House sold on forged papers
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 8 — A case of cheating has been registered against four city residents who allegedly sold a housing board unit on the basis of forged documents.

According to police sources, Rita of Maloya Colony moved a petition in the court of Mr Jasbir Singh, JMIC, alleging that Ram Asre, a resident of Sector 47, Balbir Singh of Sector 37 and Veena and Kishan, residents of the same colony prepared forged documents and sold the house to her for Rs 66,000 in October, 1997.

She came to know that the allotment of the house, originally allotted to Ram Asre, had been cancelled as he had failed to pay the installments. He then allegedly conspired with the others and got fake documents prepared stating that all installments had been paid and that the allotment was genuine.

When she came to know about it, she asked the accused to return the money, built despite repeated requests, they failed to do so. She then moved an application in the court which directed the police to register a case and investigate the matter.

A case under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B, IPC, has been registered at the Sector 39 police station.

Car set ablaze: Mr Ravinder Singh Pali, cable operator and resident of Sector 27, has reported that four persons set his car afire when it was parked in the Sector 27-D market late last night.

According to the complainant, Panchkula resident Jaswinder Singh alias Jassa, Lucky Chopra, a resident of Sector 44, besides Ravinder Garcha and Bajwa, residents of Sector 27, reportedly nursed a grudge against his business partner. When they could not trace him, they came across his brand new Esteem car and set it ablaze at about 11.30 p.m.

He has also alleged that the same persons set afire his cable network office in Sector 5 of Panchkula, damaging equipment worth Rs 6 lakh earlier the same evening. A case under Section 435, IPC, has been registered at the Sector 26 police station while a case under Section 436, IPC, was registered at Panchkula.

Bag stolen: Mr Taslim Ahmad of Mauli Jagran has reported that Shahjad, a resident of Bijnaour, has stolen a bag containing Rs 7,000, a gold chain, a gold ring and silver anklets from his residence during daytime. It was alleged that the accused was known to him and had committed the theft when he was asleep.

A case under Section 380, IPC, has been registered at the Mani Majra police station.

2 gamblers held: The police has arrested two persons for gambling at a public place.

While Bhawani Dutt of Sector 28 was arrested from the same sector Ashok Kumar was arrested from Sector 26.

Cases under Sections 13-A, 3 and 67 of the Gambling Act have been registered.

3 burglaries: As many as three burglaries have been reported from Sector 44.

Mr H.L. Dua, who was out of town for a few days, reported that someone had broken into his house and decamped with jewellery andRs 15, 000 in cash.

A working couple, Mr and Mrs Rajiv Sharma, reported that some one had broken into their house in the afternoon and decamped with four gold bangles, a necklace, earrings and silver ornaments, besides Rs 12, 000 in cash.

In another incident, thieves scaled the back wall of a house and ripped out the doors before ransacking the house. The thieves decamped with gold jewellery and other household items while the owners was out of town for a few days.

Separate cases under Section 380, IPC, have been registered.

Rs 500 fee waiver suggested
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Dec 8 — In a crucial meeting at Panjab University, it was recommended that Rs 500 for each student be waived from fees for the current session (1999-2000).

The meeting was attended by the Dean University Instructions, Prof Ashok Sahni, Dr Deepak Manmohan, Dean Colleges, Mr D.P.S.Randhawa, President of the students' council and Prof V.K.Bansal, Dean Students Welfare, among others.

The last date of submitting forms without late fee has been extended from December 10 to December 20. The authorities maintain that the decision was a recommendation to be put forward to the Vice-Chancellor before the formal announcement of waiving Rs 500.

International seminar: An international seminar on "Political landscapes: on threshold of the 21st century' will b organised by the Department of Geography, PU, and the International Geographical Union from December 13 to 15, an official press note said here today.

Prof M.M.Puri, Vice-Chancellor, will inaugurate the seminar.

Seminar on cancer: A seminar on cancer will be organised by the Panjab University Teachers Association in the Chemistry Auditorium tomorrow, a press note said here today.

Prof S.M. Bose, Professor of general surgery at the PGI, will be the main speaker on the occasion.

