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Son, mother shot dead by bandits
Satta racket busted, Rs 7 lakh in stakes
Wife in the dock for violence, remarriage
Two killed in Noida boiler explosion
Probe sought into toilet ‘scam’ worth crores
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HC refuses to hear half-baked PIL on phone towers
Court orders police to file FIR
Eviction of polluting units ordered
delhi digest
SGSC demands ‘Swaran Mandir Rail’ to Amritsar
Guest houses make Noida admn poorer by Rs 15 cr
Insurance cover for students in MCD-run schools
IIPM seminar on corporate excellence
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Son, mother shot dead by bandits
Ghaziabad, September 26 The assailants fled after the double murder which, the police said, had been committed due to old enmity. The villagers were so agitated that they did not allow the police to even remove the bodies till Ghaziabad’s SP rural
B.K. Shekhar reached and assured them that the police would arrest the culprits soon. Deepak Tyagi, son of Amarnath Tyagi, who lives in the village with his family, was sitting at his grocery shop when six armed bandits shot him dead. A little later, the assailants shot his mother, Mrs Baleshwari Devi, who was answering the call of nature in the fields, in a hail of bullets. Hafizpur police had reached the spot, but had to face the wrath of the villagers at the double murder in the village early in the morning, so much so that the villagers did not allow them to remove the bodies. SP rural B K Shekhar said there was an old enmity between Amarnath Tyagi and the other party. The police have been deployed on the spot in view of the panic and tension in the village.
Robbers slit youth’s throat
Modi Nagar (Ghaziabad), September 26 They bundled the inmates into a room and allegedly decamped with valuables after breaking open the almirahs. The loot happened at 2 am on Saturday night in the house of Shiv Kumar Malik and the intruders had been in the house for about an hour. As the intruders came down from the first floor, they were confronted by Amit, a nephew of Shiv Kumar, who tried to grapple with them. The bandits slit his throat with a sharp-edged weapon. The police were informed by the neighbours in the morning. According to SO Modinagar, Dharmender Chauhan, “No loot had taken place in the house and not a pin is missing from the house. This is the result of some family dispute or some old enmity,” said the police. However, the people in the locality are reported to be quite concerned about the ‘unhelpful’ attitude of the police.
Girl loses eyesight; doctor to be booked
Noida, September 26 A six-year-old girl had reportedly lost her eyesight due to the wrong treatment by this doctor. According to Dr M.P. Singh, he has ordered Dy. CMO Dr R.C. Gaur to file an FIR against the doctor and send its copy each to the DM and the SSP. The CMO had also held a meeting with all health officers and supervisors of the district to finalise arrangements for the coming pulse polio campaign. He stressed the need to avoid past mistakes. Transit camps will be set up during the campaign. This time, the camps will be set up at all bus stands and other such places. This time the staff will be on duty from 8 am to 10 pm and each team will include a woman worker also, Dr Singh said.
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Satta racket busted, Rs 7 lakh in stakes
New Delhi, September 26 The police said that the arrested persons had placed bets on the ICC cricket match between England and the West Indies. The police had seized computers, recorders, mobile phones and one colour television during the raid. One Ram Kapoor, the kingpin of the racket, was operating the satta racket with the help of hi-tech equipment. The police have also seized a note pad, which showed that an amount of Rs 7.05 lakh was at stake at the time of the raid. During the investigation, the police found that a number of big businessmen of the area were also involved in the betting racket; they, too, were operating through this gang. The police are trying to ascertain the names of the businessmen involved in the racket. According to the DCP, East Delhi, Nuzhat Hassan, “When we received a tip-off regarding the racket on September 25, we sent a decoy customer to strike a deal on the ongoing match between England and the West Indies. As soon as the accused accepted the token amount, the police party raided the place and arrested all the accused.” The police have registered cases under different sections of the IPC against the accused in the Farsh Bazaar police station.
Guard stabbed to death in CP
In a shocking incident, a security guard, identified as Ranjit, was killed by a fellow security guard after an altercation. According to the police, the victim and the accused, identified as Umesh, were working as guards in the Kanchanjunga building in Connaught Place. Last night, they were involved in an altercation after consuming liquor. In a fit of rage, Umesh picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed Ranjit to death. Ranjit was taken to the RML Hospital, where he was declared brought dead. The police have arrested Umesh and are investigating into the case. The police said that Umesh was a native of Utter Pradesh.
