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Chhota Shakeel gang member
Man hacked to death in Palwal
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Man commits suicide at de-addiction centre
Four nabbed
after encounter
Meet on sustainable city development inaugurated
Creating environmental care among citizens
Concern over gender-based offences
Class X Board exams begin
Film festival at IP College
Rally to spread polio awareness
Jamia student found dead
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Chhota Shakeel gang member held for extortion
New Delhi, March 3 The accused identified as Ramesh Kumar, alias Praveen (30), resident of Jhilmil Colony, was nabbed from the Rohini area in North-West Delhi, when he came to collect the first installment of Rs 10 lakh. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell), Mr Ashok Chand, said that the doctor had been receiving extortion calls from gang members based in West Asia for the last two months. Initially, they asked the doctor to pay Rs five crore and after negotiations they came down to Rs two crore. The doctor was supposed to pay the first installment on March 1 near M2K Cinema
in Rohini.
Six cheats held
With the arrest of six persons, including a woman, the New Delhi district police today claimed to have busted a gang
of cheats involved in selling properties using fake documents. The accused persons, who were arrested, have been identified as Anil Kumar, alias Ranil, resident of Brijwasan, Alok Bhardwaj, resident of Gulmohar Park, Ravinder Chechi, resident of Jind, Kenneth Solomon, resident of Pitampura, Ms Gurender Kaur, resident of Pitampura and Govind Singh of Katwaria Sarai. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), Ms Anita Roy, said that acting on a complaint from one Kamla Devi that her plot in DLF city was sold to one Raghvinder Saini by using forged documents for Rs 58 lakh, the police during investigation found that the cash was enchased in Sangrur, Ludhiana. Subsequently, the police nabbed one Anil from Punjab. During investigation, the police also seized several photocopies of various plots from the accused persons and documents of another property belonging to the complainant were also seized from one of the accused. During interrogation, the accused persons confessed that they used to keep tab on the vacant plots and arranged photocopies of documents from the Registrar office. Later, they used to open an office near the plot and advertise for selling the plot. After finding prospective customers, they used to negotiate for the selling the plots. Once they got the money, they shared the booty among themselves and disappeared.
Man shot dead in Dwarka
Unidentified assailants armed with country-made weapons last night shot dead the brother of a VHP leader in the South-West district. The victim has been identified as Deepak Sharma (30), who owned a medical shop in Sector 6, Dwarka. The police said that incident occurred while the victim was proceeding towards his residence on a motorcycle at around 10.30 p.m., when two youngsters stopped his vehicle near Krishna Kunj apartments in Sector 7 and attacked him. Sources said the motorcycle-borne assailants fired at Sharma several times from close range before escaping. Sharma was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Sharma is the brother of Robin Sharma, a local leader of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the sources said. Further investigations into the incident are on, the police said.
Six Bangladeshi criminals nabbed
The Delhi Police in close coordination with the Gurgoan police claimed to have nabbed six Bangladeshi criminals including two women. The police also claimed to have solved at least 10 cases of robbery and burglary and recovered stolen items worth Rs 10 lakh, including one hand grenade, one Chinese pistol, two country-made weapons and 10 live cartridges from their possession. The accused persons arrested have been identified as Sagir, alias Samim, alias Sagar (21), Javed (25), Imran (25), Noor Jahan, alias Reena (22), Abdul Rahim (27) and Nijam (35), all residents of Bangladesh. While Sagir, Javed, Imran and Noor Jehan were arrested by the South-West district police, Abdul Rahim and Nijam were arrested by the South district police. After a spurt in crimes such as robbery, burglary and snatching in Gurgaon, the Gurgoan police shared the details of the incidents with the Delhi Police. Later a special team under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), Mr R. P. Meena, laid a trap in the Vasant Kunj area and nabbed four persons after a brief encounter. During interrogation, the accused persons confessed to the police that they were involved in at least 10 cases of robbery, burglary and snatching in several parts of Delhi and Gurgoan. They also said that their group consisted of 8-10 persons.