Sport meet inaugurated
By Our Sports Reporter

CHANDIGARH, Dec 8 — The 32nd Central Revenue Sport Meet was inaugurated here today by Ms Surinder Pal Kaur, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax at Sport Complex in Sector 7. In the two-day meet, sportspersons drawn from four subzones (Allahabad-Kanpur, Chandigarh-Patiala, Bhopal-Indore and Delhi-Jaipur).

In cricket, Chandigarh scored a 203-run victory over the Kanpur zone, while in kabaddi, the Chandigarh zone beat the Allahabad-Kanpur zone by 27 points.

Results:Chess — Mahesh Rastogi 1, Ravi Shukla 2; cricket — Central Excise Chandigarh b Allahabad-Kanpur by 203 runs (Chandigarh — 273 for three in 30 overs, Anoop Sondhi 87, Monish Aggarwal 60, Bhupinder Singh Jr 83; Meerut (Allahabad-Kanpur zone) — all out for 70 runs, Sharanjit Singh 4 for 15, Rakesh Jolly 2 for 21).

Central Excise Indore b Delhi Income Tax by four runs (Indore — 222 for six, Anil 59, D. Anilsoy 55, Avinash 49, Padamjit 2 for 38; Delhi Income Tax — 218 for six, Thapar 89, Pankaj Kohli 53, Dinesh 3 for 35, Ajay 2 for 27).

Carrom — Indore 1; (singles — Sandeepa Sharma 1; doubles — Sandeepa and Sabiha Khan 1); hockey — Chandigarh zone got walkover against Indore-Bhopal zone, while Delhi Customs defeated Allahabad-Kanpur subzone, 4-0.

Football — Chandigarh-Patiala subzone b Allahabad-Kanpur subzone, 6-0. Narcotics (Neemuch) b Central Excise New Delhi in a tie breaker, 4-1; basketball — Jaipur b Indore, 95-73; kabaddi — Chandigarh Central Excise b Allahabad-Kanpur, 27 points, while Delhi b Indore by 20 points.

Javelin (men's) — Dipinder Kumar (IT Delhi) 1, Mangal Singh (CE Delhi) 2; above 40 — Mohammad Ismail (Indore) 1, R.K. Sharma 2; above 50 — P. Trikey (CIT Raipur) 1, J.L. Soni (CIT, Raipur) 2; women — Alpana Gupta (Gwalior) 1, Sabiha Khan (Gwalior) 2; above 35 — Krishna (IT Delhi) 1, Nutan (CE Indore) 2.

Shot put (men's) — K.P.S. Brar (IT Patiala) 1, I.P. Singh (CE Delhi) 2; women — Vijay Mala (CE Delhi) 1, Alpana Gupta (Delhi) 2; above 40 (men's) — Sehdev Yadav (Central Excise, Delhi) 1, N.P. Singh (Customs Delhi) 2; above 35 (women) — Kamal Malhotra (Delhi) 1, Uma Dwivedi (Allahabad) 2; above 45 — Jamuna Sarkar (IUT Agra) 1, Rajinder Kaur (IT Agra) 2.

Hammer throw — Parmod Tiwari (Customs Allahabad) 1, Sehdev Yadav (Central Excise Delhi) 2; 400 m hurdles — Rajesh Swami (Customs, Allahabad) 1, Ravi Kant (Central Excise Chandigarh) 2; 5 km walk (women) — Saroj Deswal (IT) 1; 100 m men — Amit Khanna 1, Rohtas Maan 2; women — Paramjit 1, Kanti Kapila 2.

Prizes given: Lions Club Nightingale, under the headship of Ms Sublesh Bansal, in order to encourage lawn tennis, gave prizes to upcoming players of the Total Tennis Academy (YMCA).

The occasion was to celebrate the last competition among young tennis players of Chandigarh. In the senior group, Sahil Thapa got the first prize and Rohan Bhandari got the second prize. Harminder Singh stood first and Isha Toor second in the middle group. Raunak Khosla was first and Fateh Sidhu second in the sub-junior group.

Sonali Bansal, a four-year-old girl was given the prize for being the youngest player.

Wrestling trials: The Chandigarh UT Wrestling Association will hold selection trials for the UT senior team on December 26 at 9 am at Wrestling Coaching Centre, in Sector 30, according to Mr P.L. Paul, Secretary of the association. The team will take part in the Senior National Wrestling Championship to be held near Jaipur (Rajasthan) from December 29, 1999, to January 2, next year.