Four held for
auto thefts
With the arrest of four persons allegedly involved in auto-thefts, the Delhi Police claim to have solved more than four such cases. The persons arrested have been identified as Sunil, alias Thodi, Neeraj, alias Dus Numberi, Prakash Yadav and Pramod. The police have seized three motorcycles, one Maruti car, one country-made revolver and five live cartridges from their possession. A case has been registered in the Timarpur police station. The police said that the car was stolen from the Naraina police station area.
114 kg of ganja seized
The Delhi Police have arrested a person for possessing 114 kg of ganja. He was arrested in the Timar Pur area in North district. The person arrested has been identified as Sushil Agnihotri, a resident of
Sultanpuri.
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Wife in the dock for violence, remarriage
Faridabad, September 26 The woman has been charged with remarrying without getting a divorce, beating up her husband and threatening him with dire consequences. The complainant has stated in the report that he was thrashed by his in-laws, who reside in Sonepat town. The man said that he had gone to his in-laws’ house to bring his wife back after she had left his house a few months ago. He claimed that he had gone to Sonepat several times to get the matter settled and take his wife back, but had to return without success. He stated that when he came to know recently that his wife, identified as Parveen, had been married to some other person residing at Gannuar town of the Sonepat district, he went to his in-laws’ house and sought an explanation. However, instead of getting a satisfactory response, his in-laws beat him up and threatened him with dire consequences, if he visited their house again, the man claimed. According to Satyawan, he was married to Parveen in January 1996. He said he had a filed a criminal complaint regarding the ‘illegal’ remarriage of his wife. The police have registered a case under Sections 494, 323, 506 and 120-B of the IPC against Satyawan’s wife, his father in-law and five others. No arrest has been made so far in this regard.
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Two killed in Noida boiler explosion
Noida, September 26 It had taken the firebrigade more than an hour to control the blaze. Subsequently, the firebrigade personnel left while the bodies of two workers were still on the factory premises of Peerless Corporation at I-8, Special Economic Zone, Phase-II till night. After rushing the injured to a hospital, the factory management had put a lock on the gate and made itself unavailable. It was only when the relatives of the deceased had informed the police that the bodies were taken out by breaking the factory locks. One of the seriously injured workers had been rushed to Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital while three were treated at a local private nursing home. The S.O. with the police force rushed to the factory and found the two bodies after breaking open the factory locks. A large number of protesting workers had collected at the factory gate. The charred bodies, identified as those of Mahadev and Raju, have been sent for an autopsy. According to police, workers were in the factory at the time of boiler burst at 4.25 pm. The firetenders had gone back after putting off the blaze. The owners had rushed the injured to hospital and put a lock on the factory. The injured included Sanjeev Kumar, Om Prakash, Sikander and Mohan Kumar. The police are trying to locate the proprietors.
Colony sealed for evading stamp duty
Dadri (Noida), September 26 Putting a padlock on the main gate of the colony has created a panic among the allottees living there. The SDM said a coloniser, Devinder Chauhan, had built Hindon Vihar Colony, in Barola village during 2002. About 40 houses had been built and some families have been living there.
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Probe sought into toilet ‘scam’ worth crores
New Delhi, September 26 Addressing a press conference here, the President of the ‘Bhrashtachar Bachao Aandolan’, Mr Bajrang Singh Tanwar, said the NDMC had awarded several contracts to a private firm to construct toilets in various parts of the Capital without calling for any tenders or charging any licence fee. The places where these toilets had been constructed included the Connaught Place, the Janpath crossing, the GPO roundabout and the Super Bazar, Mr Tanwar said, adding that this was in total violation of all principles of commercial transaction of any government department. Under pressure from certain influential sections, the NDMC had called for open tender for 30 extra toilets in 2003. However, the firm, in connivance with NDMC officers, got the tender cancelled so that nobody could be allotted this contract. Finally, the right to build the toilets in different parts of the city was allotted to the same firm free of cost. He said the NDMC had recently given the contract to the same company to build two toilet complexes at the Zakir Hussain Marg near the Golf Links and the Safdarjung Hospital crossing again without inviting any tenders. Mr Tanwar urged the Home Minister to take prompt action into the matter so as to prevent financial irregularities.
