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Dossiers on most wanted criminals prepared
15 criminals externed from Noida
Govt censured for bungling computer education project
NRI City project to be renamed as Express City
Court records statement against CM in flag-insult case
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Speaker blames BJP MLAs for expulsion order
Dar, Shah chargesheeted in Paharganj blast case
Traders demand regularisation of shops in residential areas
Faridabad liquor revenue crosses Rs 100 cr
Student thrashed to death by property dealer
Cop held for engineering false rape case
Properties of 150 defaulters attached Two brothers get life for killing neighbour Estranged from wife, doctor ends it all
Management test on May 7
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Dossiers on most wanted criminals prepared
Gurgaon, March 18 Inspector General of Police Mohinder Lal said that that the police had identified 29 hardcore criminals in all five districts of his range — Gurgaon, Faridabad, Mewat, Rewari and Mahendergarh — after studying the ten-year-old crime record of these districts. All these criminals are professionals and have committed murders, attempt to murder, kidnappings, robberies, dacoities, extortion and other heinous crimes, informed the IGP. Each criminal is reported to be involved in at least 15 to 20 serious crimes, added the officer. “We also plan to announce rewards ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 on each on them depending upon their background for clues leading to their arrest,” revealed the officer. Mr Lal said that Gurgaon has nine such criminals, Faridabad and Mewat 10 criminals each, while Rewari and Mahindragarh do not have such hardcore criminals. Giving an example, Mr Mohinder Lal said that in Mewat district, Jafru, a resident of village Ali Meo, was wanted in more than 20 heinous crimes. Surjeet, alias Bholu, and Ravinder of Gurgaon are professional criminals who had committed crimes for money. Tyabb, Vijay Dahiya and Mukesh are other hardcore criminals, informed the IGP. The range would direct the Station House Officers to ferret out the criminals. Special teams would also be formed to nail them, added the officer. That exercise would act as deterrence to the existing criminals and other small-time criminals, opined the IGP. “We would have regular meetings with the Superintendents of Police of these three districts to know the latest development in these cases,” explained the IGP.
Mr Lal claimed that crime is totally under control in his range. Some incident of minor crime here and there does not mean that the police are not working up to the expectations of the people, he said. “We have now turned our focus on modernization, strengthening and training of the police force. We want to ensure that proper visibility and behaviour of the police win trust of the masses who would then come forward to lodge their complaints,” the IGP added.
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15 criminals externed from Noida
Noida, March 18 Pronouncing his decision on these criminals, Addl. District Magistrate (Finance Revenue) Rajesh Kumar said that it was not advisable for the bad characters to live in society. Six out of these 15 criminals are from Noida city. Lalit Mohan of Sector-39 police, Rustam of Tandon Farm, Rajkumar of Sector-37 have been externed from the GB Nagar district. Shanker Lal and Happy Malhotra of Khora Colony under Sector-58 police station, and Sanjay of Sector-5 under Sector-20 police station have also been thrown out under this act. Kamal of Tilpatta under Surajpur police station, Ved Prakash of Devli, Leelu of Patwadi, Avid of Dadri and Raju of Dankore have also been externed for six months. Tansif of Mahendipur, Kishore of Kampana under Jahangirpur police station, Chander Bose and Yasmine of Kakode are also among the 15. — OC
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Govt censured for bungling computer education project
New Delhi, March 18 In its report for the year 2005, the CAG points out that the DoE has failed to implement a computer education project in accordance with the terms of the contract, resulting in “unfruitful expenditure of Rs 87.55 lakh and non-levy of penalty of Rs 27.67 lakh”. Despite a delay ranging between two-and-half to three months in the installation of computer systems in 54 schools by the firms to which the project was out-sourced, the Education Department failed to invoke the penalty clause of the contract and levy a penalty of Rs 27.67 lakh. Incidentally, the Education Department made the full payment to the firms amounting to Rs 49.13 lakh even when there was no computer education being provided by them. As per the contract drawn between the government and the private firms, the installation, testing and commissioning of the computers and accessories were to be completed within 20 days of the signing of the contract, failing which a penalty at the rate of one per cent of the total contract value per week was be levied for a maximum period of four weeks and thereafter the contract would be terminated. In 43 schools where the computers remained packed in boxes because there were no classroom to install them, the firms were again paid Rs 38.42 lakh. A whopping loss to the exchequer was not the only casualty; the delay in the implementation of computers led to 69,840 students being deprived of the benefits of the project for nearly a quarter of the academic year. Washing its hands off the blame, the DoE claimed that the delay in the preparation of computer labs was the responsibility of the Public Works Department and that the quantum of penalties are still being finalised. In the second phase of extending computers to 245 schools, the government had awarded contract to seven firms in January 2002 for a period of four academic years ending March 2005, incurring an expenditure of Rs 30.49 crore.
