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Boy drowns in Panchsheel pit
10 die in accidents on Holi
Cops rescue 1-yr-old, 4 held
Dera unrest: Gurgaon on alert
BJP protests hike in oil prices
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3 kids get injuries in cylinder blast
Gay man’s killers get
life term
Rs 34 lakh looted in SBI parking lot
Tainted teacher to be kept off exams
2 steal 680 mobiles
5 arrested in Holi clash
Missing man found murdered
2 students among 5 commit suicide
AIFF office robbed
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Boy drowns in Panchsheel pit
New Delhi, March 2 While the locals alleged that the pit was dug by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) for its pipe-laying project, the DJB has refuted the charges saying that it was dug by the DDA. Meanwhile, police has sought explanation from both the departments. “The victim Sonu, a resident of Chirag Dilli, went to have a bath with his friend after playing Holi when the incident took place. The boy took a bath in the water-filled pit, which was dug by some civic body near Lal Gumbad in the Panchsheel Enclave area when he accidentally fell into it. His friends called for help and tried to save him but they could not,” said the police. As per the fire department, the incident took place around 4 pm and they got a call around 4.30 pm. “It was a 20-ft-deep pit and our divers managed to fish out the body within minutes. However, he had died by then,” said a fire official. Police has registered a case of causing death due to negligence against the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). “A case has been registered and inquires are on to find the civic agency responsible for digging the pit. We have asked both the DJB and DDA to explain,” said HGS Dhaliwal, DCP (south). Even as police investigations are on, the DJB has refuted the charges against it. “We are not at all involved in digging work. This has nothing to do with the DJB. We have a pipeline there beneath the pit but no work was going on there,” said a DJB spokesperson adding that the DJB inspection has revealed that the pit was dug by the horticulture department of DDA. However, officials of DDA were not available for comment. Opposition leader V K Malhotra alleged that the incident is the testimony of “criminal negligence” on the part of DJB. “As per the statement of locals, the work of laying the water pipeline has been in progress for the last six months by the Project Division of DJB, but the work has not been completed till date. The DJB officials are trying to pin blame on DDA,” he said.
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10 die in accidents on Holi
New Delhi, March 2 As per information, 50 people were booked for drunken and dangerous driving alone. “Ten people were killed in road accidents yesterday in the national capital as against 14 last year,” revealed a police official at the Police Headquarters today. In one of the accidents, Sonu Chouhan (26), who was allegedly under the influence of alcohol, was returning home with his friend Harpreet (27) when he lost control of his motor cycle and hit the railings in Kalindi Kunj. Chouhan, a Blueline bus conductor, sustained serious head injuries and died on the spot. In another accident, Jai Prakash (23), who was on way to his relative’s house along with his friend Gyan (25), was killed when he lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the central verge of the road near Sushruta Nursing Home. Accidents causing death were also reported in outer, east and west districts of the capital. The police also conducted a special drive to check that Holi revellers were obeying traffic rules. “Around 5,300 people were prosecuted for traffic violations. Driving without helmets topped the list with 1,594 followed by red-light jumping (922), drunken driving (445), triple riding (444), dangerous driving (222) and overspeeding (162). Another 1,551 were challaned for various offences like speaking on mobile phones while driving and overtaking from wrong side,” said a traffic police official here. |
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Cops rescue 1-yr-old, 4 held
Ghaziabad, March 2 The Ghaziabad police has arrested four persons from Almohra for kidnapping a one-year-old boy. The child is now with his parents. The police team which was sent to Haldwani returned after making the arrests from
Almohra. The accused have been identified as Rashid, Shahdaband, Raju Pahariya and Dhan
Singh. Ghaziabad SSP Raghuvier Lal said that Dhan Singh had paid Rs 65,000 to
Rashid, Shahdaband and Rajinder Pahariya to kidnap the child. Singh wanted to hand over the child to his sister-in-law whose son had died in 2009. She desperately wanted a son as she had two daughters. She had allegedly been advised by a godman to sacrifice the child on
Holi, as it would help her conceive and give birth to a son. Singh had planned to sacrifice the child on Holi night in
Haldwani. The police said the boy’s uncle and two others, identified as — Raju Pahari and
Rashid, kidnapped him from his house. They reportedly barged into the house and snatched the boy from his sister who was feeding him. They then fled with the child on their bikes. “We had reports that Dhan Singh was carrying the boy to Haldwani by road. When we went to Haldwani we learnt that the kidnappers had left for
Almohra. The child was rescued from there and four persons were arrested,” said the
SSP. “We have questioned the boy’s uncle and two other accused. They have confessed to the crime,” Lal said. “Dhan Singh had asked Raju and the boy’s uncle to find a suitable child for the sacrifice. He had promised them that they would be rewarded suitably,” Lal said. |
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Dera unrest: Gurgaon on alert
Gurgaon, March 2 Deputy commissioner Rajender Kataria today called a meeting of all district officers at the local Mini-Secretariat and asked them to remain alert in view of the prevailing situation. “Though the situation in Gurgaon is by and large normal and peaceful, followers of the dera have been damaging public property in different parts of the state…so the officers here also need to be vigilant,” he said and told the officers to sensitize their staff members in this regard. The DC asked the officers to remain in touch with the station house officer (SHO) concerned and whenever the situation warrants, the SHO should be informed immediately. Thereafter, information should also be sent to the DC office. He asked the officers of the revenue and development and panchayat departments to identify such groups so that preventive steps could be taken well in time. Gurgaon DCP (HQ) Kulwinder Singh informed the meeting that the police had already been put on alert and necessary instructions issued to the officials concerned by the police commissioner.
