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Boy kidnapped, murdered
to settle score with father Family members of the victim, Vikas (inset),
mourn his death. Tribune photo
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Violence at new year revelries
Delhi auto drivers to protest hike in CNG prices
4 cheat telecom firm of Rs 95 lakh
Rising deer population, a
headache for Delhi Zoo
Get ready for colder days ahead!
Women wrap themselves in shawls even as the weather department predicts further dip in temperature. Tribune photo: Manas Ranjan Bhui
Three held in Delhi for vehicle thefts
4 youths held for running car over cop
Improving traffic our priority: Police chief
388 fined for drunken driving
Woman, paramour murder her husband
Traffic advisory for today
Metro holds safety week
NDPL team attacked by power thieves
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Boy kidnapped, murdered
to settle score with father
New Delhi, January 1 The arrests were made on the complaint of Dharam Singh, the father of the victim, Vikas alias Golu. Singh told the police that Vikas had been missing since the evening of December 15. According to Singh, on December 23, he received a call from the kidnappers, demanding Rs 15 lakh for the release of Vikas. During investigation, the police learnt that Singh was into betting and used to have frequent quarrels with the other players. The police learnt that during one such instance, Singh had quarrelled with Anil Kumar Sharma and did not pay him the money he won in betting. During interrogation, Sharma confessed to have kidnapped Vikas with help from the other accused and murdered him on the same day. The police has recovered the half-burnt body of Vikas from a room near Sharma's house in Karawal Nagar.
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Aarushi murder: Ex-cop still waiting for reward
Former UP police DSP KK Gautam is still waiting for Rs 20,000, the reward money the Noida police had announced for tracing Hemraj, the domestic help at the house of Aarushi Talwar who was found murdered at her parents' house in Noida on May 16, 2008. The local police had presumed that Hemraj was her killer when they could not trace him on the fateful day and announced the reward while dispatching a police party to Hemraj's address in Nepal. Gautam, a friend of Aarushi's parents, visited the house the next day to express his condolences and found Hemraj dead on the terrace after he followed the blood trail. He says his discovery helped the police and he should have been given the reward money. Sources in UP police say that the local cops were embarrassed at the discovery of Hemraj's body by Gautam in his personal capacity and that they are no longer interested in giving the money to the man. Gautam finds it bizarre that his good work is not recognized, but for Noida cops, his good work brought only shame. Happy New Year for Delhi
govt
It seems that not only the youngsters even the Delhi government ministers and top bureaucrats have been bitten by the New Year bug this time round. Minister of food and supplies Haroon Yusuf has gone to Ajmer to preach to the faithful at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti while public works minister Raj Kumar Chauhan has gone to Shirdi to ask for divine blessings. Education and transport minister Arvinder Singh Lovely has gone to Shimla and chief secretary Rakesh Mehta to Rajasthan to take a break from the humdrum of their daily jobs. Though Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and some other ministers like Kiran
Walia, Mangat Ram Singhal and AK Walia, are in Delhi, they have not been coming to the secretariat daily. Fond memories
of
Bedi
A couple of years after she put in her papers in disgust after being ignored for the job of the police commissioner, Kiran Bedi continues to have a dedicated fan base among the police personnel who worked under her. A senior official spoke eloquently of her fight against corruption and how she went after the dirty lot with a vigour not seen among most officials of the present lot. He cited the example of an especially corrupt cop who was guided only by illegal gratifications, while managing to get around complaints against him. A determined Bedi shifted him many times in a very small time period that he went to seek her forgiveness. The cops recalled that he remained a reformed person as long as Bedi was his boss. A bad year ahead for pimps
The recent busting of sex rackets in Rohini and Malviya Nagar is not a co-incidence. Cops say the police commissioner had made it clear to all the DCPs some time back that he would not tolerate any prostitution racket in their area and it was in their "interest" to put an end to it. In a meeting with senior police officials, commissioner BK Gupta expressed his dislike for flesh trade in no uncertain terms. The next in line, cops say, are escort service providers and massage
parlours, which are nothing but veneers for high-end prostitution rackets. The New Year is likely to see cops working overtime as decoy customers and catching sex workers and, more importantly, their pimps red-handed. Dogs and