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NRI City project to be renamed as Express City
Noida, March 18 The NRI City in Sectors-96, 97 and 98 along the Expressway has already become a centre of controversy as almost all political parties have been issuing statements about it. Questioning the logic behind this project, a PIL has reportedly been filed in the High Court against it. Many influential people are known to have shown undue interest in the development of this project. Now the Noida Authority mandarins have chosen to revive the project, since consigned to cold storage, by giving it a new name. The main idea to present the proposal with a new name is to dispel the doubts that only NRIs will be allotted plots/flats in this sub-city. This gave an impression that it was to attract only the NRIs, which was not true. This could have discouraged the local citizens from buying property in this project. Hence, it has been decided to change its name to Express City for which a proposal is being brought up for the Board’s approval in the meeting on March 20. The original proposal for setting up an NRI city was approved by the Noida Board in 2004. The Rural Journalists’ Association had challenged its formation, vide a PIL in the High Court. The proposal has since become a web of controversies. But if these controversies are not given any weight, the proposed Express City could prove to be a useful project — an IT hub and an institutional area around Expressway which will have a land rate of Rs 3,900 per sq
mt. Fifty per cent of the total area of this projected city has been reserved for residential sectors, 4 per cent commercial and 12 per cent for institutional purposes with 14 per cent land kept as open space. 20 per cent has been earmarked for road, parking lots, etc.
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Court records statement against CM in flag-insult case
New Delhi, March 18 Metropolitan Magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi fixed May 2 as the next date for hearing arguments on the point of summoning in the case. Complainant Parvesh Khanna, represented by counsel Ajay Digpaul, said in his pre-summoning statement that in November 2003, he had come across photographs in several newspapers which showed the national flag with a picture of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi superimposed upon the Ashok Chakra. Sharma further stated that similar flags were distributed among schoolchildren at a function, which was not a state or national function. According to the complainant, who is also an advocate, Ms Dikshit and senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel were in-charge of the function. He alleged that they had “defaced and disfigured the national flag”. Insulting the Indian national flag, including writing on the emblem, is punishable under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act.
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Speaker blames BJP MLAs for expulsion order
New Delhi, March 18 Admonishing the BJP MLAs for their unruly behaviour in the House, Mr Singh said that the Opposition should have played a positive role instead of creating obstructions. The Speaker said that despite repeated warnings, the BJP MLAs continued to obstruct the functioning of the House during the Budget Session of the Assembly, necessitating the action taken against the Opposition legislators. He said the MLAs could have walked out of the House to register their protest on any issue, but they continued to obstruct the business of the House, which is not permissible. The entire Opposition was suspended from the House for three days after the BJP MLAs created ruckus over the blasts in Varanasi. Meanwhile, the Speaker expressed confidence that the resolutions passed by the House on regularising shops running in residential areas would be effective even as he rejected the idea that a resolution passed by the House on stopping demolitions in Delhi had been in vain. It is a result of the resolution passed by the Assembly that the Prime Minister called a meeting on the issue in which it was decided that a high-power committee will be set up to study the problem of illegal constructions, he said.
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Dar, Shah chargesheeted in Paharganj blast case
New Delhi, March 18 In their chargesheet filed in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Seema Maini, the Special Cell of Delhi Police charged Dar and Shah under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code. Third accused Mohammed Hussein Fazili was, however, ordered to be released after the Special Cell told the court that there was insufficient evidence to connect him with the blasts. The court will consider the chargesheet on March 24. This is the third chargesheet in connection with the Divali-eve blasts. Dar and Shah have already been chargesheeted in the two other blast cases in Govindpuri and Sarojini Nagar Market which rocked the capital on October 29 last year. The Sarojini Nagar blast had killed 61 people and injured 188 others, while the explosion on a bus in Govindpuri critically injured four people, including the driver and the conductor. Several casualties in the Govindpuri blast were averted due to the alertness of the conductor and driver, who immediately evacuated the bus of its 35-40 passengers on spotting an abandoned bag.
