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Four more hospitals found violating norms
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Dera Bassi, August 3
A team of the Pollution Control Board had raided private hospitals at Dera Bassi and Lalru and identified four hospitals violating pollution control norms.

XEN, Pollution Control Board, Tejwant Singh Gill said they had been checking private hospitals of this area for the past one week and nearly six hospitals were found violating pollution control norms.

He said hospitals which were found violating the norms included Ayush Nursing Home and Jain Clinic at Dera Bassi, and Vivekanand Hospital and Verma Clinic at Lalru. Earlier, Apna Hospital and Swami Hospital of Dera Bassi were also identified found violating norms.

Panchkula, September 3
The Panchkula District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum has directed the Haryana State Co-operative Housing Federation to pay to the complainant a sum of Rs 20,000 as compensation for mental agony, harassment and inconvenience caused to the complainant as also on account of deficiency in their services and indulging in unfair trade practices here today.

The forum has also asked them to pay Rs 5,000 as costs of proceedings to the complainant. The complainant, Ami Chand, a resident of Naraingarh, Ambala district, in his application stated that 25 years ago in 1986, he had applied for a loan of Rs 75,000 from Shiv Co-operative House Building Society, Naraingarh.

According to the complainant, only a sum of Rs 22,500 as a loan was sanctioned in his favour although the mortgage deed and agreement deed talked of a loan amount to the tune of Rs 75,000. He further alleged that interest on the amount of Rs 75,000 was charged from him instead of charging the interest on the amount of sanctioned loan of Rs 22,500 only.

However, the Haryana State Co-operative Housing Federation had issued several notices to the complainant for the recovery of Rs 3,54,227, which were arbitrary and illegal, claimed the complainant.

In their reply opposite parties stated that the complainant had applied for a loan and that he had received Rs 75,000, and interest was chargeable on the entire amount of Rs 75,000.

“We are of the view that there is a gross deficiency in the service on the part of the Haryana State Co-operative Housing Federation and they have indulged in unfair trade practices for harassing the complainant unnecessarily, issuing him false and frivolous notices of recovery and preparing sales case against him on false and frivolous grounds, thus causing him mental agony and financial losses,” said the forum comprising president Ashok Kumar Jain and members Sarita Jain and SP Singh.

“Therefore, we allow the complaint of the complainant and direct the federation to treat the amount of loan advanced to the complainant on January 9, 1987 to be Rs 22,500 and to recalculate the amount repayable by the complainant or refunded to the complainant as the case may be, by treating the rate of interest (simple) at current rate, 10 per cent per annum, thereon,” directed the forum.

“The amount already recovered from the complainant to the tune of Rs 53,000 should also be taken into consideration and accordingly after recalculating the amount in the manner directed by us, if the complainant is found to have paid the amount of loan in excess, then the excess amount paid by him be refunded to him forthwith and in case it is found that the complainant has paid less amount, then the Housing Federation is at liberty to recover the same,” the forum stated.

Panchkula, September 3
In the Simran murder case, District and Sessions Judge Manjit Singh today framed murder charges against her ex-lover Tanmay. The police had recently filed a chargesheet against Tanmay in the Panchkula district court. Simran was a student of International Institute of Fashion Design and was staying in Sector 15 here.

Tanmay, the accused, had reached Simran’s residence on April 30 in Panchkula, where he found her in the company of three youths whom he did not know, the police said. After they left, Tanmay started questioning the victim about the youths, sources said.

In a fit of rage, he allegedly attacked her and hit her head against the bathroom wall and subsequently strangulated her, the sources added. Later, he allegedly dumped her body in a vacant plot near Lidhran village on the Jalandhar-Amritsar national highway.

Tanmay then surrendered before the Panchkula police on the night of May 13.

Simran, who belonged to Amritsar, had been living in Sector 15 from 2010. In 2004, she married Karan, but got divorced on April 26 this year. Cops had found Simran's car abandoned in the Sector 16 market, Panchkula, on May 1. They came to know about her Amritsar address from the documents that were found in the car.

