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Airport officials knee-deep in boarding racket
3 lakh litres solvent used in petrol adulteration seized
Motorcycle thief shot in encounter
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Power theft worth Rs 48 cr detected in UP
Mulayam suspends nine senior officers
Panel to look into mess at Safdarjung Hospital
Ambedkar Nagar Park murder was vendetta killing
Minor’s body recovered after 13 days
Mewat residents pay rich tributes to Yaseen Khan
PM’s wife to open CRPF exhibition
Sadbhawna Sammelan from today
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Airport officials knee-deep in boarding racket
New Delhi, November 4 The accused have been identified as Jaskaran Singh, Jarnail Singh, Ishwar Singh, Bhagirath Meena, Pal Singh Thakur, Charanjeet Singh, Saurabh Kumar, Manjeet Singh and Dr. Kamal. With the arrests, it is established that some officials at the airport are abetting illegal immigration. They are running this racket with the connivance of travel agents active in different parts of the Capital and in Punjab. On September 5, a special team of immigration officials descended on the airport and arrested one person, Jaskaran Singh, who was allegedly trying to go to Canada on a fake visa and passport that was originally issued in the name of one Karandeep Sandhu. Under interrogation, the accused revealed that he had paid Rs 18 lakh to get clearance from the immigration department. He disclosed the names of the other accused also. The police disclosed that Tony and Jarnail Singh escorted Jaskaran Singh to the Delhi airport, where they met one Iswar singh, who claimed to be an immigration officer. Ishwar introduced him to Bhagirath Meena, an officer of an international airline, who promised to take Jaskaran inside the aircraft and issue him a boarding card without him checking in at the boarding counter. One Pal Singh Thakur, Security Officer of another international airline, was to hand over to him a fake temporary pass in the name of Avtar Singh. The police said that the accused had all managed to do their bit until the random checking of passengers by the immigration officers. According to a senior official, “Jaskaran Singh was apprehended just before he was about to board the aircraft.” At the instance of Jaskaran Singh, the police arrested Charanjeet Singh and Saurabh Kumar from Jalandhar, who was running a travel agency. The police also arrested their accomplices Dr. Kamal and Manjeet Singh of Jalandhar. The police sources said that the travel agents were in cahoots with officials posted at the airport. The officials make sure to ask the travel agents to send passengers travelling on fake passports the day they are on duty. For this purpose, the officials charge good money.
Two held for faking transport papers
Two persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in preparation of forged transport documents of different transport authorities in different states. The police have arrested Sunesh Kumar (53) and Dinesh Kumar (42) in this connection. The police have recovered 93 fake rubber stamps of various transport authorities, three stamp pads, 50 blank fitness certificates and 9 original, fully filled, fitness certificates from their possession. The police have also recovered 10 blank letter pads of nursing homes, four duplicate registration certificates of Haryana State and two blank driving licenses. The police said that both the accused were the residents Durga Puri in Northeast district.
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3 lakh litres solvent used in petrol adulteration seized
Ghaziabad, November 4 The police are trying to trace Pawan Singhal, the kingpin of the adulteration racket in Ghaziabad Mahanagar. The Police Circle Officer, Mr Charanjiv Nath Sinha, said, “The police had been getting information about the solvent being mixed in petroleum at a petrol pump, which affects the speed and life of engines of vehicles.” Sihani Gate police SO Ajay Kumar had raided 10, Patel Marg yesterday, and seized the solvent from M/s Rajdoot Petroleum. The raide party also recovered 68,000 litres of high-speed diesel, 20,000 litres of kerosene oil, 15,000 litres of MTO and 20,000 litres of LDO diesel from tankers and underground tanks. These chemicals were being mixed in petroleum products with the connivance of petrol pump owners; the chemical, costing Rs 10 to 15 per litre, was being sold at the rate of petrol. The police are trying to locate the petrol pumps involved in the nefarious trade. The arrested persons have been identified as Shishu Pal, Ram Ujagar, Deva Ram, Bhandari, Arjun, Satyaveer, Chanderpal, and Ramesh, Mr Sinha said.
