Pregnant woman dies as car hits her
New Delhi, May 26
A 28-year-old pregnant woman was killed when a speeding car rammed into her outside the main gate of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), this morning. The incident occurred around 9.30 am on the road to Ber Sarai.

Mayapuri paint unit gutted; loss in lakhs
New Delhi, May 26
A major broke out at a paint factory in Mayapuri, this afternoon. No casualties have been reported, but the blaze is believed to have destroyed property worth lakhs of rupees. The incident occurred around 2.50 pm.

Firefighters douse a fire that engulfed a factory in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Cops insensitive to child labour: CWC
New Delhi, May 26
It appears that officials of the Delhi police is yet to take lessons on how to deal with matters related to child labour and understand the sensitivity associated with, as it came to light recently during the rescue of two sisters (16 and 13, respectively) employed as domestic helps at N-44, Hilal House in Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, for five years and nearly one year, respectively.

Woman, her friends held for killing kin
New Delhi, May 26
A woman has been held for allegedly killing a relative with whom she once had an illicit relationship. She allegedly committed the murder with her present boyfriend and his friend.

Woman found dead
New Delhi, May 26
A 21-year-old newly married woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her house in Kalyanpuri this afternoon. Sources said that her husband Mohammad Akram (23) is absconding. The woman, Gulshita, hailed from Meerut and lived with Akram.

Boy charred in car
New Delhi, May 26
A 22-year-old boy was charred to death inside his car at Chawla, this morning. The victim was identified as Ashish. He was going towards Badosarai village when the engine of his Swift car caught fire. He was trapped in the car.

Pregnant woman dies as car hits her
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
A 28-year-old pregnant woman was killed when a speeding car rammed into her outside the main gate of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), this morning. The incident occurred around 9.30 am on the road to Ber Sarai.

A police official said the accident happened when the driver of a speeding i-10 car tried to save a young boy, who had suddenly come in front of the vehicle. The car rammed into a road divider and hit the woman, Chandni, who was standing with her husband Manoj Kumar.

Chandni was taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre, where she was pronounced dead. Her body has been preserved there for a post-mortem examination.

The police has taken Manoj's statement. Based upon his complaint, it has registered a case under Indian Penal Code Section 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and Section 304A (causing death by negligence) against the driver of the car at the Vasant Vihar police station.

According to the police official, Chandni lived with her husband at Budh Vihar in Munirka. They do not have any children. Manoj is an auto-rickshaw driver.

Mayapuri paint unit gutted; loss in lakhs
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
A major broke out at a paint factory in Mayapuri, this afternoon. No casualties have been reported, but the blaze is believed to have destroyed property worth lakhs of rupees. The incident occurred around 2.50 pm.

The factory is in D-Block at Phase-I of Mayapuri Industrial Area.

Twenty-five fire tenders were sent to the site. Although the fire was doused in about five hours, fire fighting personnel till late evening were still trying to reduce the level of smoke.

Sources said upon noticing the fire, workers at the factory tried dousing it themselves. When they could not handle the situation, they informed the police, who relayed a message to the fire department.

Delhi Fire Service officials assert that the fire broke out due to short-circuit in the electrical system of the building.

Cops insensitive to child labour: CWC
Ananya Panda
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
It appears that officials of the Delhi police is yet to take lessons on how to deal with matters related to child labour and understand the sensitivity associated with, as it came to light recently during the rescue of two sisters (16 and 13, respectively) employed as domestic helps at N-44, Hilal House in Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, for five years and nearly one year, respectively.

Butterflies' childline, an NGO, had accused SHO Satyavir Dagar and other officials of the Jamia Nagar police station of non-cooperation and lapse in handling children on May 22, the day when the rescue operation was carried.

Responding to the complaints, the Lajpat Nagar Child Welfare Committee (CWC) pulled up the SHO and the Jamia Nagar's juvenile welfare official on May 24 when children were produced before it and directed the Joint Commissioner of Police, special unit of women and child unit to submit an inquiry report on the same.

The committee noted that role of the SHO was objectionable citing that under Section 63 (2) of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, every police station should have at least one official with appropriate training for handling of such cases. But here the SHO has failed in ensuring this, said the committee.

