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Chhota Rajan escapes filmi style

BANGKOK, Nov 24 (PTI) — Mumbai underworld don Chhota Rajan today escaped from the hospital room, where he was being treated for gun shot wounds he received in an attack in September, using knotted bedsheets, the police here said.

The don, who was being treated in the hospital while being under provisional arrest, is believed to have escaped between 1 am and 5 am, they said.

Rajan used bedsheets to escape from the fourth floor of the hospital, said police Lieut Colonel Worachart Rojchan without giving further details.

Truckers’ strike on Monday
Tribune News Service

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 — Truckers in the Capital will go on a day’s token strike on November 27 to protest against notices issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to them about sealing their premises.

The Delhi Goods Transporters United Front said if the MCD did not revoke its notices, then the transporters would go on an indefinite nationwide strike.

This decision was taken by the All India Transporters Association after failure of talks with the authorities concerned.