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HC refuses to hear half-baked PIL on phone towers
New Delhi, September 26 The people living around mobile phone towers may suffer from diseases like cancer and report decrease in fertility levels, the PIL contended. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice B. C. Patel and Justice B. D. Ahmed, however, declined to entertain the petition on the ground that the petitioner had not done enough research on the issue. The petition, filed by advocate A. K. Biswas, quoted various recent scientific studies and researches in developed countries that said radio frequency radiation could cause diseases like cancer, sleep disorder, affect the memory and immune system, impair the nervous system, harm eyes and damage DNA, besides increase infertility. Such 24-hour pollution caused biological damage, especially among children and the old, who have low immunity levels, it added. Erecting mobile phone masts and towers was an extension of industry and such commercial activity should not be allowed in residential areas, it further said. Besides violating the building by-laws, such towers also put extra load on the structures they stand on, which in most cases were not designed to take such load, it added. Mobile towers not only spoil the aesthetics of the buildings they were constructed on but were also a threat to nearby buildings and passers-by, the petition claimed. It alleged that civic and police agencies had failed to check the nuisance.
Leisure boating at
Sanjay Lake
New Delhi, September 26
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Court orders police to file FIR
Gurgaon, September 26 Around 15 years ago, the society purchased 47.5 acres of land, but had a dispute for some land with Ansal Properties Limited as Ansal had also purchased the land for its Sushant Lok residential complex. Afterwards, the society tied up with Essel Towers for 38 acres of land to construct flats for their members after giving major parts of land to the Essel Towers company. Retired Director R.S. Rosha mentioned in the court that Ansal Properties Limited gave 10 plots, total measuring 3,600 square yard to the society for the settlement of disputed land. The total land was transferred to The Indian Airlines Pilots Coop House Building Society in 1999, duly registered with the revenue department of the state government. Capt Rosha alleged that Capt D S Giarre, president, Capt R N Singh, vice-president, Capt A S Malli,
secretary, Capt Anil Kaul, Mr J N Bhardwaj, Capt V K Mehta and Capt B K Kukreja (all managing committee members) and Mr Brij Lal Arora, accountant of the society sold two plots out of the ten plots (given by Ansal to the society) without the approval of the members of the general body for their personal gains, thereby causing wrongful loss to the members of society and gain to themselves. As per the revenue records of tehsildar, district administration, these two plots were sold for Rs 34 lakh to two separate parties for Rs 18 lakh and Rs 16 lakh in 2000. What was most intriguing in the whole episode was that there was no entry in the records of these two sold-out plots in the society’s account, alleged the retired Director of Indian Airlines in the court.
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Eviction of polluting units ordered
Faridabad, September 26 Jawahar Colony is one of the largest residential colonies in the state with a population of about two lakhs, with a mix-up of both residential and industrial units. Nearly the same is the story in colonies like Dabua, SGM Nagar, Gandhi Colony, Nangla Enclave, Sanjay Colony, in the NIT, Chawla Colony, Adarsh Nagar, Prem Nagar, Tigaon Road, Mohna Road and Rajiv Colony in Ballabhgarh and many of the colonies of the Old Faridabad areas. In some of the areas, the number of factories or workshops has outnumbered the number of residential units, and in some of the pockets, the percentage of such units has gone up to 70 per cent. The Faridabad Small Industrial Association (FSIA) admits that about 8,000 to 10,000 units were located in the non-conforming zones of the city and the association had been raising the demand of regularising these areas, but the authorities concerned had not been showing much interest in taking any such step. This, it is stated, had resulted in slum-like conditions in the majority of the areas, with the residents crying for basic amenities like water, power roads and proper sewerage system. They have also been seeking segregation of the residential pockets from the industrial ones and demanding that the mixing of these zones be not allowed as the pollution problem had become quite serious in many areas. The FSIA has also raised the demand of creating new industrial sectors having small-sized plots and the change in the rules regarding the Change of Land Use (CLU), so that the bigger units which had gone sick or stopped production could sold their industrial plots in fragmented sizes to those who wanted to set up a small unit. Unfortunately many of the polluting industrial units that were driven out of Delhi in the past few years, due to strict pollution norms, have shifted to Faridabad and now are causing pollution here. It is reported that many of these units have shifted to Sector-27, DLF and nearby areas and have been releasing pollutants either in the sewer lines or in nearby Gurgaon canal, leading to heavy pollution of the water meant for irrigation. As the sewer lines in the DLF and Sector-27 have been have been too small and remain choked throughout the year, the released polluted water comes out in open on the surface, leading to foul smell and seeping into the ground slowly.
