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Death sentence for slaying siblings, stepmother
Man killed, body burnt on club premises
Two shot dead on way to court in Ghaziabad
‘Healthy India’ is new NSUI mantra
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Good news for tipplers
LEGAL CORNER
Bone and joint camp held in Noida
DLF Citi to have its own Kanchi temple
Liquor meant for voters seized, four held
FIR filed against three in boiler blast case
Prostitution racket in massage parlour busted
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Death sentence for slaying siblings, stepmother
New Delhi, September 27 Additional Sessions Judge Amar Nath, in his
judgment, termed the murder as a “rarest of rare” case, and sentenced Atvir’s accomplice Ashok to life imprisonment. Atvir’s father Jaswant Singh had two wives, Sheela and Chandra. Atvir, a resident of Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh, was against his father staying with his stepmother in Mukherjee Nagar in the Capital. Meanwhile, Atvir had developed some property dispute with his father and blamed his stepmother for instigating his father against him, the police said. On January 22, 1996, Atvir visited the house of his stepmother Sheela along with his friend Ashok. He was involved in an altercation with Sheila and her children, identified as Manish and Sunita, over some property matter. In a fit of rage,
Atvir and Ashok attacked the family. Sheela and Manish died on the spot. Sunita in her dying declaration held Atvir responsible for the gruesome murders, the police said. Later, the police nabbed Atvir and Ashok.
Two get life term for killing elderly couple
A Delhi court today sentenced a domestic help and his associate to life imprisonment for killing an elderly couple in Model Town and robbing them of money and other valuables four years ago. Additional Sessions Judge O. P. Saini also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 each on Amar Bahadur Thapa, a resident of Janakpur in Nepal, and Raju Chakravorthy, a resident of Midnapur in West Bengal, who killed Bhagat Singh and Ranjit Kaur on December 22, 2000, before fleeing with the money and jewellery kept for their grand-daughter’s marriage. The police said the duo were apprehended soon after the incident near the Kamla Nehru Ridge in Delhi University North Campus area while they were on way to the railway station with the loot. They broke down during questioning by the police patrol party and confessed to having committed the murder. According to the police, Thapa, who had worked for the family, hatched a conspiracy with Raju and killed the couple after midnight when the other members of the family were sleeping in their rooms. Later, they decamped with Rs 2,43,400 in cash, jewellery and other valuables that the couple had kept with them.
Railway guard goes missing
New Delhi, September 27 Before he went missing, the guard told the police that some people had tried to kill him. However, when the police sent him for a medical examination, it was found that the injuries on his body were self-inflicted. During interrogation, he confessed that he had taken a loan of Rs six lakh from a person. According to the police, the guard had tried to commit suicide as he was unable to return the money.
— TNS
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Man killed, body burnt on club premises
Meerut September 27 The preliminary investigation revealed that the man was first murdered, his head and private parts were then cut off and the body was burnt. And this was done on the lawns of the house of Alok
Abastha, a retired Navy official who is presently the secretary of Wheler Club. He resides in a house in the club complex. A considerable panic gripped the whole cantonment as the news of the sensational murder flashed in the city. After the incident, senior police officials rushed to the spot. Several journalists also reached. Initially, secretary of
Wheeler Club Alok Abastha protested against the journalists, telling them not to cover the incident. Alok Abastha even threatened the journalists with dire consequence who were covering the incident, including that of The Tribune. According to the Circle Officer, Sadar area, Mr Sanjeev
Vajpayee, the man was murdered inside the house of the secretary of Wheler Club at least three days ago. After the murder, his limbs were disposed of and the place where the body was burnt also covered by putting debris on the site. A dog squad was pressed into service to solve the case. Both the dogs of RVC gave the lead inside the Wheler Club. The police said that the area is highly secured and it was an insider work. The Army version was not available.
