New Delhi, December 18
The police today found the body of a 16-year-old girl, who went missing two days back, from a flat in Dwarka here. The victim has been identified as Juhee Jha, a resident of DDA flat no.-1481 at Vikas Nagar in west Delhi.

The police has arrested her friend Om Yadav who is the son of a property dealer. Jha's body was recovered from Sector 16 of Dwarka this morning.

The victim went missing on Thursday after she left home for her institute in Naraina.

A student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, the victim was preparing for medical entrance tests.

According to the girl's family members, after she went missing, they tried to lodge a complaint, but were turned away by several police stations.

"We went to the Uttam Nagar police station, but the policemen refused to file a complaint, saying that the area was not under their jurisdiction and told us to go to the Janak Puri police station. At the Janak Puri police station, we were told to go to the Vikas Puri police station. They were reluctant to file an FIR," said Navneet Jha, victim's brother.

Meanwhile, the police has registered a case of murder and has sent the body for postmortem.

"The motive behind the crime cannot be ascertained at this stage. We are investigating the matter," said a senior police officer.

New Delhi, December 18
A 27-year-old married woman died yesterday when a firearm went off accidentally during a tonsorial (mundan) ceremony in the Najafgarh area, the police said today.

The victim has been identified as Amita Dahiya, a resident of Najafgarh. The incident took place around 9.45 pm at 12/6, Shiv Mandir lane, New Road, Sangpura, Najafgarh.

Shots were being fired in air to celebrate the occasion when a bullet accidentally hit Dahiya's left ear. She was reportedly dancing with family members when the bullet hit her. She was rushed to the Lifeline Hospital where doctors declared her brought dead.

Though her in-laws claim that it was an accident, Dahiya's maternal family alleges the shooting was planned by the in-laws who wanted to get rid of her.

"Dahiya was not happy with her husband. Her in-laws used to harass her for not bringing dowry. This incident is not an accident, but a well-planned conspiracy to eliminate her," said the victim's family.

Meanwhile, the police has registered a case of murder under various sections of the Indian Penal Code against Anil Dagar (28), a cousin of Dahiya's husband.

"We are investigating the matter and efforts are being made to nab the accused," said a senior police official.

The gun used to fire the shot is yet to be seized. The police suspects that the accused escaped with it just after the incident.

Dahiya's father-in-law is a sub-inspector in the office of the joint-commissioner of police.

Survived by a four year-old son and a one-year-old daughter, Dahiya used to work as a nurse with the Girdhari Lal Hospital.

However, denying all reports of marital discord, the victim's husband, Sushil Dahiya, says that he was not present at the spot when the incident took place. He also denies having any problem with his wife and says that they had a happy married life.

New Delhi, December 18
The Delhi police has suspended three cops over allegations that Sunlight police station officials had brutally beaten up an 18-year-old boy on November 10, causing him serious injuries from which he is still recovering.

The suspended cops are sub-inspector Rambir Singh Tomar, head constable Fateh Khan and constable Anil Pande, but SHO B.K. Yadav, who was accused by the victim and his family of being behind his alleged illegal detention and torture at the police station, has been spared.

However, South East District's Additional DCP, O.P.Mishra, insisted that Salim was never picked up and tortured and the cops have been suspended for failing to handle the case in a professional manner. Mishra admitted that there were some lapses in handling the case.

Salim's father Hanif Mohammad expressed anger at the police action and claims, and said senior officials were protecting Yadav and hushing up the facts. The suspended officials have been made scapegoats and the SHO was behind the torture, he said.

"It's a miscarriage of justice. First, they denied all the allegations and refused to take any action. They started moving only after we went to the media. But they are apparently hiding the truth and trying to save their face," he said.

Mishra said Salim sustained the injuries, which his family say were caused by police torture, after he was assaulted by three persons. "He was admitted to the RML Hospital. His mother told the doctors that he sustained injuries while playing with his friends. Doctors informed us later when they came to know of the assault on him," he said.

Hanif said they were afraid of the police and kept mum initially.

"My son studies and I thought it would jeopardize his career," said Hanif, who runs a salon.

Salim had remained unconscious for days and could not speak for several days.

The family had alleged that he was picked up by cops on allegations of mobile theft and hung upside down and beaten up.

New Delhi, December 18
The Delhi police special cell has arrested two persons for allegedly supplying arms to local criminals, the police said today.

