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SC official’s wife killed at home, carpenters held
2 held with leopard skins
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Daughter held for father’s murder
Jilted man sets himself on fire
MCD scheme for girl education
Games: Govt all out to present good image of city
Travel and tourism fair opened
Nithari Killings
Villagers relieved
Pandher’s son blames media
I received threatening calls, says lawyer
3 die as Brahmins, Dalits clash in Ghaziabad
Mother-in-law held captive
Gurgaon rly stations to have CCTVs
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SC official’s wife killed at home, carpenters held
New Delhi, February 12 The Anand Vihar police today morning arrested two carpenters— Hemant and his assistant Rajesh—in connection with the murder. According to the police, the duo had yesterday gone to Gill’s house for repairing sofa. According to information, Ravinder was found lying in a pool of blood in her drawing room when her husband reached home. The killing appeared to have been done by some sharp-edged weapon probably a knife. The door of the house was open. Some cash and jewellery was also found missing from the house. The two carpenters had come to the house for repairing sofa yesterday afternoon indicating strong probability of their involvement in the murder. The police suspected the carpenters as the repair work was left incomplete. According to the police, Hemant was actually working in a neighbour’s house when Kuldeep had asked him to come and repair a sofa in his house. Accordingly, the next day Hemant, along with Rajesh reached Kuldeep’s house around 4 pm. Unaware of their cruel intentions, Ravinder offered the duo tea and snacks. The two had brought a knife to scare Ravinder and rob the house, but when she resisted, the criminals stabbed her in the stomach. A broken glass table and disorderly chairs in the drawing room indicated strong resistance from the deceased.
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2 held with leopard skins
New Delhi, February 12 According to the police, Moinuddin and Ajay Sharma were arrested last night from near Jain temple in the Alipur area. While Moinuddin is a resident of Nahan in Himchal Pradesh, Ajay belongs to Yamuna Nagar in Haryana. The police said that the duo had come to Delhi to sell the skins hoping to get a price of Rs 80,000 to Rs 1 lakh for each of them. They revealed that all the five leopards were trapped and killed in the forests of Himachal Pradesh by their associate known only as ‘Bengali’. Efforts are being made to trace ‘Bengali’ who specialises in killing these endangered animals. Four of Anil gang arrested
A team of the special cell of the Delhi police has arrested four notorious members of the dreaded Anil, alias, Bhagte gang. The arrests were made on the basis of a tip off received regarding the movement of Pramod, alias, Kala and Manjeet. The two were trapped by the police team in Rohini’s Sector 22 on February 10 along with a stolen Hyundai Verna car. The car was stolen from Rajasthan. One 9 mm English pistol loaded with eight live cartridges was recovered from Manjeet Singh. Two other gang members— Ajay and Sant Kumar— were arrested yesterday on the basis of the information provided by Pramod and Manjeet. It was learned that both Parmod and Manjeet were members of the notorious Anil Bhagte gang. Ajay, a resident of Barwala, had also helped Anil Bhagte to escape from police custody. He later got into cable business in Delhi and owing to a business rivalry with another cable operator, was conspiring to eliminate him. The police is now investigating their network and their involvement in other crimes. DCP injured in car crash
District commissioner of police (central) Jaspal Singh was injured in a road accident today morning. According to the police, Singh suffered injuries after four vehicles, including his own, were involved in a collision near Talkatora Stadium in the New Delhi area. “Singh suffered injuries on his shoulder, hand and leg, and was immediately taken to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where he is presently undergoing treatment,” said a police official. |
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Daughter held for father’s murder
New Delhi, February 12 According to crime branch officials, Niti Sarin (45) along with her paramour Gulfam Ahmed (28) conspired to kill her father to usurp his property. On the night of May 16, 2006, three men hired by Gulfam entered the house of Surjit Singh with the help of Niti and smothered him by a pillow. Thereafter Niti, Gulfam and others kept the body in a car and dropped it in fields near Sardana in Meerut. A day later, she reported a missing complaint regarding his father who she said had gone to Chandni Chowk in the morning, but had not returned. According to DCP (Crime & Railways) Neeraj Thakur, SI Sukhbir Malik of special operations squad received information in the case a few days back regarding the role of Niti in murdering her father. According to police, Niti after divorce from her husband in 2002 was running a boutique in