In-laws poison woman, cremate body on the sly
Noida, September 27 The father of the woman has filed an FIR against eight persons. No arrest has been made so far. Prasadi Lal of Jarara village of Aligarh has filed a report in Rabupura police station that he had married his daughter Santosh four years ago to Harkishan, son of Nathi Singh, village Kherli Bhav in
Rabupura. But a few days after the marriage, Santosh’s in-laws had started ill-treating her up for more
dowry. Prasadi Lal said he had given Rs 10,000 to the in-laws of her daughter recently, but they were insisting on Rs 50,000 plus a colour TV set. On September 6, someone informed him on phone that his daughter had been poisoned to death by her in-laws and had cremated her
also. Prasadi Lal has named Santosh’s husband Harkishan, his father
Nathi, mother Bhagwatti Devi, sisters Dharuwati and Satyawatti. The police are looking for the accused.
Noida girl abducted in full view of public
A young girl was abducted by two car-borne criminals from near Mother Dairy booth in Sector-39 Noida in full view of public at about 7 pm yesterday. Later, the bandits are reported to have dropped her near Mayur Vihar area of Delhi. By the time the Noida police ordered a vehicle check, the criminals had reportedly gone beyond Noida. SO, police station Sector-39, Jagveer Singh said that the daughter of a doctor in A Block of Sector-39 was walking to the Mother Dairy booth when a Santro car blocked her way. Two youths came out, and after a little chat, forced her into the car in full view of the public and sped
away. — OC
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Two shot dead on way to court in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, September 27 The four were on their way to court in Ghaziabad in a white Maruti car. The police had recovered a local revolver and empties of the cartridges from the scene of crime. In this old dispute over land, three persons had lost their lives in the past also. Those killed today included Sunder, whose father and brother had been killed in this very feud, and Omi. Sunder was going to Ghaziabad court for a
hearing in the case this morning along with his companions when the assailants sprayed the car with bullets. Police Circle Officer, Loni, Sanjay Kumar and SO Loni police station, had rushed to the spot where people had placed the body in the middle of the road and jammed traffic. S.P. City Umesh Kumar Srivastava, SDM Sadar Rajesh Prakash and Circle Officer border Dinesh Kumar somehow managed to assuage the feelings of the people, clamouring for the arrest of the assailants. The double murder took place at about 9 am today. Jeetu and Jaikaran of
village Milk are having an old enmity over some land. Omi, Sunder, Anil and Kalu were going in a white Maruti car to Ghaziabad courts, when at Khajuri Pushta, the car was waved to a halt by a youth. As soon as it stopped, some criminals, who lay in wait, rained bullets on the occupants of the car. Sunder who tried to run to safety, was felled as he reached a ditch by a roadside. Half a dozen armed assailants then fled from the scene in vehicles, parked nearby. The police had rushed the wounded Omi, Sunder and Anil to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, Shahdara. But Omi succumbed to his wounds on the way. Apart from the two, Vedpal from Jeetu side had been murdered a few months ago, and a case of murder is being heard in a Ghaziabad court. People from dozens of villages from the area had held a panchayat where oaths and affidavits were sworn, giving rise to the possibility that this bloody enmity might subside. But Jaikaran side had taken the enmity further by today’s murders. Omi, 35, belonged to Manipuri while Sunder, 35, and Vedpal are from village Milk only. His father Vedpal and brother Jeetu have already lost their lives in this bloody feud.
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‘Healthy India’ is new NSUI mantra
New Delhi, September 27 “We have been accused of showing up only during elections, we want to change that perspective as well as our own,” points out Reddy. Which means less agitation and more “concrete work”. “We have been guided by our party leader, Ms Sonia Gandhi, to shift our perspective from political to social issues,” adds National President Ashok Tanwar. And the paradigm shift entails, “setting up of self-help groups, right to information and special emphasis on health, especially in the BIMARU states, counselling students on how to earn while they learn and organising programmes of social relevance,” says Reddy. The “serious campaign”, aimed at highlighting the party’s concern for the society at large, is “an offshoot of our ideology and the right guidance,” claims NSUI spokesperson, Kuntal Krishna. Beginning with the colleges,
the NSUI, Kuntal claims, will “work towards self-realisation and not rely only on authorities or the government”. “We will organise self-help groups in all colleges for solving problems like shortage of books in the library. We can either pool in money or get the seniors to donate their old books to the library.” Tanwar adds, “There are scores of people in villages who are not aware of their rights. Even in cities some people find it hard to claim their dues. To solve these problems and create awareness about the policies of the government, we will invite volunteers to join us in the right to information forum.” Emphasis on the health of children, women and aged will be a part of the party’s campaign in the BIMARU states, “we will get doctors to help us with providing fee concessions and examining the ill who have been recommended by the NSUI block president. We will encourage the youth to help us set up a ‘healthy India’ fund wherein a corpus would be created to help in times of exigencies and also poor students who lose their lives for want of money”, explains Reddy. If cleaning the Ganga is on the agenda in Lucknow University, it is cleaning the campus in Jawaharlal Nehru University. “There will be weeklong programmes in universities like the one in JNU, to mark the birth anniversary of Gandhiji. We will have screenings of movies with a social theme, panel discussions and shram daan, where students will helps clean the campus,” says Tanwar. With emphasis being given to academic performance of aspiring party leaders, the NSUI claims, it is ushering in a change in political strategy. “To become a good student leader, you have to be a good student first,” points out Reddy.