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Man hacked to death in Palwal
Faridabad, March 3 According to a report, the deceased, identified as Ranvir, was chased by some armed persons in front of several onlookers, including a kin of the victim. But before anyone could rush to help him, the accused had fled after assaulting him with sharp-edged weapons, which resulted in instant death of the victim. A similar attack had also been made on him about three weeks ago, but he had escaped unhurt. Rajvir, brother of Ranvir, who had been on his way to his house on a motorcycle with two of his friends noticed that a person was being chased and the victim had entered a house nearby, but by the time he reached the spot, he found that the victim was his brother and lying in a pool of blood. The attackers, who could not be identified, made their escape from the rooftop of the house. The police have booked a case, but no arrest has been made so far. Earlier, a person had attacked his in-laws at Atali village here on Tuesday, which resulted in the on the spot death of his mother-in-law and serious injuries to his wife and sister-in-law. The accused had been arrested from the spot. The police had also booked seven members of a family of Bahbalpur village for the alleged murder of the woman for dowry on February 27. On February 21, a middle-aged person had been shot dead by his kin at Shekhpura Mohalla of Palwal town. Two accused in this case are yet to be arrested. The police had also recovered a headless body from the fields at Gajipur village in the district on February 10 last. Two bodies had also been recovered in a similar condition from Sanjay Colony and Sarai Khwaja area of the town in the second week of February, leading the total toll of murders to seven in the past one month’s period. Besides, several other crimes were also reported from various parts, which included a murderous attack on a youth at Dabua Colony on February 24. Meanwhile, the police had also arrested a woman, identified as Asha, in connection with the murder of her husband about a month ago in the Mujesar police station area here. The victim, identified as Prem Shankar Mishra, had been killed and his body was recovered later. A person had also been arrested a few days ago in connection with the alleged abduction and rape of a married woman of Baselva Colony of Old Faridabad town here. The police is still to get any clue of the kidnapped school boy of Hodal town, who had been abducted for ransom on February 7.
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Man commits suicide at de-addiction centre
Gurgaon, March 3 Gurpreet Singh (26), an alcoholic and a resident of Lajpat Nagar in Delhi, committed suicide by hanging himself in the toilet of the centre. He used his turban and hanged himself from the overhead grill. He was rushed to a local private hospital where he was declared dead. The police have registered a case of suicide. According to the counsellor of the centre, Mr Lalit Kumar, the deceased was admitted about 10 days back. He further said that his parents while admitting him had reported that Gurpreet had earlier tried twice to commit suicide at home. When asked on the security arrangements in the centre, especially in view of the complaint by the deceased parents, Mr Lalit Kumar said that enough caution is maintained and it is the first time that such an incident has taken place in the Centre. The Centre has about 40 patients.
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Four nabbed
after encounter
Noida, March 3 SP (City) A. K. Jain said that one Varinder Sharma, a resident of Salarpur, informed the police that some one was threatening him with abduction of his four-year-old son and murder of the entire family.
The police team led by Circle Officer Uday Shankar, laid a trap. They told Sharma to keep in touch with the caller and ask him to come to Noida to collect the money. The accused, identified as Bunty, Bhura, Mahender Yadav and Vijay Pal, had planned to transfer the abducted child Rajnesh to Mahender Yadav of Etah district. The father of the child was asked to go to the spot to hand over the money to the robbers. The whole area had been encircled by the cops. As the robbers took possession of the money bag, they were surrounded by the sleuth. They fired at police, but cops were able to nab four robbers in retaliatory
action. — OC
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Meet on sustainable city development inaugurated
New Delhi, March 3 It was over 25 years ago that the Asiad Games in 1982 gave the first fillip. Now over the next five years, Delhi and its neighbouring satellite towns have to gear up for providing all the additional facilities needed for the Games and many such efforts were already under way in the direction, he said. He was inaugurating ‘Municipalika 2005’, an exhibition-cum-conference related to sustainable city development, at the India International Trade Fair complex. Delhi itself has been witnessing a major transformation in the last few years to deal with the increasing population and traffic. The related problems of pollution of land, air and water and its impact on habitation have posed a major challenge for the Delhi Government and its agencies, he added. ‘’Having grown in the city for decades, the first visible impact has been the reduced pollution levels as a result of a number of initiatives, such as switching to green CNG fuel for all commercial vehicles and public transport.’’ The initiatives for mass rapid transit systems through the Delhi Metro is also important. The phenomenal increase in the construction of flyovers, overbridges, underpasses and pedestrian subways during the last five years have contributed to the real signs of development and easing the bottlenecks and clogging of circulation paths, Mr Walia said. Equally important initiatives have been taken for expanding the water supply, sewerage and waste management facilities, he added. Over 300 delegates comprising mayors, municipal commissioners, city managers and technology providers were participating in the event, which was the fourth international conference on ‘City Development & Management Strategies-Problems and Prospects’. This was being held co-terminus with the National Convention of Mayors and an exhibition on Public Works, Municipal Services and Urban Development. The event was being organised by Good Governance India Foundation. Mr Walia stressed on the need for such an event, saying it would help take stock of the latest emerging technologies to deal with various infrastructure facilities and, more importantly, share the best practices of initiatives taken in some of the Indian cities and also the global practices.