The accused have been identified as Md Hashim, alias Malik (52), and Md Sagir (32). With their arrest, the police claims to have busted an arms manufacturing racket. Factories containing illegal arms have been unearthed in Ghaziabad and Delhi.

The arrests were made, after investigation was taken up on information about illegal manufacturing of arms and their sale in Delhi and NCR areas. On December 16, the accused were apprehended near East Vinod Nagar while they were going to supply arms to criminals.

A .315-bore pistol with five live cartridges and .32 revolver with six cartridges were seized from them. They told the police that they had shifted to Delhi a year ago and had rented a shop in East Vinod Nagar. At the back portion of the shop, they were clandestinely making arms by assembling various parts during night. One .315-bore pistol that was ready to be delivered was seized from the shop's premises. Besides, a large quantity of components used in assembling .315 pistols were also seized, said a police official.

The accused told the police that the average selling price of those weapons was Rs 1,50,000. The price could further be jacked up by them keeping in mind the urgency the criminal showed at the time of procuring the weapon.

The accused have been booked under various sections of the Arms Act and the NDPS Act.

New Delhi, December 18
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a man for allegedly grabbing vacant or unattended properties of those who reside in other cities or abroad, the police said today.

The accused has been identified as Surender Gahlot, a resident of Mitraon village. With his arrest, the anti-land and building racket section of EOW has claimed to have busted a gang of land grabbers who on the basis of forged documents cheated people.

His arrest was made after investigation was taken up on the complaint of one Ritu Tibarewal, who, in her complaint, stated that her 1000-sq yard plot in west Delhi's Mundaka, worth crores of rupees, was grabbed by someone using forged documents.

Tibarewal had purchased the land in 1987. After purchasing the plot she got married and settled in Kolkata. The plot was lying vacant and she had deputed a caretaker, Binod Kumar, to look after it. Kumar used to visit the land on regular intervals, said a senior police official.

"During one of his visits, he noticed that some people were raising a boundary wall at the plot. Further, through Kumar, Tibarewal also came to know that her land had been 'sold' to Gahlot through two persons, Murti Devi and Satender Singh, who were introduced as her attorneys, said K.K. Vyas, deputy commissioner of police (EOW).

On investigation, it was learnt that Gahlot along with Satender Singh of Badana village, Sonipat, had prepared forged documents of Tibarewal's land.

The documents showed that Tibarewal had given a power of attorney to Murti Devi, an illiterate woman, in 2000. Then, in 2001, Devi executed the power of attorney in favour of Singh. Singh then executed a sale deed in favour of Gahlot in 2007.

The signatures of Tibarewal and the switnesses on the power of attorney were found to be forged. It also came to light that Devi had died on July 18, 2007, three months before the sale deed was executed. Her family too confirmed that she never sold a property.

During interrogation, the accused said they used to target unattended properties whose owners were not residing in Delhi.

Meanwhile, the police has said Singh, who is absconding, had been previously involved in cases of murder, possession of illegal arms, extortion and forgery.

New Delhi, December 18
The Delhi police has arrested a sub-inspector of Haryana Police for allegedly being part of a human trafficking racket, the police said today.

The accused has been identified as Nirmal Singh, an SI posted with Armed Police.

On December 8, a man Gurlal Singh was apprehended at IGI Airport when he intended to board a flight for Tehran with Tazakistan visa.

It was found that the passport had been tampered with and the security thread changed.

A case was registered and investigation taken up. During the course of investigation, the passenger revealed that the present visa had been procured through an agent Nirmal Singh for Rs 7 lakh.

At his instance, Singh, who is serving as SI with Haryana Armed Police and residing at Police Colony Madhuban, Karnal, Haryana, was arrested.

"Singh has been working as an agent dealing in human trafficking in connivance with one Delhi-based agent. He used to facilitate visa to passengers who wanted to go abroad," said R A Sanjeev, Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI).

On sustained interrogation, Singh confessed to be working as an agent dealing in human trafficking.

In the present case, there was one cancelled visa on the passport of the passenger.

The page containing the visa was removed after removing the original stitching of the passport and present visa of Tazakistan was applied, said a senior police official.

New Delhi, December 18
The BJP today said that right from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leaders were not aware of India’s ground realities, which was why India was a problematic country even after 63 years of independence.

