He and his son Vishal Vashisht used to lure and dupe prospective customers.

A complaint in this case was filed by Mr S.S. Dadwal, Mr Jaswinder Singh and Mr Rajinder Singh and two others, who alleged that varying sums were collected from them but neither was the money retuned nor were they sent abroad. Vishal is absconding, while a city court has remanded Joginderpal in police custody till November 18.

Dept cheated: A case has been registered against Hari Om Bansal, an employee of the Haryana Stationery Department, and Sudershan Jain. It was alleged that the duo connived to inflate a printing order to cheat the department.

A case has been registered under Sections 420, 467, 471 and 120-B of the IPC at the police station east. A case is pending against the latter in Mani Majra police station, according to sources.

Held with liquor: The police arrested Babloo of Saharanpur from Bapu Dham for possessing 12 bottles of whisky. In another case, 90 bottles of whisky, which were lying unclaimed at the ISBT, were consficated by the police. Separate cases under Section 61-1-14 of the Excise Act have been registered.

PANCHKULA

One killed: Sham Nath died near the Zirakpur naka when a truck (HYW-8184) hit a scooter (PB-39-3414). While the truck driver escaped, the police impounded the truck and the scooter involved in the accident. A case under Sections 279 and 304-A of the IPC has been registered at the Sector 19 police station.

SAS NAGAR

Two kidnapped: At least two persons were allegedly kidnapped near a Phase VIII gurdwara. Though the police maintained that it had received no such information, an unconfirmed report said the two youths, who were returning from the gurdwara, were kidnapped by at least seven persons, who came in a Maruti car and a Santro car.

Rajmah dearest among pulses
Tribune News Service

SAS NAGAR, Nov 16 — Rajmah was the dearest item among the pulses being sold in retail at different grocery shops in the town. Three varieties of the item — rajmah chitra, red rajmah and red rajmah small — were available at Rs 40 a kg. It was, however, being sold at Rs 30 a kg each by a retailer in the Phase 5 market.

While white roungi was selling at two different rates, Rs 30 and Rs 28 a kg, two varities of red roungi were available at Rs 40 and Rs 34 a kg.

A survey of different markets revealed that the prices of pulses were slightly higher as compared to their prices in Chandigarh on account of levying of octroi on the items by the local municipal council.

Dal moth was being sold at Rs 30 a kg by a grocery shop in the Phase 7 market. The item was, however, available at Rs 28 in the Phase 5 market.

Malika masar was being sold at between Rs 30 and Rs 34 a kg. Two other varieties of the item, kala masar and dal masri, were available sold at Rs 30 each.

The price of white chana at a shop in Phase 4 was Rs 40 a kg. The item was selling at Rs 35 a kg in the Phase 6 market. The black chana and rusi chana were available at Rs 22 and Rs 40 a kg, respectively.

A better quality of moongi sabat and moongi chilka was being sold by a shopkeeper at Rs 32 and Rs 34 a kg. The items were also being sold in other parts of the town at Rs 25 and Rs 26 a kg, respectively. Moong dhuli was sellig at Rs 34 a kg.

Other commonly consumed pulses, mah sabat and mah dhuli, were selling at Rs 30 and Rs 34 a kg. Arhar was selling at Rs 36 a kg.

Sacred Heart enter finals
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 16 — Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, entered the under-19 and under-17 finals in the girls' section of the UT inter-school tennis tournament being played at the Lake Club courts, Sector 6, here today.

Sacred Heart School will take on Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, in under-19 final while in under-17 final, they are pipped against Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 10. In the final of the under-14 section, Carmel Convent School, Sector 9, defeated Government Model High School, Sector 28, 2-1.

Carmel Convent School won its first singles when Amanpreet Shallu whipped Pallavi 6-0, 6-0. In second singles, Amarpreet Kaur of GMHS trounced Gunjeet 6-0, 6-2. In doubles, Amanpreet Shallu and Alip Sandhu got the better of Amarpreet and Pallavi 6-1, 6-4.

