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Kalka, Janurary12
Unidentified thieves decamped with goods worth Rs 8 lakh from the Adidas showroom on National Highway-22, Abdullapur, near Sheranwali Mata Temple, here last night.

According to police, Sridhar Vaid of Panchkula has lodged a complaint in Pinjore police that the crime was committed on Sunday night. They came to know about the incident on Monday morning.

The complaint said the thieves broke open the lock of the shutter of the small door and decamped with articles, including foreign-made pairs of shoes, jackets, sweaters, a laptop, LCD and perfumes.

The local police rushed to the spot alongwith the fingerprint experts and dog squad.

Several incidents of the thefts and burglary have taken place in Kalka, Pinjore and its adjoining villages in the recent past. The residents of the area have urged the local and district police administration to intensify patrolling, especially during night hours. 

Panchkula, January 12
The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sanjiv Jindal, has sentenced a murder accused, Vijender, to life term. The three other accused, however, were acquitted of the charges.

The incident dates back to April 29, 2006, when Naresh, a Sector 19 resident, went missing from his shop in Manimajra and he was found murdered near a brick-kiln in Raipur Rani on April 30, 2006.

Later, the CIA staff cracked the murder case with the arrest of Punjab police informer and notorious criminal Gurvinder Singh alias Kala and his associate Anish by the Himachal Police.

That time, the police claimed that the accused had confessed to the crime, saying that Naresh was killed after he refused to join them in their acts of crime.

Gurvinder Singh and Anish, in custody of the Himachal Police, were handed over to the CIA staff.

According to them, Naresh was witness to their acts of crime (including Vijender) and had threatened to report them to the police. Later, Vijender and Rakesh were also arrested in the case. 

Chandigarh, January 12
Amit Sharma of sector 46 lodged an FIR alleging that his Mahindera Jeep (PB-65-F-9099) was stolen from his residence on the night of January 9. A case has been registered in this regard at sector 39 police station.

Chandigarh, January 12
The local police has recovered the pistol, allegedly used to fire two rounds in air in Sector 38-D market yesterday, from accused Vishal Aggarwal’s servant.

Accoring to sources, the police recovered the weapon from Kala, servant of the accused, Vishal Aggarwal, during late night raids.

The police said the weapon would be sent for examination to the Central Forensic Sciences Laboratory (CFSL).

Meanwhile, Aggarwal was today produced before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody.

The SHO of the Sector 39 police station inspector Janak Rana told TNS that it was a German-made pistol. The shell recovered from the scene of the crime and the weapon would be sent for examination to the CFSL to ascertain the claims of Aggarwal that it was a toy pistol.

DSP (South) Jaswant Singh said the weapon appeared to be a real one, but they would seek opinion of the ballistic experts to rule out any doubts and to ascertain the claims of Aggarwal.

Equipped with a magazine, it appeared to be an expensive and sophisticated weapon. Moreover, it would also be confirmed whether the shell recovered from the spot were fired from the same pistol, he added.

The DSP said the license was not required for keeping a toy weapon or an air gun. Thus, the police had only imposed Section 336 (endangering life) of the Indian Penal Code, and the Arms Act would only be invoked if the examination proves that it was a real weapon.

About the role of the servant, the SHO said: “So far, nothing incriminating had come out against him. Though the weapon was recovered from Kala, he told the police that Vishal had given it to him and he had nothing to do with it.”

The police had arrested Aggarwal after he allegedly fired two rounds in air under the influence of liquor and sped away from the market in his Honda City car (CH-03-R-5543). The police tracked down his car through the registration number, which was noted down by some passers-by. 

Mohali, January 12
Two persons died in two accidents in the city today. A 45-year-old labourer, Surjeet, died of electrocution while working at a house in Janta Colony, Nayagoan. The victim was engaged by Daya Singh to lay the lintel of his house.

According to the police, the victim was taking the iron to the first floor when he came in contact with high-tension lines, passing near the house at 9 am today. The victim is survived by his wife and four children. The police has registered a case.

In another incident, Prithi Singh (50), an employee of the PTL, died in a road accident near Phase V here late last night. The victim was injured after being hit by an animal.

In Lalru, one person was killed when a speeding tempo banged into a tractor near Handesra on the Chandigarh-Ambala road late last night. Kuldeep Singh, a resident of Rani Majra, crushed to death when his tractor was hit from back. Sources revealed that the tempo was in high speed and rammed into the vehilce from back. The tractor upturned due to the impact of hit and Kuldeep got crushed under the tractor.

