New Delhi, July 28
In a bizarre incident, a teen has been arrested for allegedly committing two murders and 40 armed snatchings and robberies after being inspired from Bollywood movie Gangster that starring Shiney Ahuja.

The accused has been identified as Vasu Sharma, 19, a resident of Bhalaswa village in the Jahangirpuri police station area.

Sharma, alias Bunty, was nabbed around 9 pm yesterday from Salvage Park, Mayapuri, where he had come to meet his accomplices to commit a crime.

The police seized a loaded revolver and four cartridges from him.

He along with his three accomplices allegedly murdered Bheem Singh, a businessman on July 19. He was arrested after the police began investigating the murder a week ago.

On interrogation, Sharma revealed that his father passed away when he was very young. After his death, he along with his mother started running a dairy. But he, a school dropout, got into bad company and started committing petty robberies.

During this period, he watched Hindi film Gangster and got inspired by the hero of the film and decided to become a don.

He was first arrested twice in murder cases, but managed to come out of jail because of his age. He wanted to terrorise people as a dreaded criminal. He also used to indulge in petty quarrels and scuffle in the neighborhood, a senior police official said.

New Delhi, July 28
Amidst concerns of missing the deadline of August 31, the Delhi health department has received a pat from the inspection team of the Commonwealth Games Federation, which expressed satisfaction after reviewing the health arrangements at the CWG’s designated health facility, G B Pant Hospital, today.

Before the arrival of the Federation team, the CWG in-charge of GBP Hospital, Dr Rajiv Sagar, said that the hospital’s preparedness has already been evident since the test events have begun and during the course, it has attended to nearly six injured athletes.

During the review visit, Delhi health minister Kiran Walia apprised the delegation, headed by the chairperson of medical commission of the Federation, Dr M. Jegathesan, about the other three designated hospitals RML Hospital, Jai Prakash Narain Apex Trauma Centre and AIIMS, which have been assigned the task of providing definitive care to athletes, delegates and their families.

All the designated hospitals would have a secure ward, emergency areas and 30 beds which have been identified to cater to injured athletes.

“Hospitals have been asked to upgrade their standard with facilities of emergency and ICUs along with ensuring that adequate arrangements for safety, security, isolation and privacy protocol are made. Enough stock of medicines has also been available for medication,” said the minister after the review visit.

A polyclinic with 10 observation beds at Games Village would be operational round the clock covered by two ALS ambulances at the various stadia and training venues. Also, there would be first-aid posts for spectators at venues and at Pragati Maidan, she added.

The delegation was also informed that the procurement of medical equipment has been completed and mock drills are being organised to make sure that the city health set-up is ready to meet any eventuality.

In view of the monsoon making the environment conducive for dengue and malaria, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has been asked to intensify its fogging exercise in all stadia during the games.

To ensure that the athletes and delegates have a happy stay during the fortnight-long event, the Pest Control of India has been instructed to keep the places of stay—rooms in hotels and guesthouses free from rodents and lizards. 

Noida, July 28
The residents of Sector 82, Kendriya Vihar, have been facing water crisis for the last two weeks as the area is getting just half of the quantity of water supply.

M.L. Kak, a resident, said, "In the last three days, I had to buy bottled water and shell out ` 300."

Another resident Ranjan Bhuyan said, "In the last fortnight, I had to spend ` 800 on procuring canned water. The society was not able to provide enough water. Moreover, the quality of water has also deteriorated in the last one week."

Society office manager Sunil Kumar Nahar said, "We have underground reservoir having capacity of 20 lakh liters. For the last two weeks, we have been getting just 10 lakh litre water supply daily."

Jai Prakash, authority pump operator, said, "We have three tubewell borings at the pumping site. The underground water is mixed with the Ganga water here and then it is supplied to Sector 82, including Kendriya Vihar. We have one additional tubewell boring at Kendriya Vihar near duplex apartments which supplies water to Kendriya Vihar only."

He added, "For the last one week, we have not been getting the Ganga water. Moreover, the pump motor at KV boring was burnt. Three motors were burnt here in one month. Long power cuts have also affected the supply. Though we have diesel generating sets, we are told not to use them during the power cuts. This has affected the supply at Kendriya Vihar.

Society president Krishan Murari Rai said, "We had asked permission for tubewell boring so that we could have alternative source of supply, but the authority has not granted permission."

He added, "There are 2,275 apartments at the complex. We have paid `26.90 lakh annual water charges in advance to the authority and still not getting enough water."

Authority project engineer B.D.Pandey said, "Motors are being repaired and we are taking measures to provide enough water."

New Delhi, July 28
The Delhi police today contested before a Delhi court the charge levelled by politbureau member of the banned outfit Communist Party of India (Maoist) Kobad Ghandy that "the investigators had fabricated his disclosure statement by obtaining his signatures on blank sheets".