their ways
The swelling number of stray dogs has always been a big problem for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
(MCD). In a "slip of tongue," the municipal commissioner admitted that the dogs rounded up from Delhi roads in a bid to give a civilized look to the Capital during the Commonwealth Games, were released in
Noida. Nevertheless, the dogs always managed to find their way back to Delhi. It later turned out that taking dogs out of their familiar territory was in violation of rules prescribed by the Animal Welfare Board of India. The commissioner promptly issued a clarification that the job of rounding up dogs was given to an NGO which was asked to provide these stray dogs shelters and ensure their proper upkeep. Some other animal welfare organisations also made a hue and cry, contending that the episode had put a question mark over MCD's functioning. Last heard: MCD officials were busy giving a clarification to anybody who cared to listen to them. (Contributed by Kumar
Rakesh, Syed Ali Ahmed, Rashi Agarwal, Sandeep Yadav, Himani Chandel) |
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Violence at new year revelries
Noida, January 1 The incident took place around 11.15 pm last night. The programme was started at 9 pm and routine singers were performing their items and entertaining the audience. In between they were told that celebrities would be reaching shortly. When the organizers announced that they could not turn up due to their preoccupation , the audience turned violent and broke the chairs, glasses and tv sets. "Mild lathicharge was used to control the mob. On the complaint of one of the spectators who had bought ticket for the show, two organizers have been held and cheating case has been registered. The main organizer and three others were still absconding till Saturday evening," said Rajesh Kumar Singh, SHO, 39 police station.
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Delhi auto drivers to protest hike in CNG prices
New Delhi, January 1 They said a few months earlier, the government had increased the auto fare as Rs 19 downing and thereafter Rs 6.50 per km that is good enough for the auto drivers. Suresh Kumar, an auto driver, said the government should think twice before raising the price of CNG as it would increase the inflation rate in the national Capital. Tempos and other small vehicles also use CNG. It will affect the price of goods of daily use. Rajinder Soni, vice-president of auto rickshaw union of the Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh, said that auto drivers would not raise the fare but the union members would stage demonstration against the hike in prices of CNG. The day and venue for protest would be decided after the government announced the hike. Anand Trivedi, organizing secretary of the BJP Transport Prakoshth, said that his union was not interested in demanding fare hike. The government had already increased the auto fare. However, government sources said that the Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) had raised the CNG prices for automobiles from Rs 27.75 to Rs 29 per kg because of an increase in the input cost. This would be effective from midnight tonight. The IGL had last hiked the CNG price in Delhi on October 1, 2010 when the rates were increased by Rs 0.25 per kg to Rs 27.75 per kg. Today's hike has been necessitated due to a rise in the input cost of gas, the sources said. However, president of Delhi NCR Diesel Petrol Pump Association, Ajay Bansal said that so far he had not received any information from the IGL. |
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4 cheat telecom firm of Rs 95 lakh
New Delhi, January 1 The police has seized cash, one kg gold and some gold ornaments worth Rs 6.48 lakh from the accused. The gold items were allegedly bought by the accused using the money earned through the cheating. The arrests were made on the complaint of Vishal Jain, senior manager of Uninor. In his complaint, Jain said that the company, which has three current accounts with HDFC Bank, found that around Rs 95 lakh had been illegally debited from the accounts. Jain also complained that company's 13 cheques had been stolen by someone. During investigation, it came to light that the bungled amount had been debited to 13 accounts through forged signatures and the cheques that were stolen from the company office in Saket. On interrogation, it was learnt that all the 13 accounts to which the bungled money had been transferred were related to Pahwa, who runs a charted accountancy firm in Rohini. He was arrested on December 30, said police officials. On interrogation, he disclosed that Mittal, a Meerut-based aeronautical engineer, gave him three cheques with forged signatures. The police then arrested Mittal. He disclosed that he received the cheques from Sharma. Sharma, who was employed with Uninor as an account executive, allegedly stole 13 loose cheques and handed them over to Mittal, said a senior police official. The cheques were then given to one Amrita Kumari Sharma, who forged the signatures of two authorised signatories of the company. She is still on the run.