Lajpat Nagar where she came in contact with Gulfam and developed intimacy with him. She pretended to be a rich woman who could lavishly spend money on Gulfam who too started asking her for money and she came under heavy debt soon. She narrated the position to Gulfam. Both of them conspired to kill Surjit so that his property could be sold to pay the debt. According to Crime Branch, after killing him, Niti and Gulfam contacted one builder Chawla for doing some building job on the property. However, when he found the documents incomplete, he advised them to forge a gift deed in the name of Niti Sarin from her father. When Niti Sarin told him about the murder of her father, he helped her in forging the gift deed. They prepared the papers and started developing the property. Three hired killers have been arrested, Chawla is absconding. |
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Jilted man sets himself on fire
New Delhi, February 12 According to sources, Praveen, a chartered accountant aspirant, came outside the house of his girlfriend, Sunita (name changed), around 11 p.m. and asked her to open the door. He wanted to clarify a few things. But when she refused to meet him in spite of his repeated requests, Praveen set himself afire. It was only when people heard his cries that they came to his rescue. Praveen was taken to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital with 80 per cent burn injuries. He was referred to the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital today. Doctors maintain that his condition is critical. Meanwhile, Praveen’s parents have told the police that they were not aware about his going to Sunita’s house late in the night. But they said that their son probably escaped from the terrace of the house. They affirmed that the two were in love and had even eloped from the village a few months ago. The Punjab police caught them in Bathinda and brought them here. His parents further added that a panchayat was called and declared them brother and sister. It had ruled that since they were brother and sister, they could not marry. According to the police, even Sunita’s parents were against their daughter marrying a man from their own village. They had convinced her not to see Praveen. “Lately, Sunita had agreed to her parents’ wishes and had started ignoring Praveen. He tried to contact her, but finding people around her all the time chose to meet her in the night. He must have been disappointed when she refused to see him and hence tried to kill himself,” said a police official. Meanwhile, the police is investigating from where did Praveen get kerosene — whether he brought it from his house or somebody from the girl’s house gave him. “It is still a mystery. Praveen is not in the position to give a statement,” added the official. |
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MCD scheme for girl education
New Delhi, February 12 While announcing the budget estimates for the year 2009-10, the Leader of the House Subhash Arya said that a new scheme called ‘Sumedha’ will be launched from the current year wherein Rs 1,000 will be deposited in the name of every girl passing fifth class from municipal primary schools. “This fixed deposit of Rs 1,000 will mature at the time when the girl will pass senior secondary examination. The matured amount will be paid to the girl if she opts for graduation. In case, the girl does not take admission in any college, the matured amount will be automatically transferred to the MCD,” said Arya. He said that Rs five crore have been earmarked for the scheme for financial years 2008-09 and 2009-10. Arya also announced to open English medium primary schools in every ward. Arya said that provisions have also been made for providing mid-day meals, uniforms, textbooks, jerseys and desks in the budget estimates. This year 20 new primary schools will be opened.
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Games: Govt all out to present good image of city
New Delhi, February 12 Dikshit was speaking at a review meeting. The meeting was attended by chief secretary Rakesh Mehta; principal secretary of tourism P.K. Tripathi; secretary art and culture Reena Ray and other senior officers of the Delhi government. The Chief Minister asked to upgrade existing Delhi Haats, arrange better tourist buses, modern information kiosk and special tourism packages for Jaipur and Agra visit. Delhi must give a look of a lively city, said Dikshit. A number of parks have been selected where live cultural performances will be organised to tell visitors about country’s famous unity in diversity feature. She also urged the union ministry of information and broadcasting to provide good feature films for screening at selected cinema halls during the Games. Dikshit also instructed to constitute three different sub-committees on tourism, food and culture. Further, maps would be installed for tourists at airports, railway stations, bus terminals and metro stations for tourists. Steel plaques would be installed at heritage sites to provide information . There are plans to issue special badges to taxi and auto drivers.