In another case, 25-year-old Promila Devi was admitted to the PGI after she allegedly consumed some poisonous substance here today.

Chandigarh, January 12
Mighty Delhi trounced Chandigarh 27-15 in the boys’ handball final of the 54th National School Games at Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 23, here today.

It was Samsher, who, with his good man-to-man pass and agile performance, pierced his rivals’ attack to net six goals. He was well supported by Naresh, Subhash and Sushant, who scored four goals each to sail the team to an easy win.

The half-time score was 19-13, with Arjun of Chandigarh scoring nine goals, which could not help his team’s dwindling performance as none other player of the team could make the good use of the opportunities they got.

The girls’ handball final, which was delayed for about half an hour due to a scuffle between the officials, saw Punjab as winner in the end, who edged past Haryana by a narrow margin of 30-24. Joginder was the top scorer of the match with nine points.

West Bengal, Tamil Nadu shine in table tennis: West Bengal and Tamil Nadu teams gave a tremendous show and outshined the other states’ teams in the table tennis event of different categories. In the event of age group of under-19, West Bengal won the gold medal by defeating Gujarat, which bagged the silver medal. The bronze medal was won by Maharashtra. In the under-17 (boys) category, West Bengal again came victorious and won the gold medal by defeating Tamil Nadu.

Fencing: While in the under-19 (girls) category, Tamil Nadu gave a tough time to West Bengal and won the gold medal. West Bengal bagged silver medal and bronze was won by Karnataka.

In the EPEE girls individual event, final match was played between Bandan of Manipur and Sophia of Manipur, in which Bandan defeated her counterpart Sophia and won the gold medal.

In the Foil boys individual event, Rabi Kumar of Manipur defeated Ankush of Chandigarh in the final and gained the gold medal. In the FOIL girls individual event, Madhya Pradesh proved her strength by winning both gold and silver medals of the event. Bindu and N Eden of Madhya Pardesh bagged the gold and silver medal, respectively, for their state team.

Chandigarh, January 12
Not caring for the sports norms, none of referees wore their designated uniforms on any of the day during the 54th National School Games 2008-09 in different venues in the city.

In Chandigarh, events in five disciplines, including fencing, handball, table tennis, roller hockey and skating, were organised. However, in none of the disciplines the referees bothered to wear their prescribed uniforms.

Experts said when the referees, whose job was to judge players, were least bothered about following the basic rules and regulations then how could the same be expected from the players.

“This is not a street play referees have to realise it. These are National School Games in which 27 states are participating from across India and I would say it is just lack of management,” rued a coach.

Talking about the matter, Parihar, an observer, the School Games’ Federation of India (SGFI), said, “I noticed this and felt bad but next time we will make sure that all referees wear their prescribed uniforms.” 

Chandigarh, January 12
The Education Department adopted delaying tactics to hush up yesterday’s matter in which, Ramandeep Singh, a referee from Punjab, slapped Anil Kumar yesterday, a contingent manager of Himachal Pradesh team, while officiating a handball match, as it marked an enquiry to the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) but no concrete move has been initiated.

Organising secretary-cum-DPI (S) Samwartak Singh, said: “We have marked an enquiry to the SGFI against the referee.” However, if the insiders are to be believed, there was no surety when the letter was to be sent and it might take a week or more than that. “If no concrete action will be initiated against the referee till tomorrow, we will write to the Governor,” said Jagdish, a coach of HP team.

HP handball girls’ team voiced their concern over the security provided to their team. “We now feel insecure even to step out of our room as an official of the Punjab team had warned us of dire consequences yesterday after the match,” said Priyanka, captain of the team. “It’s very sad that for such a big event, there is no security on the ground,” said Sushma, another player of the team.

Meanwhile, once again a scuffle was witnessed today between the officials of Punjab and Haryana over a petty issue, which delayed the handball match for about half an hour.

The hullabaloo began when the Haryana team raised their concern against the officiating Chandigarh referees over favouring the Punjab team, which later turned to heated arguments among the officials. “We don’t want to play, it is a sheer favouritism going on here,” saying, this the Haryana team left the ground and protested against the officials.

The Haryana team alleged that unnecessary fouls and penalties were given against them.