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delhi digest Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 26 The walk was flagged off at the Shanti Van today by Minister of Finance and Urban Development, Dr A. K. Walia, who walked up to the Veer Bhoomi and back. It was pointed out that world over 300 million adults and 22 million children under the age of five are obese, posing a risk to their health. Earlier, the walkers gathered for an interactive session with noted heart surgeon, Dr O. P. Yadav. A free blood sugar and blood pressure monitoring camp was also organised. Dr Walia also addressed the gathering and spoke on the benefits of giving up smoking and junk food. He stressed the need for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Blood donation camp
The Lions Club of East district is organising a blood donation camp on September 28 at the Shri Ganesh Pandal, Laxmi Nagar. The local MLA, Mr Naseeb Singh, and the president of Human Rights Committee, Mr Nirmal Shah, would also be present.
Call to rename Dwarka hospital
A delegation led by Mr Sajjan Kumar, Member of Parliament, called on Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Health Minister Dr Yoganand Shastri to demand that the proposed 500-bed hospital in Dwarka be named after Ms Indira Gandhi. The delegation also demanded that the construction of the hospital should commence on the birth anniversary of Ms Indira Gandhi on November 19. Mr Kumar was accompanied by Mahabal Mishra, MLA, and others.
Pollution check
The Uppal Orchid - Delhi’s first five-star deluxe Ecotel business hotel, organised a free pollution check camp on NH-8 today. The initiative was taken during a special drive launched by the enforcement wing of the Transport Department. All the customers drove into the Ford service station and were given free pollution check. During this initiative, around 800 vehicles got their pollution checked.
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SGSC demands ‘Swaran Mandir Rail’ to Amritsar
New Delhi, September 26 At the two-day annual meeting of its Delhi state unit, which concluded here yesterday, the Shiromani Gurdwara Sewadar Committee, under the presidentship of Darshan Singh, said the old Akali leaders in Punjab had become obsolete and unable to lead the Sikh community with the changing times. The members lauded the traditional high standard, and values of Sikh leaders like Bawa Kharak Singh, Jathedar Darshan Singh Pheruman, Master Tara Singh, Hukam Singh, Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra and many others. The Sewadar Committee has demanded that the government start a ‘Swaran Mandir Rail Service’ to Amritsar from all state Capitals. The meeting also paid glowing tributes to late Jathedar Gurcharan Singh Tohra on his birth anniversary and described him as a champion and pioneer of Sikh struggle against injustice and a dedicated Sewadar of the Sikh Sangat.
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Guest houses make Noida admn poorer by Rs 15 cr
Noida, September 26 These include about 36 guest houses which are still functioning. The authority had offered that the allotments of those buildings where commercial activities have stopped would be restored without insisting on restoration charges. To oblige some of the owners of the guest houses, a departmental official is reported to have included the names of 36 guest houses which continue to be defaulters. Each of them still owes the authority a charge ranging from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh. Thus, some 117 allottees are the beneficiaries while the authority has lost revenue up to Rs 15 crore. The official who had been asked to inquire into the matter is reported to have submitted a false report. In some half-a-dozen sectors, a clause of option to change the land use had been added, unknown to many allottees.
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Insurance cover for students in MCD-run schools
New Delhi, September 26 The insurance will cover only accidental deaths and serious accidents. The policy is for accidental deaths, loss of two limbs or one limb or one eye. For hundred per cent permanent disability, the cover is worth Rs 25, 000; and for the loss of limb or eye, it is Rs 12,500. The policy will provide for reimbursement of medical expenses incurred by a student in a recognised nursing home or hospital for an injury sustained in an accident during the insurance period; this will be subject to a ceiling of Rs 500.
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IIPM seminar on corporate excellence
New Delhi, September 26 Corporate chiefs from various Indian and multinational organisations like QAI India Ltd Vertex India Pvt Ltd, Tata Telecom, etc were present to address a strong gathering of over 300 students and faculties of IIPM. Mr Navyug Mohnot, CEO, QAI India Ltd, gave a detailed presentation on `Random Thoughts on greatness’. Also present for the seminar was Mr Sanjay Diwan, Director - Enterprise Solutions, Tata Telecom. He laid a road map for the future entrepreneurs and managers with his topic on ‘Customer Responsiveness route for the journey from Good to Great’. According to Mr Rakesh Malhotra, Chairman of the Seminar Committee, “Through this seminar, IIPM aims to understand and analyse the importance of the shift from being a Good organisation to a great one”.
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L-G inspects IP Extension colonies
New Delhi, September 26
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