In under-19 semi-final between Sacred Heart and Carmel Convent, first singles was won by Neha Singh of Sacred Heart who disposed of Tanya Liberhan 6-2, 6-4. In second singles, Satvika Saboo of Carmel Convent equalised by defeating Mallika Malhotra of Sacred Heart 6-4, 6-1. In the doubles, Neha and Mallika of Sacred Heart defeated Tanya and Satvika of Carmel Convent 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

In the second semi-final, GMSSS-40 blanked Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, 2-0, with Harsimran Kaur Bedi beating Lavina 6-0, 6-0 and Varuna ousting Prerana 6-2, 2-6 6-0. In under-17 section, Sacred Heart School beat GMSSS-22 2-0, with Isha beating Savita 6-0, 6-0 and Simer beating Dilshad 6-0, 6-0. In another match, GMSSS-10 b MRASS-27 2-0 (Prabhleen Chauhan b Chahat 6-0, 6-0; Shaleen Chauhan b Parneet 6-2, 6-2.

Inter-school cricket: St Stephen's School, Sector 45, and hosts St John's High School, Sector 26, scored wins in the under-14 section of the UT inter-school cricket tournament.

Brief scores — first match: St Stephen's 155 for 5 in 20 overs (Raj Angad 75, Vidit 21, Ankit 14); GMHS-36 112 all out in 17 overs (Ramandeep 28, Avinash 12, Sukrit 4 for 10, Puneet 3 for 22, Sidhant 2 for 9); second match: GMSSS-32 56 all out in 19.2 overs (Vinay Kochhar 10, Arjun Talwar 3 for 4, Sidharth Anand 3 for 18); St John's 60 for 1 in 5.1 overs (Harneet Arora 35 n.o., Jasraj Bhatti 16 n.o.).

Selection trials: The Chandigarh Amateur Body Building Association will hold trials at SCO 62-63, Sector 17, on November 21 to select the UT team for the North India junior and senior body building championship.

City shooters excel
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Nov 16 — City shooters excelled in the third Kumar Surender Singh All-India inter-school shooting championship which concluded at Meerut recently.

Sabeeha Dhillon of Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 27, created a new meet record in air rifle junior women (ISSF) with a score of 370 out of 400. Jasmeen Brar set a new meet record in air rifle OS (NR) junior women by scoring 310 out of 400.

Aarti Mehta secured bronze medal in NR with 296 out of 400 and created new meet record in air pistol junior women (NR) with 343 out of 400. Gurparnit Sekhon bagged the gold medal in air rifle OS (NR) sub-junior men by scoring 308 out of 400 and also setting a new meet record.

GMHS-38 win: Government Model High School, Sector 38, beat Sharda Sarvhitkari Senior Secondary School, Sector 40, by 75 runs at DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8. Brief scores —GMHS-38 139 for 7 in 20 overs (Balkishan 45, Ravinder 25, Manish 2 for 20); SS-40 64 all out in 14 overs (Aditya 17, Rajiv 12, Ravinder 6 for14, Shashi 2 for 17).

UT roller skating: The Chandigarh state roller skating championship will be organised by the Chandigarh Roller Skating Association at the Skating Rink, Sector 10, on November 27 and 28, according to Mr Jagpal Singh, Secretary of the association. About 200 skaters are expected to take part.

School tourney: The inter-primary school tournament will be held at Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 8, on November 17, according to Ms Sudershan Kumari, Block Education Officer. Nearly 23 primary schools with more than 700 students will take part in various competitions.

Inter-school karate: Poonam and Reena clinched gold medals in below-38 kg and below-42 kg categories, respectively, in the under-17 section of the UT inter-school karate championship at Shivalik Public School, Sector 41. Meenu of Government Girls Senior Secondary School, Sector 20, was declared the best fighter in the under-17 section.

Results (under-17) — below-38 kg: Poonam 1, Sunita 2, Mamta 3; below-42 kg: Meenu 1, Menu 2, Anu 3; below-46 kg: Palwinder 1, Sonia 2, Sonu 3; below-50 kg: Anu 1, Reenu 2, Neelu 3; below-54 kg: Reena 1, Anjali 2, Nisha 3.