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Motorcycle thief shot in encounter
Greater Noida, November 4 The SP, Greater Noida, Mr M. P. Singh, said Kalu s/o Fateha, a resident of Mehendipur under Rabupura police station, was coming from Delhi on Wednesday. Near the collectorate in Kasna police station area at 11 pm an Indica car intercepted the motorbike. Before Kalu could comprehend anything, three youths stepped out of the car with firearms and deprived him of Rs 6,200, his wristwatch and cell phone. The miscreants were seeing fleeing towards Noida. However, Kalu managed to informed the police. Seeing the police check post near Durga talkies, the criminals took a U- turn and started driving towards Greater Noida. But by then, SO Sher Bahadur Singh was on their trail. At that time, Alok Sharma, SO,
Kasna, was on patrol duty near Ruksar village. He prevented them from proceeding further; perforce, they turned towards Amritpur service road. At around 11 pm, the criminals’ car was cornered by police vehicles. However, the criminals, instead of surrendering, started firing at the police team. The police retaliated and one of the bandits was hit. However, his two accomplices managed to flee. The injured criminal was rushed to the hospital by the police but declared dead on arrival at Kailash Hospital. The police have recovered a revolver, cartridges and the Indica car, which has no
numberplate, the SP said. — OC
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SI caught taking bribe on tape, suspended
New Delhi, November 4 Somen Parikh, posted in Dabri Police Station of South-West district, had allegedly threatened the children of a couple accused of kidnapping a boy and demanded the money to save them from arrest, the police said. However, when he reached the house to collect the money, a TV channel allegedly caught him on camera accepting money and threatening the children. Reacting fast, senior officials suspended him and ordered an inquiry into the matter.
7-yr-RI for selling secrets to Pak
A man, who had been caught passing defence-related secret documents to two Pakistan High Commission officials in 2000, was today sentenced by a court to rigorous imprisonment for seven years. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Reena Singh Nag, found convict Kamal Pasa guilty under the Official Secrets Act and under Section 120B (Criminal Conspiracy) of IPC. On February 10, 2000, acting on a tip-off, Pasa, a native of Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was nabbed by the Special Branch of the Delhi Police near Delhi Public Library at Srinivaspuri in South Delhi while he was handing over secret documents to Pakistan High Commission officials Rana Mohammed Saghir and Mohammed Khalil. While the defence-related documents were seized from the High Commission officials, who were later expelled for activities incompatible with their official duties, cash amounting to Rs 5,000 was recovered from Pasha, the police said. The documents recovered from the Pakistan High Commission officials were marked “restricted” and included three slips containing locations of different Army units with the names of the Commanding Officers, the police said.
15-yr- RI for possessing heroin
Three persons, including one Pakistan national, have been sentenced to 15-year rigorous imprisonment by a court here for possessing 10 kg of high quality heroin worth over Rs ten crore in the international market. The incident took place in 1998. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs two lakh each on convicts Lahore resident Mohammed Javaid, Mohammed Akram and Asif Pervez. The court has also directed that if the convicts default on the fine, they would have to undergo further imprisonment of one year.On interrogation, the duo disclosed that they had brought the drugs to the Capital from Amritsar.
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Power theft worth Rs 48 cr detected in UP
Ghaziabad, November 4 In Ghaziabad alone, power thefts worth Rs one crore were detected during the last fortnight, while Rs 14 lakh was recovered as penalty, O.P. Dixit said. Addressing a press conference here today, the IG (Vigilance) said that a campaign for stopping power theft is being observed in the state from October 24 to November 8. The raids were conducted by joint teams of Power Corporation: each team comprised one official each of the Power Corporation and UPPC, an SDM, a police officer and an official from power distribution section. There are in all 33 such teams operating in whole of UP, but not all the districts are covered by these teams. In The districts which are not covered by these vigilance teams, special teams are constituted locally to carry out such raids, Dixit added. These teams had conducted 54,880 raids in the state in which 8,625 cases of power thefts were detected. A fine of Rs 48.64 crore was imposed on power thieves and Rs. 9.21 crore was recovered by the teams on the spot, the IG said. In a raid in Modi Nagar, it was found that Yoginder Polythene and Vipin Polly factories were stealing power to the tune of 52 HP and 16 HP, respectively. They were fined Rs 13.20 lakh, out of which Rs. 1.75 lakh was collected on the spot, Mr Dixit said.
