Noida, April 11
Lachhi Yadav, a notorious criminal of Farrakhabad village in Noida, who is the key accused in two murder attempts in Noida on Tuesday night, surrendered in Phase-II court of CJM in connection with some other crime, DG Police, Vikram Singh said today.

As a result of reverberations of crime in Noida, state D-G police Vikram Singh and principal secretary (Home) JN Chamber of UP were despatched to Noida for an on-the-spot study of the situation by the government. DGP Vikram Singh assured Noidaites that crime would not be tolerated in Noida.

The police has also recovered a bike used in the sensational murder of ex-Virgin Atlantic airhostess, Sheeba Thomas.

UP D-G said Yadav was the main suspect in this case as the bike used in the crime has been recovered from his house.

Three others loots had also taken place in Sector-63 on Tuesday night apart from Sheeba Thosmas’ murder at 11-25 p.m. and a murder attempt on retired Lt. General T.J.S. Gill at 10.30 p.m.

Earlier, the team of DGP and secretary home had ordered suspension of two SIs Amar Deep and Ramesh in police control room for dereliction of duty.

DGP said three other accused were still absconding and the police was trying to nab them. Lachhi Yadav had surrendered in the court in connection with some other crime.

Police here has been asked to be on the alert round the clock. Night patrolling will be intensified, DGP said. Zone IG police V.K. Gupta and DIG Vijay Kumar were ordered to camp in Noida till all the criminals are nabbed and booked.

However, no action was taken against the police in Sector-20 under whose jurisdiction Sheeba Thomas was shot dead and Sector-58 police where three loots had taken place.

New Delhi, April 11
Some 100 children from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and also from Tibet staged a march here today.

Carrying placards with slogans: “Peace for Children and Children for peace” “Ensure free and quality education for all children in Tibet” and “Restore rights, freedom, dignity and education of Tibetan children”, the children staged a dharna and peace march at Gandhi Smadhi, Rajghat.

They also pledged for the safety and autonomy for Tibetan children and organised a peace prayer.

The demonstration was organised by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan with the support of other like minded organisations.

“Children from Kashmir, Sudan or Tibet are never responsible for any conflict but they are suffering the most”, said Kailash Satyarthi.

Seeing Leela Dhar, Bir Singh and Rich Pal, Babu Ram told his son Brijinder who was driving the tractor to crush them all under the tractor’s wheel. While others could escape, old Leela Dhar was crushed under the tractor by Brijinder.

New Delhi, April 11
The function organised to celebrate the birth anniversary of Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar in Delhi University today by the members of Ambedkar Students Organisation of India (ASOI) turned ugly when a group of students led by Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) office-bearers tried to disrupt the celebrations.

Gagan Kumari, a member of ASOI was allegedly slapped by Khushboo Sharma, joint secretary, DUSU, amidst the scuffle that followed soon after the function began.

The group of students led by Khushboo Sharma alleged that the function was being organised without the permission of the office-bearers of DUSU.

According to K S Saroha, convenor, ASOI, the function was organised two days in advance owing to a holiday on April 14, the birth date of Baba Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

Even as the function was mid way near the leader’s statue before the DUSU office and chief guest, Narender Kumar, senior IAS officer, was about to deliver his speech, hundreds of students led by Khushboo Sharma thronged the premises and started throwing empty chairs. They shouted slogans against the ASOI.

The protest by the ASOI members led to heated arguments between the two groups. A girl, Gagan Kumari, was slapped by Khushboo Sharma when she tried to reason with the group.

“It was totally uncalled for and instances of fascist politics in which NSUI indulges. They say that the function was organised without seeking their permission but we have never sought any permission in the past years for garlanding the statue of Baba. Such hooliganism has never happened before,” said Saroha.

Speaking to The Tribune, Narender Kumar said that “the group of these anti-social elements did not have the sense to be courteous at least in the presence of senior professors of the university who were present on the occasion.

The incident should be criticised in the harshest of words and such vandalism should not have any place in the society”.

The members of ASOI sat on protest before the entrance of the DUSU office after the disruption of their non-political function.

After passage of about two hours, Khushboo Sharma came back and apologized for her behaviour. However, this was not to pacify the protestors.

“We have sought a meeting with Rahul Gandhi, MP and would apprise him of the divisive politics in which NSUI is indulging on campus here. We would request him to dismiss the present NSUI members in the DUSU,” said Saroha.

New Delhi, April 11
A Japanese citizen was found dead today afternoon at a room in Hotel Nest in Paharganj here.

A hotel staff found Ifobe Hedistu, 48, lying on the bed in underwear and socks around 12 pm today. Froth was emitting from his mouth.

The police believes that the death took place due to consumption of some poisonous substance. However, his body has been sent for postmortem.

“No suicide note has been found and it looks too far-fetched that the man came all the way from Japan to commit suicide”, said a police official.

Ifobe Hedistu had arrived in the country yesterday and had checked into Hotel Nest around 4 pm.

A travel agent had accompanied him. Soon after checking in, he left the hotel and returned around 8 pm, said a hotel staff.

