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Kidney racketeer held
Cash, jewellery robbed from trader’s house
Dairy owner murdered
Waiter held for robbing priest
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Man robbed of Rs 1.12 lakh via credit cards
Crackdown on spurious milk
22-yr-old girl killed in accident at Patel Nagar
Stopped for checking, men ransack multiplex
Ragging in Gzb law college
Woman burnt for dowry
Woman employed in private firm missing
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Kidney racketeer held
New Delhi, August 22 The accused hoodwinked a bedridden woman, Krishna, 67, who had been suffering from severe kidney ailment and undergoing dialysis thrice a week for the last five years. The accused lured Krishna’s son Vivek Ranjan for transplantation of the kidney on payment of Rs 2,50,000 and extracted Rs 50,000 as an advance money for arranging documents and donor. “He extracted Rs 50,000 as advance money and promised him to provide the donor in the next two days. However, he disappeared with the money. The residential address given by the accused was also found to be fake,” said HGS Dhaliwal, DCP (south). According to police, Vinod Kumar was spotted by the complainant near the blood bank of Safdarjung Hospital. As Vivek identified him, he was promptly arrested by the police. During the intensive interrogation, the accused revealed that he was involved in similar offences and had transplanted the kidneys of more than 25 persons in different hospitals. He had collected about Rs 5 lakh from different persons on the pretext of arranging documents and donor for kidney transplantation. The efforts are being made to identify his accomplices. The accused Vinod Kumar is a hardened criminal who wants to earn fast bucks without much efforts. He started his criminal career in 2000 at the age of 23 by selling blood of drug addicts outside reputed private hospitals. No other tout could function in the area without his consent. Soon after he realized that instead of earning Rs 10,000 a day, he should enter the trade of kidney transplantation as many patients who are in need of blood suffer from kidney ailments also. From 2000 to 2004, he engaged himself in as many as 25 cases of kidney transplantation and was arrested by the Mandir Marg police station. After a stint in jail, he again hoodwinked the needy on the pretext of providing kidney and duped about 10 people to the tune of Rs 5 lakh. But law caught up with him. Further investigation is in progress. |
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Cash, jewellery robbed from trader’s house
New Delhi, August 22 According to information, the dacoity took place around 1 pm in the house of Brij Bhushan (58) in Neemiri Colony, Phase IV. The businessman who deals in manufacture of surgical instrument supply was not in the house at the time of incident. “Four robbers came to the house while Brij Bhushan’s wife Santosh, son Prince and daughter-in-law Isha were present in the house. While two robbers remained outside and kept an eye on the main gate, the other two robbers went inside the house and held the family hostage at gunpoint. After collecting the money and jewellery from the house, they left soon after while locking the family members in one of the rooms,” said the police. According to information, Isha first spotted the robbers entering the house and screamed when one of the robbers held a gun to her head and asked to stay quite. They called Santosh and Prince in one of the rooms and demanded valuables so as to leave the house without any bloodshed. “Obviously, the family was scared and it told the robbers about the jewellery lying in the house. Apart from the jewellery, they also searched Prince’s pocket and took Rs. 2,000 he had with him,” said the police. The family has claimed that the jewellery was worth Rs 20 lakh. As to the fact about so much jewellery lying in the house, the family said that Prince and Isha had got married just about 40 days ago and the jewellery, which was kept in the locker, was withdrawn for the marriage functions. “Besides Isha had brought her jewellery in the wedding and it was yet to be kept in the safe,” said a policeman quoting family members. A case of robbery has been lodged at the Ashok Vihar police station and the investigation team is working on the clue to work out the robbery. |
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Dairy owner murdered
Gurgaon, August 22 The deceased, identified as Bhim Singh (47), was a resident of Dhanwapur village, near here. Sumer Singh, his business partner was also injured by the assailants. The deceased’s wife told the police that her husband and Sumer had yesterday night stayed back at the dairy. In the morning, when she reached the dairy, she found both of them lying in a pool of blood. Bhim had already died by then, but Sumer was still alive. The victims were first fired at and then hit on their heads with an iron rod. The police has registered a case of murder against unknown persons and has started investigations to identify the accused and ascertain the motive behind the murder. Gulam Mohammad, SHO, Rajendra Park police station, said during their investigation they came to know that the victims often stayed at their dairy till late night. However, it was yet to be confirmed whether there was someone else with the two yesterday night. |
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Waiter held for robbing priest