Ghandy, 63, has alleged that taking advantage of his ill health, the sleuths fabricated his disclosure statement and forced him sign on blank sheets.

The Delhi police's special cell filed a reply before the additional sessions judge R.K. Gauba claiming that Ghandy's allegations were false.

The prosecution submitted that Ghandy never made any such complaint earlier when he appeared before a separate court a number of times after his disclosure statement was taken on record on October 8 last year.

Levelling the charge, Ghandy had said, "I never gave any disclosure statement to the special cell or to any other agency. That statement is a false document fabricated by the special cell."

In the application, the Maoist leader has alleged that the police picked him up from Delhi on September 17 but obtained his first disclosure statement on September 21.

However, the special cell claimed that Ghandy was arrested on September 20 on input from the Andhra Pradesh police and was not picked up.

The court, after taking on record the reply of the police, has asked Ghandy to file his rejoinder to the contention of the investigators.

The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on August 31.

The Delhi police had on February 19 filed a chargesheet against Ghandy, accusing him of being involved in anti-national activities and being an active member of Maoist outfits operating across the country.

He has been booked under sections 419, 420, 468, 474 and 120(b) of the IPC and also under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

In the 789-page chargesheet, Ghandy has disclosed that he is an active central committee member (CCM) of CPI (M).

Ghandy had also been quizzed by the West Bengal police in connection with a criminal case registered against him in West Midnapore district in 2008.

New Delhi, July 28
The Delhi government today said that it is not satisfied with the progress of the Yamuna Sports Complex and it may exceed its August 31 deadline.

Delhi finance minister A.K. Walia reviewed the work of the sports complex and said that the pace of the work is not satisfactory. The complex is one of the important venues of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) after the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

"We are not satisfied with the progress of work in some of the stadiums. The construction agencies are claiming that all the works will be completed before the deadline, but we are doubtful," Walia said.

A total of 14 stadiums are being developed to host the mega event, but the work on some of them is yet to be completed.

Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit had also threatened to blacklist contractors if they failed to complete the work by August 31.

"The agencies concerned are told to complete all the works related to the event by August 31. We are facing various difficulties. We all have to put in a lot of hard work," said Walia.

The Barapullah Nalla elevated road project as well as various streetscaping projects are also running behind schedule. The elevated road between Sarai Kale Khan and the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of the event, is being built to provide uninterrupted traffic flow from the Games Village near Akshardham temple to the stadium.

Meanwhile, the BJP today said that it will support the UPA government in making the Games a successful event, but slammed the Delhi government for the delay in the projects.

"The Games were announced in 2003. The government has not done anything in the past so many years. Even the Congress ministers after visiting the sites have expressed their displeasure over the delay in several projects," regretted Vijender Gupta, president, Delhi BJP.

New Delhi, July 28
Demanding reservation in government jobs for their community, thousands of Jats from the national Capital and neighbouring states today held a protest at the Jantar Mantar and threatened to disrupt the Commonwealth Games if their demand was not met.

According to information, two delegations of the community elders also tried to meet UPA president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

According to the Delhi police, there were minor disruptions in the traffic in some parts of central and New Delhi districts, but the police managed to check the protestors.

"Some of them tried to storm the Commonwealth Games office which is just across the Jantar Mantar. However, we managed to stop them from crossing the road towards the office. They shouted slogans, but could not do anything else," said a police official from the New Delhi district.

According to rough estimates, more than 10,000 people gathered at the Jantar Mantar this afternoon and a large number of police and several companies of paramilitary forces kept a check on their movement.

The protest was held under the aegis of Jat Mahasabha, which has been spearheading the protest for several years. The Jat leaders threatened to disrupt the Games if their community was not provided reservation.

"Jats live in the 200-km radius of Delhi and from petrol to vegetables, everything that comes to Delhi passes via our fields and houses. If our demand is not met, we would not only disrupt the supply of essential goods to the Capital, but also disrupt the Commonwealth Games," said one leader while addressing the protestors.

They tried to march towards the 10 Janpath, residence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, but the police stopped them.

"We allowed two delegations of senior Jat leaders to go to 10 Janpath and 7 Race Course Road. I have no idea whether they met Sonia," said a police official, adding that the PM's secretary met the delegation. 

Gurgaon, July 28
Ragging victim Aman Kachroo's father, Dr Rajender Kachroo, a resident of Sector 23 here, has expressed happiness over the cancellation of bail granted to the students accused of ragging his son.

"I am personally very happy and the message is loud and clear. The state as well as the judiciary have emphatically conveyed that crime, in any guise, will not be tolerated. This is a good day for Aman Movement's mission for eradication of ragging and for those of us who have faith in the system. It is reassuring. The Himachal Pradesh High Court in Shimla has also ordered that trial in this matter be finished without further delay. Neither the prosecution nor the defence will get adjournments. Also, we did not have to appeal. The correction was initiated by the judiciary through a suo motu cognisance. And the correction has been made successfully," he said today.

