24122024-CT-01.qxd 12/24/2024 12:07 AM Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune HARMAN ON MISSION: SKIPPER SETS EYES ON HIL CROWN FIRST EVER CONVOCATION OF PU DENTAL INSTITUTE HELD JINGLE BELLS TO THE BEAT OF DHOL, PAHADI NATI, LANGAR Harmanpreet has now embarked on a new mission: securing the HIL title for Soorma Hockey Club. P2 Degrees conferred on graduates of 2006-2018 batch at the Law Auditorium on the campus. P2 Come X-mas and the oldest churches in the region become melting pot of eastern and western sensibilities. P4 » » /THETRIBUNECHD FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Were leaving birthday party when assailants opened fire in parking lot, killing them on spot CHANDIGARH Exhibition Nature’s Bliss: By artists Prem Kapoor and Vijay Bakshi, on till December 24 (5 pm), Govt Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, from 11 am to 7 pm Hemant Utsav: By Pracheen Kala Kendra, from December 27 to 29, 6 pm, ML Koser Indoor Auditorium, Sector 35-B. Rang Parampara 2024: Seven-day theatre festival, Mini Auditorium, Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, from December 25, 6:30 pm APNI MANDI Chandigarh: Sectors 29, 56 and Dhanas Panchkula: Sector 71 Mohali: Sector 15 Please send information about events in tricity at: whatson@tribunemail.com Tribune News Service Panchkula, December 23 A gangster, his 17-year-old nephew and a 22-year-old girl were shot dead by unidentified assailants outside a resort on the Morni road in Panchkula during the wee hours of Monday. Another girl accompanying the three escaped unhurt. Police sources said they suspected an inter-gang rivalry behind the incident. The deceased gangster, Vinit Gahlot, alias Vicky, a resident of Mitrau village, near Najafgarh, Delhi, had cases of murder, dacoity and Arms Act registered against him in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Uttar Pradesh. He was associated with the Manjeet Mahal gang active in Delhi NCR, sources in the police said. According to the FIR registered at the Pinjore police station, around three assailants opened fire at him and his group when they were about to get into their car after attending a birthday party at the resort. The other two deceased have been identified as Tirath, a resident of Najafgarh in Delhi; and Vandana, alias Nia, a resident of Uchana Kalan village in Jind. According to the sources, Police personnel stand guard at the Sultanat resort near Burjkotia village, Thapli Road, on Monday. RAVI KUMAR VINIT FACED MURDER, DACOITY CASES The SUV, in which the victims were about to sit when they were shot, at Civil Hospital. around 15 shots were fired, killing the three on the spot. The FIR filed on a complaint by Ashish, a resident of Zirakpur, further stated that the group of friends first went to a hotel in Sector 5 in separate cars to celebrate the Civic body officer suspended The Weather Department recorded 3.1 mm rainfall till 8.30 pm in Chandigarh on Monday. PRADEEP TEWARI Mercury drops 9 notches after rain Chandigarh, December 23 Light rain ahead of Christmas brought the maximum temperature down by more than 9 degrees in the city. Around 3.1 mm rainfall was recorded by the Chandigarh Meteorological department till 8.30 pm today. It was the second rainfall of the season after December 8 showers. According to the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature in the city was recorded at 13.7° Celsius, which was 6.4 degrees below normal. Compared to yesterday, there was a fall of 9.5 degrees in the average maximum temperature today, and a rise of two degrees in the average minimum tempera- ture. The minimum temperature at 9.3° Celsius was above normal by 2.3 degrees. There is a forecast of partly cloudy sky/shallow to moderate fog for tomorrow and mainly cloudy sky/shallow to moderate fog for December 25. Similar conditions will continue for the next two days. — TNS Chandigarh, December 23 Municipal Commissioner Amit Kumar today placed an executive engineer under suspension for granting unauthorised permission to Bharti Airtel Limited to set up three mobile towers on wheels at the exhibition ground in Sector 34 for Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert on December 14. The towers were to be installed temporarily for ensuring uninterrupted network during the event. Ajay Garg, the Executive Engineer, Roads, Division No 3, Municipal Corporation, allegedly granted permission on December 13 to Bharti Airtel for installing three mobile towers