It was on her father’s complaint that the Panchkula police had lodged a missing person’s complaint at the Sector 15 police post in Panchkula. But after recovering her body, cops had converted the missing complaint into a murder case and registered a case against her ex-husband Karan Mehra and her close friend, Tanmay, under Sections 302 (murder), 364 (kidnapping) and 201 (causing disappearance of evidence of offence) of the IPC. But during investigations, the police gave a clean chit to Karan Mehra.

Panchkula, September 3
Sahil Puri, an accused in the Panchkula gangrape case, filed a regular bail application in the district court here. A 15-year-old student of Class X of a private school in Panchkula was allegedly kidnapped and gangraped by two youths in June.

Now, on the bail application of Puri the court has deferred the hearing for September 6. On the complaint of the victim’s family, the Panchkula Police on June 28 had arrested Sahil Puri, a resident of Sector 2 and a mechanical engineering student in a Baddi-based private university, and Marshal Arora of NAC Mani Majra and a BA student of a private college in Chandigarh.

An FIR has been lodged under Section 363 (kidnapping), 366 (kidnapping, abducting or inducing woman to compel her marriage) and 376-G (gangrape) against both the accused in the Sector 5 police station.

The father of the victim said the accused were known to his son and often used to visit their house. He said on June 26 he had gone out for some work and when he returned his daughter was missing. He said after looking for her for some time, he informed the police and soon the two accused threw her near the gate and fled in a car.

As the girl was in a semi-conscious state they could not get any information from her. He said her daughter narrated the whole incident to them on June 27 and thereafter they lodged a complaint with the Sector 5 police station.

Chandigarh, September 3
With the arrest of three persons, the police claimed to have cracked a case of robbery that took place in Mani Majra on August 30. A shopkeeper was robbed of Rs 70, 000 and four mobiles by the accused at his shop.

DSP (East) JS Khera said Ajit Pal Singh, a resident of Sector 9, Panchkula, who runs a spare parts shop was robbed by Surinder Singh, a resident of Razipur village, Jitender, a resident of Madawala village, and Gurjant Singh, a resident of Gobindgarh.

The DSP said at 10 pm on August 30, the accused arrived at the complainant’s shop with a knife and a toy pistol. The three then started abusing him and snatched Rs 70, 000 from him. “The accused while fleeing from the spot managed to take away four mobile phones.” the DSP said.

The police said on receiving a tip-off that all three accused were coming towards DT Mall from Panchkula, it laid a special naka near IT park light point and nabbed the trio.

A case under Sections 397 and 34 IPC was already registered at the Mani Majra police station. Meanwhile, an inquiry has been initiated by the police. 

Chandigarh, September 3
Twentyfour-year-old Babi, a lab attendant, committed suicide by consuming some poisonous substance at a park in Sector 46 on Thursday.

The police said Babi, who was employed with a pharmaceutical company, called up his parents after consuming the poison. It said the deceased wrote a suicide note in which he had held his manager responsible for his death. A case under Section 174 CrPc was registered. — TNS

Mohali, September 3
Two persons, including a girl, were killed and two others injured when their SUV collided with a truck parked on the wrong side of the highway near Dau village late last night.

The deceased were identified as Harsimranjit Singh (25) and Ashlin Luthur (23), both residents of Ludhiana.

The investigating officer stated that the incident took place around 3 am when they were travelling to Ludhiana from Chandigarh. When they reached near the bus stand at Dau village, the car driver failed to notice the truck parked on the wrong side of the highway and rammed into it.

The officer added that the victims were taken to the PGI, Chandigarh, where Harsimranjit Singh and Ashlin were declared dead on arrival by doctors. The bodies of the deceased were handed over to their families after conducting the postmortem, the officer said.

Chandigarh, September 3
New Public School, Sector 18 (NPS-18), defeated St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, to lift the title of Sub-Junior State Basketball Championship being held at New Public School here today.