The Himachal Pradesh police had arrested the four accused seniors, namely Ajay Kumar (an intern), Naveen Verma, Abhinav Verma and Mukul Sharma (second-year students of the college) and registered a case under Sections 302, 506 and 342 of the IPC and Section 3 of the Anti-Ragging Ordinance against them. The accused were in judicial custody before being granted bail on July 18 this year.

Ninteen-year-old Aman was a first year student of medicine at Dr Rajender Prasad Medical College at Tanda in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. Aman was allegedly brutally beaten up during ragging and succumbed to his injuries.

According to the post-mortem report, Aman died because of a cardiac arrest. "He was ashamed and humiliated because of the ragging, according to his friends," said Dr Rajender Kachroo. The report also highlighted several internal and external injuries. "Subjected to constant beating, Aman had a perforation in his left ear drum…" according to the report.

Dr Kachroo, who constituted the Aman Satya Kachroo Trust after the death of his son, also launched a concerted campaign to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in future.

New Delhi, July 28
A Delhi court today granted bail to a woman accused of forging the order sheet and signature of a judge hearing a case against her estranged husband.

Accepting the plea of the accused, Madhulika Rastogi, district and sessions judge S.P. Garg granted bail to her, saying that she was no more required for investigation.

The court also directed her to furnish a personal and surety bond of ` 40,000 each.

Rastogi, a pilot, was in jail since her arrest on July 14. She is fighting a matrimonial case against her husband, Ashish Rastogi.

Madhulika has been accused of forging the signature and order sheet of metropolitan magistrate Veena Rani who is hearing the case lodged by her to claim maintenance from Ashish.

After noticing the fake signature on the order sheet, the magistrate lodged a complaint with the additional chief metropolitan magistrate Kiran Bansal, who, on February 1, asked the Delhi police to lodge an FIR against Madhulika.

Earlier, a magisterial court had declined bail to Rastogi, saying that the alleged offence was grave.

Rastogi was earlier questioned for a day by the Delhi police in its custody.

Ghaziabad, July 28
A police constable posted at Pilakhuwa has been suspended on the charge of sexual exploitation and an enquiry has been ordered against him.

The complaint was made by a woman in Shahid Nagar, Mona (name changed).

Mona in her complaint to the SSP said that around two years ago a case was registered against her in Sahibabad. During the course of investigation, the constable used to visit her house on the pretext of helping her. But, one day, the constable raped her at gunpoint and threatened her not to tell anybody otherwise he would implicate her in another case, Mona said.

She further stated that she changed her house thrice, but the constable managed to trace her and sexually exploit her.

One day, she complained against the constable to his wife.

After that, he did not come to her for a week. But on July 11, the constable allegedly kidnapped her and took her to a hotel and raped her several times. Next day, she was freed.

The constable told her that this was her punishment for meeting his wife. The constable warned her not to lodge an FIR otherwise he would kill her.

"I have suspended the constable and ordered an enquiry. The circle officer has been directed to submit the enquiry report within a week," said Raghubir Lal. 

New Delhi, July 28
The crime branch of the Delhi police has unearthed a gang of robbers operating in an autorickshaw.

The cops have arrested four persons who allegedly used to rob people after drugging them.

The accused, identified as Faiyaz (25), Abrar (22), Sabir (27) and Alam (27), were arrested yesterday from near Sarai Kale Khan where they were looking for their next victim.

According to the police, Faiyaz owned an autorickshaw and the gang used to look for victims, mostly single passengers, at bus stops and railway stations.

"After giving lift to people in their autorickshaw the accused used to befriend them. They would then offer them soft drinks laced with sedatives. They took away all luggage and valuables after the victim fell unconscious," said the police. 

New Delhi, July 28
With the arrest of three persons, the Delhi police has busted a gang of criminals allegedly involved in the circulation of fake currency notes in Delhi and the national capital region, the police said today

The accused have been identified as Surender Singh, alias Master (25), Shiv Kumar Giri (26) and Jaiprakash (22).

Their arrests were made after the police learnt that some persons dealing in the circulation of fake currency would assemble at Millennium Park bus stop, Sarai Kale Khan on July 26.

A trap was laid and the accused were nabbed around 6:30 pm.

The accused have admitted their involvement in the sale and purchase of fake currency notes at different places in Delhi and Ghaziabad.

"The supplier of fake notes, Surender Singh, used to call customers at railway stations and ISBTs. He always used to change the time and the place at the eleventh hour to evade arrest," said a senior police official investigating the case.

The police has seized fake notes in the denomination of ` 100 and ` 20, amounting to ` 52,960; a Hero Honda Passion bike and three mobile phones.