New Delhi, August 22 Chander Prasad Sharma, a priest from Nagaland, had reported that he along with his wife was staying in the Crown Continental Hotel, New Rohtak Road, Karol Bagh, when on August 15 morning, a waiter served them tea and toast. “After consuming tea, they became unconscious and were only woken up by a friend who had come to meet them. When the complainant checked, he found that his mobile phone and Rs 5,500 kept in his purse were stolen. When he asked about the waiter, he was found missing,” said a senior police officer from the district. During investigation, the police found that the waiter had joined the above hotel just a day earlier and before absconding, he removed his ID proof from the records of the hotel and also spoiled the CCTV recording. However, a mobile number given by that waiter at the time of joining the hotel was available. Subsequent investigation led to his father-in-law. “The police team called Gaurav at the Jeevan Mala Hospital on the pretext that his father-in-law is admitted to the hospital. He was apprehended as soon as he arrived there,” said the police. During sustained interrogation, he admitted to have committed the crime and revealed that he sold the stolen mobile phone to one Vikram who ran a mobile shop at Ambedkar Basti, Karol Bagh, for Rs 1,800. Vikram was also arrested and the mobile phone recovered from his possession. Further investigation is in progress. |
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Man robbed of Rs 1.12 lakh via credit cards
Greater Noida, August 22 The kidnappers then drove the media hand in their car for about one and a half hours in the city. Not a single cop was seen patrolling the city during this period. The criminals after looting him and beating him up left the media worker near Sector P-II and sped away. On getting the information, police tried to nab the criminals during the night, but in vain. The police was able to identify one of the criminals from the close circuit TV camera fixed at the ATM. Sharad Sankatiya, a resident of Jalvayu Vihar colony in Builders Area, is employed in a Noida-based TV news channel. He got down from a bus at Greater Noida at 11 pm after his duty on Thursday. He took lift from a biker and got down at Pari Chowk. Sharad was walking to Jalvayu Vihar colony when four criminals in an Indica car abducted him. The bandits snatched three credit cards, a sum of Rs 3,000 and a cell phone from Sharad. The criminals drove him to Sector Alpha-I commercial belt after knowing his ATM pincode. One of the bandits withdrew Rs 50,000 from the ATM. Now they had known that he had over Rs 1 lakh in his account. But they could not withdraw more money as maximum of Rs 50,000 can be withdrawn from an ATM in one day. But Sharad was carrying an SBI credit card also. The bandit withdraw Rs 9,000 from the HDFC ATM on Sharad’s SBI credit card. Since they knew that after midnight, it will be the next day, they drove Sharad on Greater Noida roads for one and a half hours and withdrew Rs 50,000 more from the SBI ATM. But not a single cop was seen patrolling in the whole area at night, Sharad said. After having withdrawn Rs 1.12 lakh, the criminals dumped Sharad near Prakash Para Medical Institute and fled away. He telephoned the police from his house. After registering an abduction and loot case, many cops were seen on Greater Noida roads. SSP A.K. Singh said one of the bandits, photographed by a CCTV camera on the ATM, has been identified. |
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Delhi says it was ready...but it rained too hard!
New Delhi, August 22 “There was no deficiency in arrangements to tackle the situation arising out of heavy rains. The problem emerged only because there was unprecedented heavy rainfall for one hour,” Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta said here on Saturday after a high-level meeting to review the situation that arose after Friday’s downpour. The meeting was attended by officials of the civic authorities, the public works department (PWD) and Delhi traffic police. “It was reported that 45 places were waterlogged in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) area. The waterlogging persisted for more than one-and-a-half hours because the capacity of the drainage system is 25 mm per hour whereas rainfall was 75 mm during one hour,” Mehta said. Explaining the reasons of waterlogging on Delhi roads, Mehta said: “The wind was blowing at 100 km per hour resulting in the uprooting of trees and falling of leaves. The leaves which accumulated in bell mouths clogged the entire drainage system.” The Capital received 74 mm of rainfall on Friday, coupled with strong winds. Mehta has directed all the concerned agencies to continue to review their arrangements at regular intervals. — IANS |
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130 trees were uprooted
New Delhi, August 22 The met department said the wind whipped through the city at 87 km per hour while 74.4 mm of rainfall was recorded. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has received complaints of 118 trees falling down while a New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) official said fewer than 10 trees got uprooted in the area under its jurisdiction. “During the storm and rain last evening, 118 trees fell,” said a traffic police official citing MCD data. The NDMC received over 50 complaints of tree branches falling in their area. “Last evening, we received 54 complaints regarding falling of tree branches in the NDMC area. As far as tree uprooting is concerned, the number is less than 10,” NDMC spokesperson Anand Tiwari said. Officials of the civic authorities said they were working to clear the roads where trees were uprooted.
