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Chandigarh: A woman on Friday alleged that her eleven-year daughter was assaulted by Harinder Singh,a resident of Sector 22-D. The accused has been arrested and a case has been registered under section 354 of IPC and 8-A of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act 2012 in Police Station,Sector 17. According to the complainant,the accused assaulted and tried to outrage the modesty of the girl around 4.30 pm in his house in Sector 22.

Woman alleges her vanity number sold cheap to minister’s wife

Mohali: A Mohali resident has sent a legal notice to District Transport Officer (DTO) Karan Singh,asking him to withdraw the issuance of a vanity number to Surjit Kaur,wife of Education Minister Sikander Singh Maluka for an amount of Rs 10,000,failing which,she has stated that she will move court.

The complainant,Varinderjit Kaur,has alleged that the DTO issued the vanity number purchased by her (Kaur) in an auction last August to Maluka’s wife,without notifying her. Kaur claims to have purchased the vanity number (PB 65 R 0007) for Rs 2.2 lakh for her Mercedes. This number,Kaur alleges,has been re-issued to Maluka’s wife on August 8 for mere Rs 10,000.

According to the DTO,the issuance of the number to Kaur was cancelled as she had failed to pay the road tax for her vehicle,a claim which she has contested.

When contacted,Karan Singh said he had withdrawn the number in January due to the non-payment of the road tax by Kaur,and alleged that the tax has still not been paid. “There are dozens of other examples where people buy expensive vehicles but fail to pay the road tax. In such a case,we withdraw the number and allot it on a first-come first-serve basis,” he said.

Man held for murder of 26-year-old

Chandigarh: The Chandigarh Police on Saturday arrested a man for the murder of a 26-year-old youth,whose body was found near Kishangarh three days ago. The accused, Jagpal Singh alias Jaggi,has been remanded to three days police custody.

According to the police,Jaggi stoned the victim,Deepak,to death suspecting that he was having an illicit relationship with his sister-in-law. An accomplice of Jaggi,Rakesh Kumar,is still at large.

“The accused has confessed that he murdered Deepak as he was suspecting that Deepak had illicit relations with his sister-in-law” said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP),East,Vijay Kumar.

Deepak’s badly mutilated body was found in a forest area from Kishangarh side to Bapu Dham colony Sector 26 last Friday. Deepak’s body was identified with the help of the mobile forensic team. He was a resident of Phase 1,Bapu Dham colony and worked for a wholesale dealer of match boxes. His parents identified his body from the posters that police had put up in the city. They told the police that they suspected their neighbour Jagpal Singh (Jaggi) had murdered their son and that they had last seen Deepak with him.