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Traders demand regularisation of shops in residential areas
New Delhi, March 18 The traders demanded a clear-cut policy from the Union Government, Delhi Government and the MCD regarding the regularisation of shops in residential areas. The protest was led by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT), which went round Connaught Place today demanding justice. Among the traders’ associations that took part in the protest included ‘Jail Road Shopkeepers Association’, ‘Rajouri Garden Traders Association’, ‘Kirti Nagar Mansarovar Garden Traders Coordination Committee’, ‘Delhi Traders Sangharsh Morcha’, ‘Karol Bagh Traders Federation’, ‘Federation of Rohini Traders’, ‘Federation of South Delhi and New Delhi Traders’, ‘Delhi Rajya Vyapar Sangathan’ and the ‘Delhi Retail Trade Forum’. Shouting slogans like ‘Rome Jal Raha Hai Aur Neero Bansi Baja Raha Hai’, the traders criticised the government for failing to protect the interests of the trading community in the Capital. The traders also plan to protest on Monday, marching from the Red Fort to Ajmeri Gate chowk and passing through Chandni Chowk area, Fatehpuri, Nai Sarak and Chawri Bazaar. Meanwhile, in a communication sent to the President, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, the Confederation of All India Traders has sought his intervention. CAIT has sought an appointment with Dr Kalam to apprise him of the “factual position and material facts of the issue”, which it said the MCD has deliberately not placed before the Supreme Court. “Even a person convicted for hanging has a right to pray to the President for mercy, whereas in trader’s case the government has deprived us of this right, as no one from the government has called us to know as to why we are on an agitation and what material facts we are talking about,” Mr Praveen Khandelwal, secretary general of the CAIT said in the communication to the President. The traders have been demanding immediate steps from Delhi Government to save 5 lakh traders from being divested of their business, which they say would also render nearly 25 lakh employees in these units unemployed. Yesterday, the traders took out ‘slow run motor car protest rally’ in various parts of the city. Later in the day, they sat on a ‘dharna’ in Karol Bagh. Meanwhile, Mr Vijender Gupta, Leader of Opposition in the Standing Committee of MCD and secretary of Delhi Pradesh BJP today alleged that the anti-people attitude of Congress party is visible by closure of markets and chaos amongst people due to non-presentation of true facts before the Supreme Court and High Court of Delhi. He said the Congress was irrationally passing resolutions in Municipal Corporation of Delhi “in a state of panic, which are unconstitutional and not in the ambit of the powers of MCD. On the other hand, the Delhi Government is not paying any heed to resolutions passed by Congress party in MCD,” he said.
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Faridabad liquor revenue crosses Rs 100 cr
Faridabad, March 18 The district administration sold out as many as 263 vends out of the total 353 to the bidders through a draw of lots at the MCF auditorium here on Friday. An amount of Rs 80.78 crore was earned through this allotment adopted under the new excise policy of the state government. The sale of the rest of vends will be done on March 24, which is expected to earn another Rs 25.28 lakh as revenue for the year 2006-07. The allotment method was supervised by a four-member committee, headed by the Deputy Commissioner. It included senior officials of the Excise and Taxation department also. The authorities sold out 143 of total 144 vends of the English liquor at a cost of Rs 50.20 crore, while one vend which was located at Hathin crossing at Palwal was likely to be sold out at Rs 25 lakh on the next date. The district has a total 209 vends of Indian Made Country Made Liquor, but the first allotment included only 120 vends which fetched Rs 30.83 crore. The total revenue from such vends in the district this year was likely to be around Rs 55.86 crore. The rest of the 89 vends would be allotted on March 24, said an official. It has been claimed that the revenue from this source in the district will be at least 20 per cent higher as the cost of the vends had been decided by the Excise department
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Student thrashed to death by property dealer