on a temporary basis to cover the network on December 14. The firm deposited Rs 20,000 plus GST into the MC bank account. Garg granted the permission continued on page 2 Sohana building owners sent to five-day police remand, contractor named in FIR Tribune News Service Mohali, December 23 A local court today sent the owners of the multi-storey building, which collapsed in Sohana two days ago, to a fiveday police remand. The police have nominated contractor Suresh Kumar in the FIR. Building owners Parwinder Singh and Gagandeep Singh, residents of Chao Majra, who were booked for culpable homicide, were arrested yesterday. The DSP (City-2), Harsimran Singh Bal, said, “Police teams are carrying out raids to arrest the contractor.” The collapse of the threestory building housing the “Royal Gym and Cardio” in the basement and the ground floor, and a paying guest (PG) facility on the two upper Debris being removed from the site at Sohana, Mohali, where a building collapsed on Saturday. RAVI KUMAR floors had claimed two lives. The police said digging work was being carried out by the building owners in the adjoin- ing vacant plot for construction. The structure sunk towards the area that had been dug up around 4.30 pm and eventually collapsed. Onlookers saw cracks widening in the structure and glasses shattering. continued on page 2 c m y b The Panchkula police have confirmed that one of the deceased, Vinit Gahlot, alias Vicky Mitrau, a resident of Mitrau village near Najafgarh in Delhi, was facing multiple cases of murder, dacoity and Arms Act in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Uttar Pradesh. He was associated with the Manjeet Mahal gang, which is active in the Delhi NCR, sources in the police said. birthday of their friend Rohit Bhardwaj, a resident of Zirakpur. The venue, however, was changed to Sultanate Deceased Vinit Gehlot and Vandana resort in Burjkotia, MorniThapli Road of Panchkula. “We reached there around 10.30 pm and the party went MAX 14°C | MIN 9°C YESTERDAY MAX 13.7°C | MIN 9.3°C SUNRISE WEDNESDAY 7:16 AM Gangster, 2 aides shot near P’kula resort WHAT’S ON PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET TUESDAY 5.28 PM » TUESDAY | 24 DECEMBER 2024 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST on till 2.30 pm. After the celebration, we all came out. Vicky, Vandana and Tirath were about to step into their Mahindra Scorpio when two or three unidentified persons arrived there in a car and fired indiscriminately at them. Vicky’s nephew Tirath sustained bullet injuries while trying to save his uncle,” the complainant said. The accused fled the scene right after firing the incident. The victims were taken to the Civil Hospital in Sector 6, where they were declared dead on arrival. Upon receiving information, police officials, including DCP Himadri Kaushik, DCP Crime Mukesh Kumar, ACP Crime Arvind Kamboj, reached the spot. The police have registered a case under Sections 103 (1) and 61 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 25 of the Arms Act. “As many as eight special teams have been constituted by the district police to investigate the case and CCTV footages are being scanned to nab the accused,” a police spokesperson said. The incident raises concern over late-night parties going on unchecked in the district. Bars and clubs are not allowed to stay open after 12 midnight. Youth dies as SUV rams into tree in Sec 34 Tribune News Service Chandigarh, December 23 A 19-year-old youth, Rounak, was killed and three others were injured when a speeding SUV (Thar) collided with a tree in Sector 34 last night. Rounak, a resident of Mohali, along with his friends Aryak, a Sector 21 resident; Dhanajay and Vinayak, both from Ambala, had gone for dinner at a restaurant in Sector 34. While returning, he lost control of the vehicle and rammed the SUV into a tree. The front part of the vehicle was completely damaged. Hearing the loud sound, local residents rushed to the spot and informed the police about the accident. All injured were rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared Rounak dead on arrival. The condition of Aryak, who was sitting on the front passenger seat, is said to be critical. Dhananjay and Vinayak, who were sitting behind, suffered minor injuries. The body was handed over to relatives after post-mortem. The police have registered a case and started investigation. Speeding and negligence are believed to be the main reasons for the accident, said a police officer.