Youth held with banned vials

Mohali: A 22-year-old youth was nabbed from near his house while possessing 50 banned injections. The suspect has been identified as Rocky, a resident of Sector 38. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act has been registered at the Sector 39 police station. TNS

Woman loses Rs18K in online fraud

Chandigarh: A woman was duped of around Rs18,000 by a fraudster while she was trying to book a room at a hotel. Complainant Jatinder Kaur of Ludhiana came to Chandigarh and started searching for a hotel in Sector 34 online. She spoke to a person on phone regarding hotel booking. The suspect sent her photographs of rooms and asked her to deposit Rs5,000 to a bank account. She transferred the money in a bank account. The suspect again made her transfer Rs2,999 to the bank account. The complainant then decided to cancel the booking and sought refund. The fraudster asked the complainant to follow few steps for refund. As a result, another amount of Rs10,098 got debited from her account. The complainant checked with the hotel and found that she has been duped by some fraudster. She submitted a complaint with the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell of the UT police. TNS

Man booked on cheating charge

Chandigarh: An Amritsar resident has been booked for cheating a fruit and vegetable trader of Rs2.93 lakh. Complainant Bhupinder Singh of Sector 26 alleged that he had placed an order of 6,000 coconuts with Manjeet Singh. The complainant made a payment of Rs2.93 lakh in July this year. However, the suspect failed to deliver coconuts and also didn’t return the money. TNS

510 students awarded degrees

Ropar: A total of 510 students, who passed out after completing their PhD, MTech, MS (Research), MSc, BTech and BTech-MTech dual degree, got their degrees during the 10th annual convocation held virtually on Thursday. Hero Enterprises chairman SK Munal was the chief guest, IIT-Ropar director Rajiv Ahuja presented the annual report. Harshit Malik of Computer Science and Engineering got the President Gold Medal and Bhawna of Computer Science and Engineering was awarded the Director Gold Medal. The first prize for Sunny Oberoi Best MTech Thesis Award was given to Azmeera Harshith Kumar (Electrical Engineering). TNS