Chandigarh: A Sector 42 resident was allegedly duped of Rs50 lakh by two fraudsters on the pretext of investing in insurance policies. Complainant Prem Singh of Attawa village reported that the suspects called him on his mobile phone and cheated him of around Rs50 lakh in the name of insurance policies. The police have registered a case at the Sector 36 police station. TNS

Woman’s modesty outraged, man held

Chandigarh: A Faidan resident has been arrested for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman. The complainant alleged that Balkar Singh allegedly entered her house and abused her on July 16. He also damaged her household items. The police have registered a case under Sections 452, 354 and 427 of the IPC at Sector 31 police station. TNS

Club flouts DM’s order, 2 booked

Chandigarh: The UT police have registered a case after a club, Terminal-7, in Sector 7 was found open beyond the permissible time in violation of the District Magistrate's order. The police have booked Avtar Singh and Subham under section 188 of the IPC. TNS

Man nabbed with charas

Chandigarh: A resident of Sector 21 has been arrested by the crime branch of the UT police with 1.50 kg of charas. He has been identified as Raj Kumar, alias Summy (52). He was arrested near the petrol pump in Sector 21. The police have registered a case under the NDPS Act. TNS

Vaccination camps held

Chandigarh: A vaccination camp for those in the 18 plus age group was held at Lions VTC centre in Sector 30 on Sunday. A total of 91 persons were vaccinated among whom 55 received their first dose. A free dental and sugar check-up camp was also held alongside, said Lion Baldev Narang. Meanwhile, Rotary Club, Chandigarh Central, organised a free vaccination camp at Kishangarh village in collaboration with the UT National Health Mission. A total of 450 persons were vaccinated. TNS

DSOI management panel re-elected

Chandigarh: Major-Gen DJ Singh (retd) has been reelected vice-chairman of the Defence Services Officer's Institute, Sector 36, here. The institute's chairman is a senior serving officer nominated by the Headquarters, Western Command. All other sitting members of the management committee, who are retired officers, have also been re-elected. They include Capt Himmat Singh (finance), Col Rajeev Arora (housing and development), Col Jaswinder Singh (sports, entertainment and library), Lt Col NS Sihota (bar, screening and appointment) and Major RS Virk (catering and general services). TNS

Office-bearers of Rifle Assn

Chandigarh: Rajiv Atma Ram was elected president by the executive committee of the Chandigarh Rifle Association (CRA) on Sunday. The other office-bearers are Subhjot Singh Chadda, general secretary; Shalesh Sarwaria, treasure; Vijay Pal Singh, senior vice-president; Iqbal S Dhillon, Parminder Singh, Bhai Gurinder Singh and DK Tayal, all vice-presidents. Mainash Jain (joint secretary), Waheguru Singh, Amandeep Kansal, Ram Sarup, Sandeep Sarai, Bhomik Sharma, Prashant Dutt, Jaswinder S Dekhi, Navjot Sidhu, Holinder Kumar (executive members), Bhagwant S Rair (vice-president, administration), PS Gill (patron), PS Mangat and BC Gupta (coordinators) were also

elected. TNS