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Crackdown on spurious milk
Noida, August 22 District magistrate Deepak Agarwal said if any milk sample failed to pass the purity test, the district administration would be informed about it and the producers and suppliers would be booked under the relevant act. On June 18, the district administration had launched a campaign against spurious milk producers. Several teams under the leadership of additional district magistrate Vishal Singh had raided six places in Dankore, Kherli, Hafizpur and Mandi Shyam Nagar and had seized large quantity of chemicals, powder and detergents used for manufacutring spurious milk. The DM said the administration would conduct periodic raids and would submit reports in this connection. Further, the administration would kep an eye on all manufacturers and milk suppliers for the quantity of milk supplied by them. “For example, if a supplier has five cows or buffalos, he can supply at the most 100 liter of milk. And if he supplies more milk, it will be checked as to from where is he was managing the extra milk,” added the DM. |
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22-yr-old girl killed in accident at Patel Nagar
New Delhi, August 22 According to information, Risha was a student of a fashion designing institute in Kirti Nagar and was travelling in an Innova car when the tragedy struck. Risha, who was accompanied by seven of her friends, was going to Saket in South Delhi to drop a friend. The accident took place around 10.45 pm near Inderpuri bus stand just outside the gates of Pusa Agriculture Research Institute. According to Risha’s friends who were with her in the car at the time of the accident, the speeding Innova car jumped over a speed breaker and the driver lost control of the vehicle after which the car crashed and turned over. The car was being driven by one Rahul. He was on his way to drop one of the girls at her Saket residence when Risha and other girls joined them. The injured include Rahul, Sourabh, Vatsala and Nageshwari. They were rushed to RML Hospital in a critical condition. |
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Stopped for checking, men ransack multiplex
Ghaziabad, August 22 The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at the Movie World multiplex in Ghaziabad under the Sihani Gate police station of the city. Around half-a-dozen men who were allegedly drunk created a scene when the guards tried to do a security check on them. They called some of their friends and all of them ransacked furniture, broke the glass door, beat the security guards and fired in the air, the police said. “On the complaint of the manager we have registered a criminal case against the goons. Six of them have been arrested,” said circle officer Rajesh
Bharti. — IANS |
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Ragging in Gzb law college
Ghaziabad, August 22 The incident occurred in the Mewar Law College in Ghaziabad on Friday afternoon. “Some of us (1st year students), including three girls, were called by our seniors and asked to give our introductions. Soon however, the questions became personal and we objected. Some other seniors, however, intervened and they let us go,” said Keshav, one of the victims. “But as we went outside the college, eight boys came in a car and thrashed both Vivek Tiwari and me,” Keshav said. “We went and complained to the college chairman about the incident. The management told us to submit a written complaint and promised action against the seniors. “The chairman also warned the senior boys. On the chairman’s word, the seniors have apologised to us,” Keshav said. “We had also called the police control room but the police did not come. We shall complain to the police again,” Keshav said. Circle officer (Indirapuram) Rahul Srivastava denied having received any complaint from anyone in this regard. A senior management official of the Mewar Law College, said: “The seniors have apologised. The matter has been sorted out. Even Vivek’s father has accepted their apology and wants no future action against them.”
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Woman burnt for dowry
New Delhi, August 22 Lata, resident of Karawal Nagar, had got married to Sanjay, resident of Shastri Colony in 2002. Lata’s father Hari Ram told police that her in-laws had been harassing her ever since and often demanded money from them. He alleged that he had often fulfilled their demands in the past, but this time Sanjay demanded Rs 4 lakh failing which he threatened to marry someone else. |
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Woman employed in private firm missing
Noida, August 22 Rinky, 18, a resident of Baraula was employed in a Noida Phase-II private company. On Monday morning, she had left her house for company office, but did not come back in the evening. When the family failed in its effort to trace Rinky or get any information about her whereabouts, her father Devinder Kumar informed the Sector-49 police station. The police has registered a missing report and is investigating. |
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