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BJP protests hike in oil prices
New Delhi, March 2 Carrying placards in their hands demanding withdrawal of the increased prices of petrol and diesel, the demonstrators marched towards Parliament. They even broke the police barricades. The police had to use water canons to control the agitating protestors. Addressing the demonstrators, Delhi BJP president Om Prakash Kohli said that due to steep hike in prices of petrol and diesel transportation would become more costly; loading and unloading of goods would become dearer and even commodities like milk, vegetables, grains would become more expensive. It seemed as if the government had increased the prices of petrol and diesel in connivance with hoarders and profiteers. Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra called upon the demonstrators to be prepared for a more struggle against price rise. He added whenever the Congress came to power, prices of all commodities rose. |
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3 kids get injuries in cylinder blast
Noida, March 2 All charred persons have been admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi. Police circle officer Shailender Singh said the victims were critical. The explosion took place in the house of Kanwarsen where his wife Renu, 6-year-old son Jay, daughter Koyal (4) and two-year-old Ram were asleep. Kanwarsen works in Yamaha company. The police said that the incident took place due to leakage of gas. According to the police, Renu had forgotten to switch off the knob of the cylinder after boiling milk on Sunday night. As a result, gas leaked as the family slept throughout night. In the morning, when Renu woke she switched on the light. But there was no power. So she lighted a candle which led tot the explosion. Kanwarsen, his wife and children sustained serious burn injuries. |
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Gay man’s killers get
life term
New Delhi, March 2 The court has, however, acquitted Munna and Jai Kishore, who were accused of being involved in ‘destruction of evidence’ and ‘keeping the stolen property’. Pushkin Chandra, 38, an employee with the United Nations Development Programme, was found dead along with his friend Kuldip at his residence in Anand Lok on the night of August 13, 2004. The convict Rekhwar in his disclosure statement had claimed that Chandra was gay and used to pick him and Moti to have sex. Pornographic tapes of men engaged in the same-sex activity were recovered from the murder scene. During the argument on quantum of sentence, the defence counsel held that the court must see the circumstances in which the murders took place and that Rekhwar is HIV positive and that his family would suffer harsher punishment. While convicting Rekhwar and Moti, the court relied on witness Hare Ram, the domestic help of Chandra’s father. Ram had identified both the accused as the people last seen with Chandra and Kuldip. According to the prosecution, Ram was the first to discover the bodies and the last to have seen the victims alive. He was one of the 37 prosecution witnesses who deposed before the court. Chandra’s belongings, including a DVD player, that were recovered by the police from Rekhwar’s house also formed the basis of his conviction. The prosecution had also produced photographs clicked at an ATM in which Rekhwar was seen withdrawing cash by using Chandra’s ATM card. |
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Rs 34 lakh looted in SBI parking lot
Greater Noida, March 2 The police said cashier B.D. Singh, security guard Dheeraj Singh and driver Punit had gone to deposit the cash of three days' sale from the petrol pump of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited to the SBI branch when the incident took place. Around noon when Punit stopped the car in the parking lot of the bank near Pari Chowk, three robbers, armed with pistols, overpowered the cashier and snatched the bag containing the cash. They fled on a motorcycle after taking the bag. The employees informed the company manager about the incident who called the police. Colonel (retired) V.B. Singh, the manager of the petrol station, told the police that his men were going to deposit the cash. "The security guard of the petrol pump was unarmed. It was a serious lapse on their part. We are interrogating him also. We have registered a case and are trying to nab the robbers," said Surendra Verma, superintendent of police (SP), Greater Noida.-— IANS
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Tainted teacher to be kept off exams