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Creating environmental care among citizens
New Delhi, March 3 The event was organized as part of its annual event, ‘Udyan Utsav’. The theme of Udyan Utsav is, “Colouring the City Green for a Better Tomorrow.” The Utsav will culminate in the 21st ‘Annual Flower Show’ being organised by the DDA at Sanjay Lake, Mayur Vihar, from March 4-6. Explaining the importance of greens, Ms Nemo Dhar, Director, Public Relations, DDA, said, “Realising the need for balancing urbanisation with ecological integrity, the DDA has committed itself to creating an environmentally- friendly city where citizens can live in a healthy and green environment. With meticulous planning, the DDA has reclaimed wastelands, nurtured and developed existing green areas and created numerous city forests, theme gardens, district gardens and green belts in order to provide quality life to citizens. Using an integrated approach, it has created a network of `green lungs’ in the midst of concrete jungles.” Savita Bhandari, Director, Landscaping, DDA, said, “Delhi can boast of a 19 per cent Green cover area. Delhi is the greenest city in India.” The DDA showcased its four key parks to the media. The first stop of visit was at the Yamuna Biodiversity Park near Wazirabad. The DDA and the Center for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems (University of Delhi) have initiated a joint collaboration project on establishing the park. The mission of the park is to serve as a repository and heritage of biodiversity of the Yamuna river basin. The Millennium Park also known as the Indraprastha Park was the next stop in the visit. The ‘Smriti Van’, which is the first zone of the park, is dedicated to the theme, ‘Cherish a memory-Plant a Tree’. The park has existing trees planted by people from all walks of life in memory of their beloved and departed ones. ‘Aastha Kunj’ was the third park to be showcased today, which is located at Kalkaji and is like an oasis amidst the concrete jungles of Nehru Place.
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Concern over gender-based offences
Gurgaon, March 3 The Chairperson of the District Legal Services Authority and District and Sessions Judge, Mr S. D. Anand, expressed concern at the negative trend of male-female ratio. He, however, said that the issue of pertaining to rights of women should not be considered in adversarial terms with regard male, but a transcendental concept in the interest of the society at large. He urged the women to be in the vanguard of campaigns pertaining to their rights. The Additional District and Sessions Judge, Mr K. C. Sharma, also echoed the similar view and said that no society or nation can reach its pinnacle of glory if it does not respect the rights and dignity of women. He also referred to the importance bestowed on women in historical times, especially during Vedic age. He also referred to the importance given to female deities in Hindu pantheon of gods. A civil judge, Mrs Rachna Gupta, speaking on the Pre-natal Sex Determination Test Act, deplored at the instances of female foeticide.