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Rising deer population, a
headache for Delhi Zoo
New Delhi, January 1 The Delhi zoo has 11 species and sub-species of antelopes and deer, of which three varieties-Black bucks, Sambar and Hog deer-are over-populated, according to officials. "We have about 130 black bucks, 70 Sambar deer and over 50 Hog deer," an official said. A few endangered groups like Sangai, Chinkara and Chowchinga are also present. According to zoo officials, various steps are being taken to control the expanding deer population. "As the deer are prolific breeders, we plan to discourage breeding in other varieties except the endangered species," the official said. However, the zoo authorities said they face a lot of challenges in controlling the deer population. "For example, the black buck antelope are an important variety so we cannot carry out a birth control procedure. So to stop them from mating, we have to keep the male and female separate," he said. Meanwhile, the veterinary department of the zoo implemented castration (a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries) on two male deer on trial basis. But with high risk of fatality, the zoo authorities stopped the procedure. "The high risk of fatalities associated with herding up the males and castrating them prevented us from going in for such a procedure again," the official added. Meanwhile, some of the male deer are even sterilized. The zoo authorities further said: "Usually the sterilization process is carried out on older deer so it does not bring down the deer population drastically... we leave the younger ones to assist in reproduction." In another initiative, the zoo authorities are looking out to exchange its deer with other animals from various other zoos and sanctuaries. Recently, 15 black buck varieties were translocated to the Bilaspur Sanctuary in Chhattisgarh. Animals can be exchanged within Indian zoos or between an Indian and a foreign zoo only after the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) approves it. "The CZA should be more active in clearing the pending proposals for exchange of animals with the Delhi zoo so that certain deer can be translocated to a foreign zoo," the official added.
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Get ready for colder days ahead!
New Delhi, January 1 Even as the city had shallow fog in the morning hours due to the maximum humidity of 95 per cent, the visibility remained better-around 500 metres-in comparision to the earlier days of this week when it used to hover between near-zero and 50 metres in the morning. Due to a relatively clear sky and good visibility, there was no significant disruption in the flight operations at Indira Gandhi International Airport, with almost all the flights running at their scheduled time, said airport officials. However, low visibility procedures were implemented for over one hour in the morning. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) officials, the rise in the temperatures, with the minimum recorded at 8.4 degree Celsius, a departure of one degree from the normal even as the maximum climbed up four notches from the average to stay at 16.7 degree Celsius could be attributed to the northwesterly winds. However, in the coming days, there may be fall in temperature and Delhiites have to be prepared to experience colder days ahead, as far as the weather department's forecast goes. This weekend, the mercury levels would oscillate between maximum and minimum of 17 degrees and eight degrees respectively. There may be mist or shallow fog in the morning with a clear sky.
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Three held in Delhi for vehicle thefts
New Delhi, January 1 With their arrest, the police claims to have busted a notorious gang involved in dismantling stolen vehicles. One Verna car and four engines of stolen cars have been recovered from their possession. Their arrests were made after investigation was taken up on the increasing incidents of motor vehicle thefts. Intelligence was developed and on December 31, a tip-off was received that some persons who are involved in dismantling stolen cars and selling of their parts are present at Chhatta Sheikh Maglu, behind Delite Cinema. A trap was laid and the accused were apprehended while they were engaged in dismantling a Verna car in an open garage. On sustained interrogation, Gufran disclosed that he had purchased this car from one Bijender and he along with his accomplices was engaged in dismantling the car so that he could sell its parts at his shop at Churiwalan, Jama Masjid. He further disclosed that he used to pay Rs 2,000 to his accomplices for dismantling each car. At his instance, four engines of stolen cars have been recovered from his shop at Churiwalan, Jama Masjid. The numbers of these engines have been erased. Further investigation is in progress and efforts are being made to nab the autolifters from whom he used to purchase the stolen cars, said a senior police official.
