Bajaj said girls’ version not true: cops

Arrested in an attempt to murder case,police officials said Ranjit Bajaj had admitted to this contention during his remand period.

Earlier,the two girls,who were present at Hotel North Park at the time of the incident,had claimed that it was after Bedi used objectionable language against them,that Bajaj intervened.

“During his remand period,Bajaj confessed that the scuffle between him and Bedi was not due to any offensive language used by Bedi. The scuffle started began after Bajaj’s car was about to run over Bedi’s feet. Also during investigation,he has confessed that he took the pistol from his private gunman,Malkhan Singh,and not only pointed towards Bedi,but also pressed the trigger but it misfired,” said investigation officer (IO) Inspector Om Prakash (Detective staff).

He added that the police department filed its reply in court on the basis of Bajaj’s confession during the hearing of his bail application,the next hearing of which is on Saturday.

While the Panchkula police recently arrested gunman Malkhan Singh and also recovered the weapon used in the crime,the police is still on a lookout for Bajaj’s second gunman Mahender Singh.

Breather for Bajaj in brawl case
Meanwhile,Ranjit Bajaj got a breather from a Gurgaon court after he was granted bail in a brawl case. The Gurgaon police had issued non-bailable warrants on March 7 against the son of former IAS couple in a four-year-old case. In December 2006,cricketer Yuvraj Singh,his mother Shabnam,Bollywood actor Kim Sharma,cricketer Ritender Singh Sodhi and Ranjit Bajaj were booked after a brawl at Yuvraj’s DLF City residence in Gurgaon.

Two acquitted in cheating case
CHANDIGARH: The Court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Gian Chand Garg today acquitted two persons in a cheating case by accepting their appeal against a lower court order. Pawan Kumar Gupta and Sanjeev Kumar were exonerated of the charges in a case dating back to 1995.
The two were earlier convicted by a lower court in 2005 which has sentenced them to rigorous imprisonment for a year.
It was alleged that the two had forged documents while applying for post of a pharmacist with the Punjab Pharmacy Council.
A complaint was registered by the Registrar,Punjab Pharmacy Council,that the two students had applied on the basis of a diploma certificate issued by the Karnataka State Pharmacy Council. After receipt of their application,the complainant wrote to the Karnataka Pharmacy Council for issuance of no-objection certificates. They,however,responded saying that the applicants were bogus and the certificates were not issued by the council. Pawan and Sanjeev were then booked in a cheating case and convicted by the Judicial Magistrate in 2005.
While appealing against the order,advocate Harish
Bhardawaj stated that the two students were victims of a conspiracy as they were issued fake certificates. The court accepted the plea today and acquitted them.

Two convicted in drug haul case
CHANDIGARH: The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Raj Shekhar Atri convicted two persons today for their involvement in a drug haul case. Paramjit (27) and Harpreet Singh (25) were convicted under various sections of the NDPS Act. The quantum of sentence will be announced tomorrow. The two were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau in October 2007 with two kg heroin. Their co-accused,Sukhwinder Singh,is absconding since then and has been declared a proclaimed offender in the case. The NCB had nabbed the Jalandhar residents from Sector 43 ISBT,while they were carrying heroin worth Rs two crore in the international market.
The convicts had come in a bus from Jalandhar and were waiting to deliver the contraband to a Nigerian national when they were arrested. The accused then told the investigating officers that Sukhwinder alias Sukha from Jalandhar gave them the contraband.
Tainted NCB Director Saji Mohan headed the team at the time of their arrest. Mohan was arrested in January 2009 by the ATS Mumbai with a large quantity of heroin. Following inputs by the ATS,the NCB Chandigarh had also booked Mohan in a case of pilferage of drugs in the same year. The heroin recovered was later tallied for its content amid allegations of drug pilferage by Mohan. In this particular case,however,the possibility of pilferage was ruled out.

Statements recorded in molestation case against librarian
In the alleged molestation case against the librarian of Government College,Sector 1,city magistrate Ritu Chaudhary recorded the statements of both parties involved on Friday. The police claimed that the youth who was allegedly with the girl at the time her I-card was taken by the librarian has been also been questioned.
The parents of a BA (first year) student had manhandled the librarian after the girl alleged he had molested her. Principal of the college,R C Goyal said: “While various administration and police level inquiries are on,the feedback I have got from my staff is that the entire story has been fabricated by the girl.”