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Class X Board exams begin
New Delhi, March 3 Satisfied that the paper was easy and her son happy, Ms Verma had no complaints about sitting in the sun on the roadside waiting patiently for him to finish his exams. And the minute the Social Studies exams for class X were officially over, a trickle of beaming faces emerged. “It was a very easy paper and I got a lot of time to do it well,” said Meenakshi Kimothi of Rai School. Pooja Malhotra of Daisy Dales and Jitendra of Cosmos Public School too were happy that the Social Science Paper went off well and they got ample time to write and revise their answers. “We are glad that the paper was good and there were no out of syllabus questions,” said a parent. With today being the first Board exam for the class X students, anxiety was at an all time high. “My son has been throwing up and having bouts of anxiety, the whole of yesterday he kept saying that I have forgotten everything. In fact, that made me nervous and I decided to sit here outside till he finished his exams,” said Ms Verma. Visually handicapped students in JPM Senior Secondary School were also upbeat about an “easy paper”. “It was an easy paper and I even finished it before time,” said Jaikishan. When asked whether he was anxious about the Board exams, he said, “there was no tension, all of us were relaxed and today we had no problems because the writers were good.” Sneha Paul, who wrote for Jaikishan, also had a reason to cheer. “It was great, we helped them write their exams and even got paid for it,” said Sneha Paul. She however admitted that it was a bit “testing to write the answers in Hindi”. Meanwhile, there have been no cases of unfair means reported and the CBSE office pointed out that the exams were conducted peacefully in the city.
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Film festival at IP College
New Delhi, March 3 The festival will showcase films made by students as well as award winning independent filmmakers. A photo exhibition-cum-competition, ‘Frame Politick’, is also being organised and a film quiz hosted by Pranab Mukherjee is also part of the festival. Among the films that will be screened in the independent category are ‘Black Freedom’ by Nitin Kakkar, ‘Right Here, Right Now’ by Anand Gandhi, ‘An Actor Prepares’ by Avinas Upamanyu, ‘Ishtihar’ by Rajeev Giri and ‘Dancing for Themselves’ by Vikrant
Kishore.
Road safety camp held
The Association for the Development of Downtrodden People ((ADDTP) organised a road safety camp, in which stress was laid on adhering to the traffic rules to avoid fatalities. A large number of schoolchildren participated in the camp as part of ADDTP’s programme of catching them young. Mr S. C. Jain, president of the ADDTP, said that it had become essential to involve schoolchildren in road safety programmes as the figures of fatal accidents were alarming. He revealed that more than 150 children were killed in road accidents in the Capital in the year 2004 alone. The old and the infirm were also victims of road accidents, he said.
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Rally to spread polio awareness
New Delhi, March 3 The students from various MCD schools in Karkadoma village, Pandav Road and Bhikam Singh Colony proceeded along Karkari Road carrying banners to spread awareness about polio. The rally is organised prior to the Pulse Polio Day to generate a response in the high density New Sanjay Amar Colony, which is the biggest slum cluster in the trans-Yamuna area. Flagging off the rally from the MCD Shahadra, South Zone Office, Mr Pardeep Jain president, Rotary Club of Delhi Vikas, said that the Delhi Government has pulled out all stops to ensure polio- free society and a project of this magnitude will contribute to achieve that goal. Also present on the occasion were D. K. Jain, Deputy Education Officer, Sunil Khanna, Joint Secretary, Delhi District Cricket Association and Dr N. R. Tuli, District Head Officer, MCD, Shahdara Zone.
Delay in construction work
A private firm has claimed that the Yamuna bridge could be constructed at Geeta Colony in 30 days, but the delay on the part of the DDA and the PWD was causing inconvenience to people living in Geeta Colony, Krishna Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Laxmi Nagar. “We have provided all the requisite details to DDA and PWD on January 3, 2005.
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Jamia student found dead
New Delhi, March 3 While the girl has been identified as Seetu Singh (20), resident of Airport Authority Colony in Mahipalpur and a second year student of Architecture in Jamia Millia University, the identity of the boy is yet to be ascertained. The police said that the incident took place at around 11.35 a.m. this morning when an EMU train hit them, causing their death on the spot. Initially, it seemed to be a case of suicide, but the police said it could be a case of accident. Moreover, there was no suicide note found from the spot. A case has been registered and investigation into the matter is on, the police said.
— TNS
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Rs 46 lakh donated for tsunami victims
New Delhi, March 3 The officers of the rank of Commissioner and above contributed more than Rs 2,000 each and officers below the aforesaid rank contributed Rs 1000 each.
— TNS
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Centre for adolescents
New Delhi, March 3 The adolescent centre, first of its kind in North India, is being set up by an NGO, Urivi Vikram Charitable Trust (UVCT).
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