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Infogain launches its largest global centre
Noida, September 27 Spread over 90,000 sq ft, with an investment of US$ 5 millions, the new centre with a capacity to house 1000 people, would be the key component of the company’s dual-shore delivery model, it was claimed. “We have ambitious growth plans. The new GDC is already half full, and is expected to triple in size in the next three years. In the next 12 months, we would double our staff strength from 650 to 1300 globally” said
Maj-Gen S.K.Nanda, Chairman, Infogain India Pvt Ltd. Supplemented by the new
GDC, Infogain is targeting significant business growth in America, EMEA and
APAC, by charting entry into new business domains and additional geographical regions. He said Noida, with 15,000 IT employees, has a significant presence in country’s Infogain & IT
sectors. Maj-Gen. Nanda said, “Our new Global Development Centre is yet another step towards taking India closer to the rest of the world, and bringing opportunities for people in Noida and the NCR region in the software development arena,” he added Mr Kapil
Nanda, president & CEO, said that Infogain, the customer knowledge company, develops and delivers customer asset strategies to increase tactical and strategic decision-making capabilities across the enterprise.
Infogain possesses expertise in chosen verticals of manufacturing, retail, life sciences, financial services, automotive and telecommunications.
Infogain’s solutions focused practice areas span, CRM, Bl (Business Intelligence), EAI (Enterprise Applications Integration), Business Transformation Outsourcing, Product Engineering and Application Management. The company has witnessed a dramatic growth in India, as organisations have turned to Infogain’s global dual shore delivery capability, in order to reduce costs, increased IT efficiency and enhance flexibility. Leveraging the new
GDC, Infogain is growing its presence in the Americas, EMEA, and PAC, which would provide critical client-facing relationship management and project management for all Infogain engagements.
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Good news for tipplers
New Delhi, September 27 The decision allowing liquor to flow after midnight came in today after the Delhi Cabinet approved these moves at a meeting held here. Finance Minister A. K. Walia said the extended hours will come into effect very soon. The government has already permitted shops to remain open till 11 pm. This apart, the government has also decided to constitute a committee with Dr Walia and Transport Minister Haroon Yusuf as its members to try to find an alternative to the setting up of an abattoir in Ghaziabad.
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IMD chief gets anticipatory bail in sexual assault case
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 27 The court has also directed Srivastava to cooperate with police in its investigation. Justice B. N. Chaturvedi granted interim bail to Srivastava after his counsel Nishikant Pandey and former Additional Solicitor General K. K. Sood pointed out that Srivastava had been cooperating with the investigators while he was out on bail earlier from September 2 to September 23. On September 23, the trial court had decided not to extend his bail after the complainant objected. Mr Sood said Srivastava had already been medically examined and samples of his voice and handwriting had already been taken. He alleged that the FIR, lodged on basis of “bald allegations”, had been registered only because the complainant was a woman. “All allegations made by the complainant are made up as the facts tell a different story,” he said. The complainant and Srivastava had a “consensual relation” for about 10 years. The complainant had also received “many benefits, before and after her marriage,” and now for some reasons, had chosen to level allegations against Srivastava,” Mr Sood claimed. Bharti Yadav fails to appear in court
A witness in the Nitish Katara murder case, Ms Bharti Yadav, who is also the daughter of the former Rajya Sabha MP, Mr B. P. Yadav, failed to appear in the court today. The court had given Ms Bharti, the sister of the accused in the case, a final chance to appear in the court in connection with the case and avoid the execution of a non-bailable arrest warrant. The Additional Sessions Judge, J. M. Malik, however, deferred any decision on the execution of the warrant against Ms Bharti till the receipt of a recent Delhi High Court order in the case. The matter will now come up for hearing on October 1. The High Court had refused to allow Bharti’s plea for video conferencing to record evidence and had upheld the trial court’s order to issue NBWs against her. However, the trial court has not received the copy of the order. Ms Bharti has been evading the court since she was first summoned in April last.