New Delhi, March 2 The college’s governing body met today but could not proceed with its agenda and was adjourned as quorum could not be completed. However, the college principal, Dr Hari Om, gave a written assurance to the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) that the teacher, Dr V.Narang, would not be “associated with the practical/internal assessment for the forthcoming examination in any manner”. The union has been agitating against the teacher. Four students from the zoology department of the college, which is part of Delhi University, had accused Narang of sexually harassing them. The allegation first came to light around seven months back and more girl students came out against him. All the four girls are pursuing B.Sc. courses, but in different years. DUSU’s vice-president Kriti Wadhera claimed that there could be more victims who were not ready to come out against him. The teacher had reportedly threatened many of them that he would fail them in internal assessment. Even as the governing body meeting was going on under the chairmanship of Rajesh Bhan, DUSU office-bearers held a demonstration outside the college premises, demanding that the guilty professor be suspended immediately. Narang has kept quiet over the allegations and could not be reached for comments despite several attempts. The complainants had alleged that one associate of the accused professor asked them to apologise to him in front of the whole class. Not revealing the names of the complainants, the DUSU office-bearer said the professor used to visit the houses of many girls to give coaching. The governing body meeting today concluded with the college principal signing a written assurance to the student leaders that the accused would not be allowed to mark the examination sheets of complainants. The college has decided to call another GB meeting soon. Today’s meeting was also attended by former DUSU president and lawyer Nupur Sharma. Meanwhile, in a letter sent by the DUSU vice-president to the vice-chancellor, proctor, director of South Campus, chairman of governing body and apex committee on sexual harassment, the union maintained that a university-level agitation would be launched if the college administration failed to conduct an impartial investigation into the matter.
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2 steal 680 mobiles
New Delhi, March 2 According to the police, Nikhil who works with Voice Mobile for the past 10 years, and his friend Balram were arrested last week following investigations into a complaint filed by a senior company official A.K. Nakra on February 23. “Nakra had claimed that one of his employees had gone to their showroom in Karol Bagh for collecting some goods and found that some cartons containing mobile phones had been stolen,” said a senior police official. |
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5 arrested in Holi clash
Noida, March 2 Dalik Kripal, a resident, has lodged an FIR at Sector-58 police station against Sandip and four others alleging that they did not allow him and his friends to play Holi on the street. He further alleged that the accused men assaulted his family members. As a result, many of his family members suffered injuries. While Sandip in a counter FIR stated that Kripal and his family members were misbehaving with the female members of his family. He alleged that they were trying to forcibly put colours on them. When he asked them not to do so, they assaulted Sandeep and his family members. “Five persons have been arrested till the evening,” said Harpal Singh, SHO Sector-58. |
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Missing man found murdered
Greater Noida, March 2 “The body recovered from the fields in Ronija village was identified as that of Ved Prakash, resident of Ranori village. He had been missing since yesterday evening. His family members were searching for him throughout night, said Ram Swarup, SHO, Rabupura.“The cause of the murder appeared to be old enmity. Possible suspects were being identified. On the basis of information given by his family members, we are hunting for the suspects,” said Swarup. |
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2 students among 5 commit suicide
New Delhi, March 2 A 16-year-old Class XI girl allegedly committed suicide, reportedly due to the study pressure, in Adarsh Nagar yesterday afternoon. The deceased Amarjeet Kaur had to appear in her mathematics exam today. “According to her family members, she was bit depressed about her studies and that could be the reason that she took the extreme step,” said a police official. In another incident, a 19-year-old youth who was preparing for medical exams allegedly hanged himself. The incident took place in the Adrash Nagar area. The deceased has been identified as Himanshu. He has held himself responsible for the suicide in note that was found his pant’s pocket. While a 50-year-old man committed suicide in the Hauz Khas area of south district yesterday morning. The police said that Om Prakash had hanged himself from the ceiling fan in his house. In yet another incident, a 32-year-old married woman allegedly hanged herself at her house in the Vijay Vihar area. The woman, Suman, was rushed to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital where she was declared brought dead. Kunti (34), a resident of Ranhola in west district, was found hanging by her family members and was declared brought dead when taken to hospital.
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AIFF office robbed
New Delhi, March 2 According to police, the robbers later decamped with a Maruti van and other articles, including two LCD TV sets and a computer around 2 am in AIFF office in Sector 19, Dwarka. “The robbers held the security guard and the driver hostage at gunpoint. They beat them up and after locking the guard and driver in a room, decamped with the booty,” said the police.—TNS |
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