Ghaziabad, March 18 The deceased had befriended a young divorcee whom the property dealer was also trying to woo. This proved to be the undoing of the student. The woman was a first year BBA student at Bhartiya Vidypeeth in Paschim Vihar, New Delhi, where the victim Anupam Kapoor was a B-Tech IIIrd year student. The family of H.K. Kapoor, a DDA engineer, lives in Laxmi Nagar, East Delhi. The younger son of Mr Kapoor, Anupam Kapoor, 22, was a B Tech student. Anupam and the young girl, said to be mother of a child, had become good friends. According to police, both had come to woman’s flat at 10 p.m. on Thursday. But property dealer Ram Veer Chaudhary of Mayur Vihar, Phase-II, also descended on the flat sometime later. After knocking at the front door, Chaudhary barged into the flat by breaking the rear window and started beating up Anupam. At one time Anupam freed himself and escaped, but was chased and caught by Ram Veer Chaudhary who is alleged to have hit the student with a brick on the head and fled, leaving Anupam Kapoor dead in a pool of blood. Late in the night, the woman had brought Anupam to Noida’s Kailash Hospital in her own car where he was declared brought dead by doctors. The Sector-20 police were duly informed by the hospital, who in turn sent the body for autopsy. The Noida police had informed the Ghaziabad police since the crime had taken place at Vaishali in Ghaziabad. According to police, the accused is a property dealer and cable operator also. The woman had separated from her husband last year. She told the police that Ram Veer had been harassing her for quite sometime, though she did not want to have any links with him. Anupam had telephonically told his parents that he would be going for coaching and might not come home on Thursday night. In another case, a youth was hacked to death allegedly by relatives of a woman he was having an affair with in Modinagar, police said today.
The mutilated body of a student, Arun, was recovered from a jungle near Talheta village in Modinagar town, they said. It had been hacked to several pieces allegedly by the husband and other family members of a woman he was having an illicit affair with, they said. His father Dev Dutt has lodged a complaint and police had launched a search for the murder suspects.
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Cop held for engineering false rape case
New Delhi, March 18 Kumar allegedly gave Rs 3,000 to a 26-year-old married women from Ghaziabad, who told the police that Vinod along with two others Suresh and Bhram had raped her in a moving car late last night. The woman had been ‘found’ in a semi-conscious state from a wooded area near Yamuna Khadar in North East Delhi at 10.45 a.m. yesterday. Her medical examination did not confirm any violent sexual assault and the police also found that two of the three accused men were at home at the time of the incident. When the woman was accosted with the facts, she broke down and spilled the beans. A case had been registered and more arrests, including that of the woman, were expected.
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Properties of 150 defaulters attached Noida, March 18 During the first fortnight of March, a target of Rs 96 lakh has been achieved while a sum of Rs 1.50 crore has been fixed for the second fortnight. The properties of 150 defaulters, who had failed to pay more than Rs 1 lakh each as government dues, have been attached. These properties are being auctioned by the district administration. While attaching the properties of the defaulters, the government has banned the sale of their land. To ensure that defaulters are not able to sell their land and property, the government has recorded the fact that their property has been attached in the revenue record of their respective ‘khataunis’. According to Tehsildar Dadri, the property of defaulters who fail to pay up by March 25 will be auctioned. The properties of 10 defaulters who had not paid the government dues are being auctioned on Monday. All these people owe above Rs 1 lakh each to different government departments or nationalised banks. The administration has decided to sell their properties in public auction as they had failed to pay up their dues despite sending them repeated notices.
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Two brothers get life for killing neighbour New Delhi, March 18 Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar also slapped fines of Rs 5,000 each on Sunil and Anil, finding them guilty under sections 302 (murder) and 307 (attempt to murder).
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Estranged
from wife, doctor ends it all Gurgaon, March 18 Dr Aashu Kundra, in his suicide note, has pointed out that he was married to Dr Monica in May last year. Soon after the marriage, their relations soured. The doctor has mentioned that he wanted to pursue his MD degree and even got admission in an institute in Pune. However, his wife, a homeopathic doctor, allegedly stopped him and wanted him to do his practice in Delhi, wrote the doctor in his note. The relationship soured so much so that the deceased had recently filed a divorce petition in the court. While he was staying in Rail Vihar Colony here with his father, the wife was staying in Delhi. The police have registered a case. The deceased is said to have consumed some poisonous drugs to commit suicide.
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Management test on May 7
New Delhi, March 18 Out of the five approved national level tests, MAT has been recording maximum acceptance in terms of the number of B-Schools accepting the
score. — TNS
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