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Travel and tourism fair opened
New Delhi, February 12 The event has been supported by the ministry of tourism, Government of India, and has participants from 25 countries with 200 participants from all over India. Dignitaries present on the occasion were Sujit Banerjee, ambassador to China and Zhang Yan, ambassador of Turkey. Turkey and Thailand are the partner countries this year, with 22 and 24 co-participants each respectively. The other partner country is China, with 8 co-participants. Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat have a sizeable participation as partner states. The strong presence from South India is led by the feature states, Kerala and Karnataka. The other states represented include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. |
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Nithari Killings
Ghaziabad, February 12 Minutes after Pandher and Koli were convicted by a special CBI court here the family members of the other 18 victims demanded death for the two men. “My faith in the judiciary has increased and we hope they are given death penalty on Friday,” said Anil Haldar, father of Rimpa Haldar. The CBI court gave its conviction in the first of the Nithari case judgements today. The quantum of punishment will be announced tomorrow. Dolly Haldar, Rimpa’s mother, said, “God gave us the courage to fight against these high-profile people and we are happy to win. My daughter’s soul will now rest and I want both of them should be hanged in public.” The two men were arrested on December 29, 2006, after the Noida police found 15 skulls, bone fragments and clothes in the drain outside the businessman’s D-5 bungalow in Noida on the outskirts of the national Capital. Investigations revealed that the remains belonged to four women and 15 young girls who had been raped, killed and mutilated. The judgement has brought hope to the family members of the other victims. “My faith in justice has strengthened. I pray for a similar judgement in the other cases. I am sure justice will come in our favour. We want the two to be hanged,” said Rajesh Kumar, brother of 10-year-old Jyoti, another victim of the serial killings. Bandana Sarkar, mother of 20-year-old Pinki Sarkar who was allegedly raped and murdered by the two, said, “We thank god for punishing the criminals and I feel the court will support us in the other cases also.” Ram Kishan, who also lost his child, said, “It is the victory for Nithari villagers and I will distribute sweets in the village.” — IANS
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Noida, February 12 “The moment Pandher and Koli were announced convicted we hugged each other and thanked god for supporting us in our fight to bring justice to the families of the children and women killed by them,” an ecstatic Satish Kumar said. After the judgement, many thronged the road leading to Pandher’s infamous D-5 bungalow in Sector-31 of Noida, adjacent to Nithari village. The bungalow that has remained shut since the horrific discoveries was today barricaded and heavy police force were deployed, while TV vans captured every moment. “The judgement is a great relief for us and we want Pandher and Koli to be hanged,” said 70-year-old Ratan Lal. Irrespective of age and gender, all villagers of Nithari were busy discussing the judgement. “I know what happened in the D-5 bungalow. Those involved have been convicted. I wish they are given stringent punishment,” said Manish Pal, who is just nine. — IANS
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Pandher’s son blames media
Ghaziabad, February 12 “I thank the media for their help — thanks to them a fine innocent man has been sent to jail. Thank you very much!” said an angry Karandeep Singh.
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I received threatening calls, says lawyer
Ghaziabad, February 12 Thursday’s conviction of businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surendra Koli in one case has come as a vindication. For advocate Khalid Khan it was a profession by chance and not choice. Khan, a CA and a lawyer, started his legal career in 2005 to fight his personal property case and in the next eight months he managed to get over 60 cases related to corruption by the police and administrative officials. “I was working as an accounts manager in a private company when a personal property case was filed in the court. It is then that I decided to fight the case myself,” said Khan. On Nithari case, he said, “The families of the Nithari victims approached me and I took up their cases to bring justice to them.” “I was handling all 19 cases related to the murder of women and children by Moninder Singh Pandher and Surendra Koli. However, some families later under pressure changed the lawyer.” Despite receiving threatening calls to abandon the cases, Khan was determined to work on them. “Many times I received threatening calls from fellow lawyers and some unknown persons to leave the cases. But I am not afraid of anyone and can fight against anyone,” said Khan, who is in his late 30s. — IANS
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3 die as Brahmins, Dalits clash in Ghaziabad
Ghaziabad, February 12 The incident occurred in Nayphal locality of Ghaziabad. According to the police, the Dalits were taking out a marriage procession through the Nayphal locality of Brahmins. The Dalit boys were dancing in high spirits, when some unidentified people among the viewers taunted the boys. Angered by the remarks, the boys pulled out their pistols and in a fit of rage opened fire on the crowd, killing two people on the spot. The Brahmins opened retaliatory fire on the Dalits, killing one of them on the spot. Locals informed the police about the shooting.
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Mother-in-law held captive
Bulandshahr, February 12 Sakhijan, son of Yunus Khan, resident of village Mirzapur, was married to a woman in Gulavthi around 12 years ago. They have three daughters. Soon after the marriage, his wife started creating tension in the family reportedly on the advice of her parents. On January 16 while he was at work, his wife took Rs 10,000 and jewellery and went to her parents’ house. On January 30 when he went to take her back home, his in-laws beat him up. On February 10 when his mother along with one relative Meher went to her maternal home to request her to come back, his in-laws locked them in a room. They held them captive. When he went to inquire about his mother, he was told by his in-laws to bring Rs 20,000 and get them released. They threatened that otherwise they would kill them. He has lodged a complaint in this regard at ASP City J.K.Sahi.
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Gurgaon rly stations to have CCTVs
Gurgaon, February 12 These orders have been issued under Section 144 of the CrPC. “The orders have been issued in perception of terrorist threat in view of the high-profile character of the city,” the DC said, adding that the orders were applicable with immediate effect and the commissioner of police had been told to ensure the compliance of these orders.” |
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New Delhi, February 12