“He neither asked for dinner nor beverages after he returned. We thought that he must have had his dinner outside and did not suspect anything as such,” said a bell-boy in the hotel.

Even in the morning, there was no response from his room. When the travel agent came to meet him in the afternoon, he did not respond. The hotel staff had to break open his room’s door, where he was found lying dead.

Faridabad, April 11
The local residents staged a demonstration in front of the Sector 55 police station here today.

The police registered a case against six residents of the sector when they marched to a house in the sector alleging that a flesh trade racket was being run by a woman there.

The residents were booked for creating violence and misbehaving with the woman.

A couple of months back, the residents had complained to the police about the alleged flesh trade in the house.

The police had then raided the premises. The woman had then left the house.

She returned to the house a few days back and the residents again alleged that the flesh trade had re-started in the house.

The residents also alleged that the police had let off men and women nabbed during the raid. Instead,the police had arrested certain innocent men.

New Delhi, April 11
A city court on Thursday ordered a separate trial of Gulam Ahmed Khan, one of the accused in the 2005 Divali eve bombings in Delhi that killed over 60 people, after a medical report said that he was mentally ill.

Additional sessions judge Babulal ordered a separate trial after the court considered Khan’s medical report which said he required treatment for his mental illness.

Last month the court had pulled up the Tihar Jail authorities for not submitting Khan’s medical report.

Khan was admitted to the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences on February 29 and kept under observation.

The court could not frame charges against Khan after he moved an application in court that he was medically unfit to face trial.

Charges have been framed against four other accused in the case.

Tariq Ahmed Dar, the alleged mastermind of the bombings, has been booked under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 121 (waging or attempting to wage war against the government of India), 121-A (conspiracy to commit offences for waging war), 122 (collecting arms for waging war), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 302 (murder), 307 (attempt to murder), Section 4 of the Explosives Substance Act and Sections 17 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities Act.

The other three accused—Mohammed Rafiq Shah, Mohammed Hussain Fazli, and Farooq Ahmed Batloo—have been booked. — IANS

New Delhi, April 11
Enacting the drama of selling oil at cheap rates, the Congress party government is misleading the people of the Capital.

A few traders dealing with the edible oil cannot check price spiral, said Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan.

With the help of Delhi Vegetable and Oil Association, the Congress had installed a stall yesterday at its state party office and sold edible oil at the rate of Rs 60 per kg. The Congress is just making a fool of citizens.

More than 50 per cent population of the city with average income are doing with only potatoes and bread. People are not getting pulses in their diet, said Harsh Vardhan.

They may refrain from loadshedding which causes difficulties to the customers.

The government is committed to ensuring uninterrupted power supply to all consumers in Delhi.

He said that thousands of people had benefited from this alternative system
of medicine.

New Delhi, April 11
In the fast-paced world of today, stress and lifestyle diseases are on the rise. Yoga and pranayama have been recognized as perfect antidotes to mental stress and associated illnesses.

A number of yoga experts are helping people face modern-day challenges through different yoga techniques. 

This was stated by Shovana Narayan, acclaimed Kathak exponent while releasing the book ‘Healing Through Yoga’ written by yoga guru Suneel Singh last evening. The book release function was organised by Diamond Books.

On this occasion, Suneel Singh, Narendra Verma (Diamond Books), Vani Tripathi (actress), Meeta Pandit (vocalist), Baljit Chadha (director, Studio Vasant), Arun Bhardawaj (cricket coach), Anshuman Pandey (director, Spandan Communication) and many others were present.

As a practitioner of Asthangyoga since 1985, Suneel Singh’s book is based on yoga, a system of physical, mental and spiritual development.

In this book, Suneel Singh has explained distinctly about different diseases like asthma, snoring, constipation and diabetes.

New Delhi, April 11
The Embassy of Israel will host a music and dance production on April 17 at Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, here.

The music and dance production titled ‘YOU’ is a part of the 60th anniversary celebrations of Israel’s independence.

Three Israeli artistes — Ido Tadmor (dancer & choreographer), Ohad Hitman (pianist) and Michal Amdorsky (dancer & singer) will perform.

New Delhi, April 11
With the arrest of Pooran, a resident of Madangir, the South district police has solved the murder of Hari Singh, 38, who was found dead with head injuries on April 7 in the Ambedkar Nagar area. Pooran was arrested from Chirag Delhi.

Hari Singh was a painter by profession. He had allegedly borrowed Rs 5,000 from Pooran. Pooran who admitted to the crime said that the deceased was not returning the money inspite of repeated requests.

Usually, the deceased remained out of his house due to some assignments. On the intervening night, Pooran found him at home and demanded the money again.

However, the deceased gave him Rs 50 to buy some liquor and invited him to join. After the drink Pooran renewed his demand.

At this, the deceased began to abuse Pooran and refused to return the amount. Pooran was agitated and hit Hari’s face and banged his head against the floor several times.

Soon Hari Singh succumbed to his injuries. Pooran fled from the scene of crime leaving the door ajar.

According to DCP (South) HGS Dhaliwal, Hari Singh’s sister-in-law Basanti claimed to have seen Pooran coming out of the deceased’s room around 11 pm.