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Extra voting time in JNU results in squabbling
New Delhi, November 4 Which is perhaps why some party members failed to cast their votes by six in the evening and pressed the EC to stretch the polling hours to allow them to vote. By 5 pm, 65 percent turnout had been recorded. As was predictable, the other parties opposed this. The polling process nevertheless indicated a good turnout and while all the parties in the fray claimed to be “confident of winning,” the mood and the countenance of some had a different story to tell. The right claimed to be on an “upswing”, which was commendable they felt especially after the infighting in the last two years. And the NSUI, which is yet to make a mark, is also counting on winning a “good number of councilor posts as well as making it to the central panel”. If the mood was somber in the AISA -SFI camp, the AISF was more exuberant, even if it was limited to defending its choice of candidate for the councilor’s post in the School of Languages: the candidate is a US national, to which the ABVP has taken umbrage. “This is a troublesome question …If the foreign students have the right to cast their vote, they have the right to stand for elections as well. Tyler Walker’s candidature does not flout the JNU constitution and the ABVP too is supporting a councilor who is an American of India origin”, said an AISA functionary. The ABVP pointed out that it had to seek special administrative help to help some of its supporters cast votes. “In some schools, which are considered ABVP stronghold, most students found their names missing from the voting list. After getting the administration to attest their names, they finally managed to vote”, complained Dhananjay Singh. Apart from the elections to the central panel, students also cast their votes to choose their respective school councilors. Some students were delighted at the idea of foreign students participating the elections. “There is a students from Vietnam standing for councilor in the School of International Studies… It is nice, because they feel a part of the campus, feel involved, and it reflects the global temperament of the university”, said Gaurav, a student from the SIS. Though some students complained that JNUSU polls “are not what they used to be,” considering that there are not too many “intellectual discourses and debates on issues of international importance,’’ there were, however, no deterrents to keep them from voting. The counting for determining the fate of the contestants would begin later in night today and results would be declared here tomorrow.
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Mulayam suspends nine senior officers
Meerut, November 4 Like his predecessor Ms Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, too, has started holding divisional meetings to review the progress of various development programmes and projects. Addressing a Press conference after the meeting, Mr Yadav announced that the nine suspended officials included CDO, Saharanpur, BSA Noida and the Minority Welfare Officer of Muradabad. The ten other officials, who have got adverse remarks, include DM, Muradabad, Chief Engineer Ganga East, Muradabad, six SEs of Power, and one SE of Irrigation. The Chief Minister also expressed his unhappiness over the law and order condition in the region and cautioned the Deputy IG, Meerut range, SP (City) Meerut, ASP Noida (City). On the occasion, the Chief Minister sanctioned Rs 256.20 crore for the upgradation of the power system. Mr Yadav also said that immediate elections of students unions in various degree colleges of the state should be held.
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Panel to look into mess at Safdarjung Hospital
New Delhi, November 4 A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice B. C. Patel and Justice B. D. Ahmed, directed the hospital’s Medical Superintendent to head the committee, which would include Central Government counsel Sidharth Mridul and amicus curiae Sanjeev Khanna. The committee was directed to convene a meeting within a week from today and submit a report to the court within six weeks thereafter on the problems and ways to rectify them. The committee was free to have more members, if required. The Centre will provide the funds for the committee and the hospital would extend all facilities. Earlier, the judges had directed Mr Mridul and Mr Khanna to recommend a panel of doctors, who would constitute the expert committee. Both of them submitted their lists today, from which names of two doctors were chosen by the court. The court was dealing with the matter that it had taken up suo motu on the basis of media reports on lack of cleanliness and hygiene and shortage of medicines, equipment, doctors and para-medical staff in the hospital.