The CWC observed that there appears a serious lapse on the part of the police which was supposed to assist members of the NGO.

On May 22, while the police took more than five hours to respond after the NGO informed them about the child labour. The two girls had to wait in the police station for more than three hours after they were rescued before being escorted to Global Family Home.

A female member of the NGO was allegedly threatened by the accused, Sabina, who lost in the municipal polls and had managed to have the backing of nearly 200 supporters gathering outside the Jamia Nagar police station by 10.30 in the night.

"The employer tried to influence the children and psychologically harass the team members. Sabina showing her political power tried to forcing me to withdraw the case. She had gathered a mob outside and people simply walked in the room," said a member of the NGO.

According to members of the NGO, the police was not cooperative and ignored the concerns raised by its team until the CWC chairperson, Raaj Mangal Prasad, intervened followed by calls from their top bosses on the night of the rescue.

The police has been asked to register a case under the Child Labour Act, 1986 and explore if provisions of the Bonded Labour Act, 1976, are applicable as the girls, who were trafficked from Bijnour in UP, didn't get any money in return and were told that it will be sent to their mother.

Woman, her friends held for killing kin
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
A woman has been held for allegedly killing a relative with whom she once had an illicit relationship. She allegedly committed the murder with her present boyfriend and his friend.

The woman, Seema (28), hails from UP. Her two friends, who have also been arrested, are Sanjay Yadav (22) and Ram Gopal Rai (28), both from Bihar.

ACP Devesh Chandra Srivastva said Seema wanted to rid herself of her relative Lakhan Singh Sharma (30). Their illicit relationship started after her husband, who is Lakhan's brother-in-law, had dumped her. However, off late, she had started seeing Ram and wanted Lakhan out of her life. "Ram is married and has a daughter so could not marry Seema. But Seema wanted to settle down and so Ram wanted her to marry his friend Sanjay," said Devesh Srivastva.

Lakhan's body was found in a jute bag at Tank Road in Prasad Nagar on May 14.

The police learnt that Seema, Ram and Sanjay could be involved in the murder. On interrogation, they confessed. "Lakhan and Seema lived in the same locality in Trans-Yamuna. But when Lakhan's wife objected to their affair, they shifted to Bapa Nagar. Here, Lakhan would beat Seema, who then started an affair with Ram. Lakhan was against this relationship and so Seema wanted to get rid of him," said Devesh Srivastva.

One day, Seema, without tellign Lakhan shifted to Nangloi. The next day, when Lakhan asked Ram about Seema’s whereabouts, Ram invited him to his house to settle the matter. Ram then called Sanjay and they and Seema planned to kill Lakhan.

"After Lakhan came to Ram's house, they drank liquor. When Lakhan fell asleep, Ram and Sanjay murdered him with a bread roller (belan) and stuffed the body in a jute bag. The next night, they dumped the body at Tank Road," added Srivastva.

Woman found dead
Husband suspected
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
A 21-year-old newly married woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her house in Kalyanpuri this afternoon. Sources said that her husband Mohammad Akram (23) is absconding. The woman, Gulshita, hailed from Meerut and lived with Akram.

Today, their neighbour informed Gulshita’s father Shahabuddin in Meerut that some untoward incident might have happened with her.

Shahabuddin approached the police. When the police arrived at the spot, the door of her house was shut from inside. It broke open the door and saw her body on the floor.

Prima facie evidence reveals that Gulshita was strangled.

The neighbour said that the couple often fought. Investigators believe that her husband may be behind the death.

Boy charred in car
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 26
A 22-year-old boy was charred to death inside his car at Chawla, this morning. The victim was identified as Ashish. He was going towards Badosarai village when the engine of his Swift car caught fire. He was trapped in the car.

The car had a central locking system, which malfunctioned when the engine caught fire and its doors got locked. A passerby, who heard him shouting from inside the car, called the police.

Within a few seconds, the fire had engulfed the car. Ashish was unable to get out and was charred to death. He suffered 100 per cent burn injuries;

An inquest proceeding in the matter has been ordered by the police.