Delhi BJP president Vijendra Gupta said that by saying that Hindus were terrorists Rahul Gandhi had insulted the most peaceful, tolerant and prudent society of the world. The reality is that Gandhi has no knowledge of India, its culture and society. It is regrettable that the Congress projects such a person as the future Prime Minister. The leakage of talks between Gandhi and the American ambassador shows that he has no knowledge about the Indian culture.

Gandhi's statement against the Hindu forces shows that he is politically "immature and has a communal mindset". The truth is that Hindus cannot be terrorists. The world history is a witness to the fact that India has suffered slavery of 1,000 years, because the people here did not like bloodshed.

Today, when the developed countries of the world seek friendship from India, the parochial remark of the young leader of the ruling party will adversely affect the country's image, Gupta said.

New Delhi, December 18
Security arrangements at Burari are so tight that media persons were not allowed to enter the main section where party workers are addressed by senior leaders. Their entry was limited to press room only.

Even securitymen did not listen to leaders of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee who favoured the entry of media into the main section.

The Delhi finance minister also tried for media entry, but in vain. He was told by the securitymen that there was nothing for the media today.

Two vehicles full of journalists were taken to Burari by the AICC, but they were not allowed to enter the main section.

The AICC has installed 100 computers in the press section, but today the computer room was open only for 30 minutes. When journalists objected, an attendant said that he had been directed by his senior to close the computer room.

Even Delhi social welfare minister Mangat Ram Singhal said that there was nothing for the media today. The facilities for them would be used from tomorrow when all the senior leaders would be present and party workers would reach in thousands to listen to the speeches of Sonia Gandhi and other leaders.

Noida, December 18
The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to launch an agitation against scams in Uttar Pradesh.

According to former UP minister and BJP leader Nawab Singh Nagar, there was rampant corruption in the state. The BJP G.B. Nagar unit has decided to focus on corruption in this district, which Nagar claimed could be many times bigger than G-2 scam or the Commonwealth Games scams, which have rocked the country lately.

Farmers and the common citizens are the main sufferers of this highhandedness of the state government. Up to 1996, Nagar said, there were 5,000 farmers whose land had been acquired for development, but who were denied allotment of residential plots.

In Abadi land, it is again the farming community which has suffered most.

Nagar alleged that lately the entire land in Noida has been allotted to big builders who fleece the middle class. They fix exorbitant rate for the sale of land as well as the prices of apartments.

He said a scam of about Rs 3,000 crore must have taken place making the state government and development authorities suffer huge revenue losses. There has been alarming reduction in rates of land for builders who are allowed to raise them later.

New Delhi, December 18
A city court has asked the Delhi police to update its investigating skills and modernise the ways it uses to tackle crime, while questioning its existing crime-fighting mechanism.

Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann expressed anguish over the inadequate investigative skills of the police, while sentencing a man to 10-year jail for possessing charas.

Bhoop Singh was convicted of carrying 2.5 kg charas. The court also slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him.

The judge said that the police could not arrest anyone except Singh. It could not even seize more drugs.

The judge said that Singh had made statements about the involvement of more people and the police had failed in cracking the network of drug traffickers.

Criminals were becoming hi-tech and using innovative ways to carry out crimes, the court said, adding that they were no longer restricted to using traditional methods. The need of the hour was that the investigative agencies built their capacity to tackle the challenges imposed by the criminals, so that the rule of law was established, it said.

It said that offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) was serious and had far-reaching consequences on society. It said that Singh could have been a carrier in an organised network of drug trafficking.

Gt Noida, December 18
Divisional commissioner, Meerut, Anurag Srivastava today launched biometric system in G.B. Nagar collectorate which will ensure attendance of schoolteachers in 630 government and government-aided schools in the district where midday meals scheme for schoolchildren was being implemented.

Under this scheme, district magistrate Deepak Agarwal said 47 vehicles are ferrying midday meals to the schools. Biometric system will be installed in these vehicles and it has been made mandatory for all the schoolteachers, whose salary was being paid by the state government. The system costs Rs 7,000 - Rs 8,000 and can be maintained at Rs 100 each for one year.

The divisional commissioner said this system will curb the tendency of absenteeism which is rampant in schools. The system will be implemented in tehisil office and collectorate in which entries and departures of staff could be logged.

Srivastava said this scheme could be implemented in other government offices also.