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Ambedkar Nagar Park murder was vendetta killing
New Delhi, November 4 The police said that Vinod, the victim, was a resident of Madangir. The accused during interrogation told the police that Vinod had been humiliating one of the accused, Chinu, for a long time. To settle scores, the four accused planned to eliminate Vinod. On October 27, they all went to his residence on the pretext that they wanted to bury the hatchet. They even shook hands with the deceased before leaving. At night, they returned to the victim’s house and took him to Jagran; while returning they strangulated him to death. After killing him, they smashed his face with stones. Later, they even tried to wash their blood-splattered clothes. The police recovered the blood-stained clothes from the house of the accused. In another case, the police arrested two persons for committing robberies in Sri Niwas Puri on November 2. The accused have been identified as Ghanshyam (30) and Sanjay (26). On November 2, two persons intercepted Sushena Behra and snatched his chain and other valuables. With their arrest, the police has also recovered the stolen jewellery.
Two arrested for cheating senior citizen of Rs 3 cr
The Delhi Police have arrested two persons for allegedly cheating a senior citizen of Rs 3.5 crores. The accused have been identified as Arun Gupta (47) and Naveen Gupta (43). Both are brothers and are running M/S O J Financial Services Ltd. & O J Securities Pvt. Ltd. The police said that N S Hoon, the complainant, informed the police that one Sunil Singhania had introduced him to the two accused. The latter came up with a lucrative investment proposal. The police have also recovered some incriminating documents.
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Minor’s body recovered after 13 days
Faridabad, November 4 According to the police, the body of the victim, Sunita (13), a resident of Sanjay colony here, was found in a trench in a mine located near the border area of Surajkund and Delhi. The body was rotting and had been eaten by the animals. Four persons had abducted the girl on October 21 last when she had gone to collect wood from the jungle with her mother and a sister. The residents of the colony had staged a demonstration outside the NIT police station here, demanding that the girl be traced. According to sources, after nabbing the three accused, the Delhi Police had handed them over to the Faridabad police. The accused, identified as
Bhola, Guddu and Kishan, had reportedly confessed to their crime before the police. One of the accused is stated to be absconding. The victim was the daughter of a labourer working in the mines in Surajkund area. All the accused are reported to be residents of Baans village of Delhi, located near the border.
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Mewat residents pay rich tributes to Yaseen Khan
Nuh (Gurgaon), November 4 Incidentally, Chaudhary Yaseen Khan is the father of the sitting INLD MLA from Nuh, Chaudhary Hamid Hussain, and another stalwart of Mewat and several times minister in Haryana and Rajasthan, Mr Tayab Hussain. The sitting Congress MLA from Taoru (Gurgaon) Mr Zhakir Hussain, is the grandson of the late leader. The Commissioner of Gurgaon Division, Mr Gulab Singh Sorot, who was the chief guest at the function, pointed out that the communal harmony in Mewat is a legacy of Chaudhary Yaseen Khan. At the time of Partition, when local Muslims, who dominate Mewat, wanted to migrate to Pakistan, Yaseen Khan asked Mahatma Gandhi to dissuade them. Mr Gandhi’s visit in 1947 in village Ghasera near here and his public appeal to the Mulsims is considered to be of historic importance. He had also brought Vinoba Bhave to motivate the Muslims not to migrate to Pakistan. The popular feeling is that Mahatama’s call had a positive impact on the Muslims of the area.
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PM’s wife to open CRPF exhibition
New Delhi, November 4 During the exhibition, organised at the CPWD Ground, R K Puram, goods prepared at various family welfare centres of the association will be sold. There is no entry fee at the exhibition. The sale proceeds of the exhibition will be spent primarily on the welfare of the families of the deceased personnel and rehabilitation of the disabled and their dependents, a CRPF press note said here today. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will be the chief guest for the closing function on November 8 and will give away the prizes.
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Sadbhawna Sammelan from today
New Delhi, November 4 Senior Congress leaders including Digvijay Singh, Mrs Ambika Soni and Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit will participate in the Sammelan. The Press Secretary of the ‘Sadbhawana Sammelan’, Mr B. K. Tyagi, emphasised the need for social harmony when the Indian society was faced with the increasing influence of communalism and terrorism.
— TNS
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