In the final match, NPS overcame the rivals by 44-36. After leading 14-10 in the half time, Amit (18 points) and Harjeet (16 points) guided the team to victory. For the opposing team, Kunal contributed 18 points and Stanjin attained 12 points to reduce the margin. GHKMPS-38 team attained the third place in the competition.

In the girls’ category, GNPS-36 lifted the cup after the team got the better of St Kabir School, Sector 26, by 38-11. Sukhman (12 points) and Amanjot (11 points) contributed the most in the team’s victory, while GGSSS-20 attained the third place after defeating St Joseph School, Sector 44, by 28-06.

Chandigarh, September 3
An 11-member men’s boxing team will participate in the 2nd Sub-Junior National Boxing Championship to be held at Shillong (Meghalaya) from September 5 to 10.

Aman (40 kg), Karambir (30 kg), Rahul (36 kg), Vipin (34 kg), Shankar (48 kg), Vishvadeep (40 kg), Mansoor (44 kg), Lalit (46 kg) and Soubhag (50 kg) will participate in the competition. Sohan Singh and Lalit Singh are appointed as the coach and manager of the team, respectively.

Chandigarh, September 3
The Chandigarh Billiards and Snooker Association will organise the 6-Red National Snooker Championship from September 17 to 27 here.

According to Mukesh Bassi, general secretary of the association, the tournament will witness top players participating in the 10-day competition.

The interested players can submit their entries to officials of the Chandigarh Billiards and Snooker Association before September 5.

Chandigarh, September 3
Himal Gusain of SD College, Sector 32, and Arunima Goyal of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, won the Chandigarh Boys and Girls (U-19) Chess Championship being held at St Xavier’s School, Sector 44, here today.

In the boys’ category, Himal Gusain won the top laurel, while Jaskeerat Singh of DPS-40 secured the second position. Sachleen Singh of St Kabir School, Sector 26, and Sahil Bhatia attained the third and fourth position, respectively.

In the girls’ category, Arunima won the top position, while Simranjeet Kaur of Saupin’s School, Sector 32, and Kashish Kaushal of Sacred Heart School, Sector 26, finished second and third, respectively. Tarini Goyal of Sacred Heart School finished third in the event.

Points: Boys: 6 points-Gusain Himal; 5 points- Jaskeerat Singh, Sachleen Singh; 4.5 points-Sahil Bhatia, Amartya Bhattacharya; 4 points-Anubhav Tuknayat, Nagpal Tejas, Anmol, Vatsal, Rishab; 3½ points-Lakshay Bhatia, Hritik, Ishaan Singh, Prateek; 3 points-Devendra Maurya, Akshay Verma, Mayank Verma, Gagandeep Singh, Sanchit, Jashan Singh, Pratyaksh, Anahat, Aditya Bedi, Gurang Aggarwal; 2 points-Jaspreet Singh, Jayesh Vij, Akshit, Nikhlesh Sood, Yash Ajmani, Gursahib Singh, Pritish Bhatt, Ravikant; 1½ points-Saksham, Manik Grover, Yashaswi; zero point-Manvir Singh.

Girls: 3 points-Goyal Arunima; 2½ points- Simranjeet Kaur; 2 points-Kashish Kaushal; 1½ points-Tarini Goyal; 1 point-Kaushal Tanya, Shivika Jain, Arshjot Kaur, Kanika.

Chandigarh, September 3
Charvi Saxena got the better of Raahat Manrai in the final match of the girls’ under-16 category of the Manav Mangal AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls (U-16) being held at Manav Mangal School, Panchkula, today.

In the title clash, Charvi defeated Raahat by 6-2, 6-0, while in the final of boys’ doubles category, the duo of Prabhsimran and Ankush overcame Rahul and Barun by 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 to clinch the title.

Earlier in the semifinals, Rahul and Barun defeated Santbir and Sachit by 1-4, 4-0, 4-2, while Prabhsimran and Ankush beat Abhijeet and Ishaan by 4-0, 4-0.