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Bone and joint camp held in Noida
Noida, September 27 According to Dr S.K. S. Marya, Director-Orthopaedics, Max Healthcare, “Healthy bones and flexible joints are essential, particularly for the upper age group, post-menopausal women and sedentary executives. With growing age, independence and mobility are important for maintaining self-confidence and dignity. So, people must look after their bones and joints.” Dysfunction of knee and hip joints is a common problem these days. Knee arthritis is more prevalent in India because of our habit of squatting on the ground as well as due to obesity and heredity factors.
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DLF Citi to have its own Kanchi temple
New Delhi, September 27 The Kanchi Srimatam Samasthanam has already initiated steps for taking possession of land from the HUDA authorities and construction plans are being drawn for setting up a religious, cultural, spiritual and educational centre, including a religious complex comprising a temple.
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Liquor meant for voters seized, four held
Ghaziabad, September 27 The liquor was being brought in the boot of a car. The police have arrested four persons, including two young men from Bulandshahr. The persons include one dreaded criminal named Arjun
Pandit, wanted by the Bulandshahr police in a number of cases in the area. The Kotwali police had acted on a tip-off that some people were trying to smuggle
Rajasthan-manufactured liquor in a car for distribution among the voters. The police had stopped a car near Clock Tower and Manohar Cinema in Ghaziabad and seized 24 boxes of liquor kept under the seats and in the dickey. The persons have been identified as Arjun Pandit and Rajeev of Bulandshahr and Hafiz and Zakir of Alwar in
Rajasthan. They supply liquor in Bulandshahr. The supporters of a candidate in the Ghaziabad by-elections had reportedly placed an order with them for the liquor to be given to the voters. The persons told the police that they did not know the names of the persons for whom the liquor consignment was meant. They only knew them by face. It is learnt that this particular liquor smuggler, along with some others, had earlier been arrested by the Bulandshahr police. The police are interrogating the persons. The liquor seized is worth Rs 1.25 lakh, the police said.
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FIR filed against three in boiler blast case
Noida, September 27 Apart from the two having been charred to death, four other workers had also sustained serious burn injuries as a result of a boiler burst at 2.45 pm. After the fire brigade had controlled the blaze, the proprietors and the management of the company had locked the premises while the bodies of two workers were still lying inside the premises. The factory management had, however, rushed the injured workers to the hospital. It was only when some family members and the workers had agitated in front of the factory that the police had broken the locks and the bodies of the workers, charred to death, were taken out. The badly charred workers were identified as Sehdev and Raju. On the basis of complaints by the relatives of the diseased, the police have filed cases of gross negligence against proprietor, manager and contractor of the factory under Sections 286, 204 and 201. Police Circle Officer Udey Shanker said the factory management had not informed the police three hours after the accident which showed that the management had tried to withhold information and cover up the accident.
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Prostitution racket in massage parlour busted
New Delhi, September 27 The arrested girls have been identified as Sonia, Kajal and Monika.
Ayub, the owner of the parlour, has also been arrested. According to the police, Ayub was the kingpin in the racket, who employed these girls and arranged customers for them for prices ranging between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000. The raid was conducted after the police received a tip-off that a prostitution racket was being run from ‘A-One
Parlour’ in Mahendra Park in Rani Park. Subsequently, the police sent a decoy customer, who struck a deal with Ayub for Rs 1000. Subsequently, the police team raided the parlour and nabbed the girls and
Ayub. A case has been registered in the Saraswati Vihar police station.
Ayub is a native of Murdabad, UP, and had come to the Capital three years back. Unsatisfied with the income that he earned as a barber, he had organised this racket to make easy money. Once the girls got a taste of this business, they found the temptation of making easy money difficult to resist, the police said.
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