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4 youths held for running car over cop
New Delhi, January 1 Constable Naval Kishore escaped with a fracture on the arm besides some other injuries in the incident which took place near V3S mall in Laxmi Nagar around 10 pm yesterday, the police said. The four youths Chandan (32), Tarun (24), Sandeep (26) and Jaswinder (25) were in their car and demanded that the barricades put up near the mall be removed as they could not go past them. There was enough way to do that and when the policemen pointed out this, two of the four men entered into an argument with the police, the official claimed. They suddenly got into the car and then drove past Kishore hitting him down, the official said. The police arrested arrested Chandan, Tarun and Sandeep Saxena while Jasbir is absconding. Kishore was rushed to Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital where doctors said he was in a stable condition. Chandan and Tarun were allegedly involved in separate accident cases earlier while Sandeep has been booked under Arms Act in
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Improving traffic our priority: Police chief
New Delhi, January 1 While everybody had a new year resolution, it was the Delhi police's turn which took its resolution to stop street crimes and instances of eve-teasing in Delhi. The focus will be on increasing police presence on streets, improving traffic situation, ensuring a safe city for women, said police commissioner B K Gupta, adding that there would be an increase in the traffic police force. To ensure smooth ride in the city and proper traffic management, traffic personnel would be checking motorcycles and impound trucks parked on roads, added Gupta. He further said that the Delhi police would also have more PCR vans, not the same Gypsy, but a Hyundai Accent. "A proposal to get a Hyundai Accent car has been sent to the government. We hope it will be accepted," said Gupta. Special patrolling too will be held between 2 am and 5 am to check car thefts. We have seen that 52 per cent of the crimes committed between 4 pm and midnight are street crimes like snatching while car thefts are maximum between 2 am and 5 am. We have devised a plan to check these crimes, said the commissioner.
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388 fined for drunken driving
New Delhi, January 1 However, the traffic police challaned 484 persons, including 388 for drunken driving. Those prosecuted were instructed to appear before courts to face the penalty of possible jail term apart from suspension of driving licence and fines. "Anybody found driving or attempting to drive a vehicle with an alcohol level above 30 mg per 100 ml blood faces imprisonment up to six months or a Rs 2,000 fine or both. If it is a subsequent challan, they may end up getting a jail term of up to two years or a fine of Rs 3,000 or both," said a senior official. Besides, the police also impounded 88 vehicles of the violators. In December, there were 12,494 challans, including 2,349 for lane violations, 8,751 for improper parking in the corridors and 87 for dangerous driving. |
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Woman, paramour murder her husband
New Delhi, January 1 The arrested have been identified as Shobha and Sunil Mallick. They allegedly strangled Shobha's husband Shiv Nath, a businessman on December 25. "Shobha told the police she was in love with Mallick before her marriage. However, due to her parents' pressure she agreed to marry Nath. They were not on good terms and she revived her relationship with Mallick. "Due to social pressure, she did not want to seek a divorce. At the same time, she did not want to continue to live with her husband. She, along with Mallick, made a plan to kill her husband. As per the plan, they killed her husband by using the pillow," a senior police official said. Initially, there was no suspicion on the death of Nath as he was a heart patient. However, the police persuaded the family to go for the postmortem. "On December 30, we received the report and autopsy surgeon opined that cause of death is asphyxia consequent to obstruction of airways by combined effect of manual strangulation of neck and smothering. All injuries are antemortem and fresh in nature. "The injuries inside the neck are sufficient to cause to death in ordinary course of nature. Following this, a case of murder was registered," the official
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New Delhi, January 1 "The annual procession will begin from Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib in central Delhi and is likely to terminate late in the evening at Hari Nagar in west Delhi," a police officer said. There is also likelihood of slowing down of traffic along the route of the procession. The areas likely to be affected are New Delhi, parts of Central Delhi and West Delhi, including Ring Road at Raja Garden. "General public and motorists are advised to avoid these routes and follow the directions given by traffic policemen posted all along the route. Citizens are also requested to make use of the Metro," the official
added. IANS
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Metro holds safety week
New Delhi, January 1 During this week, the commuters will be guided to have a safe ride while using escalators and elevators at stations, said DMRC. Presently, there are 368 elevators and 432 escalators at various stations. For the task of assisting people to travel by the city's Metro trains, which ferry over 20 lakh commuters on the 185-km network spanning 135 stations, station staff along with 80 volunteers of Scouts and Guides have been deputed at the stations and informative material would be distributed to the commuters.
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NDPL team attacked by power thieves
New Delhi, January 1 The accused and his two accomplices hit the checkers with iron rods and bricks. The incident occurred when the NDPL team discovered that a plastic factory was illegally tapping electricity , said an official. The factory was manufacturing rubber sheets and the illegal load was found to be around 100 KW.
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