SAD (Badal) protests delay in naming ‘1984 memorial park’
New Delhi, November 10
Hundreds of Sikhs today held a march, protesting against the postponement of naming the '1984 Sikh Memorial Park' in Punjabi Bagh. The park, in front of Gurdwara Tikana Sahib, was to be renamed on November 4 by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Activists of the SAD (Badal) shout slogans during a protest against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for scuttling the move to name the ‘1984 Sikh Memorial Park”, outside her residence in New Delhi on Saturday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Juvenile held for sodomy, murder
New Delhi, November 10
A 14-year-old boy was killed after being allegedly strangulated by a juvenile and his friend at Mahendra Park on Wednesday night, the police said today. Investigators suspect that the juvenile, who has been arrested, and his friend had sodomised the boy.

Mystery shrouds death of property dealer
New Delhi, November 10
A 36-year-old property dealer was found dead in his car under mysterious circumstances at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi on Thursday night. The police suspects that he had committed suicide. The victim, Praveen, was a resident of Samaspur village in Najafgarh.

Auto driver shot dead
New Delhi, November 10
A 25-year-old autorickshaw driver was shot dead allegedly by three motorcycle-borne assailants in the Sangam Vihar area, southeast Delhi, last night. The victim has been identified as Gyan Singh. The police suspects that Singh was killed over personal enmity. He stayed with his wife and three daughters at I-Block, Khanpur.

DU student commits suicide
New Delhi, November 10
A Delhi University (DU) student allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of his house after he allegedly had an argument with his girlfriend at Vijay Nagar in northwest Delhi today.

Dengue snuffs out one more life
New Delhi, November 10
As the dengue onslaught continues in the city, 38 more people have tested positive for the disease in the Capital on Saturday. The death of Mohini B Masih (29), a resident of Timar Pur, has also been confirmed in the Lok Nayak Hospital today.

SAD (Badal) protests delay in naming ‘1984 memorial park’
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 10
Hundreds of Sikhs today held a march, protesting against the postponement of naming the '1984 Sikh Memorial Park' in Punjabi Bagh. The park, in front of Gurdwara Tikana Sahib, was to be renamed on November 4 by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Members and supporters of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Badal, and Justice for Victims said that they were hurt by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's decision on scuttling the memorial for the 1984 victims.

"The move has been initiated to commemorate the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh massacre and honour them. It has been widely appreciated by the leaders of the Sikh community throughout the country. It is evident from the records of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and its Mayor Savita Gupta that a park opposite Gurdwara Tikana Sahib, Punjabi Bagh, was to be named as '1984 Sikh Memorial Park'. Then what's the delay about? " asked a senior SAD (Badal) leader.

The foundation stone of the same was to be laid by Arun Jaitely, Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, at a big ceremony last week. Others who were slated to attend the function were BJP Delhi State Committee Chairman Vijendra Gupta, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and several other prominent leaders of the community.

"While interfering in the constitutional and autonomous rights of the Municipal Corporation, the Chief Minister has only transgressed her authority. The SAD (Badal), Delhi State, is of the opinion that the Chief Minister is stalling the renaming of the park due to political reasons," said an official statement by the SAD (Badal) today.

Juvenile held for sodomy, murder
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 10
A 14-year-old boy was killed after being allegedly strangulated by a juvenile and his friend at Mahendra Park on Wednesday night, the police said today. Investigators suspect that the juvenile, who has been arrested, and his friend had sodomised the boy.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest District), P Karunkaran, said that the incident came to light when the boy was found dead at a vacant plot in Ramgarh Colony on Thursday morning. A neighbour later identified him as a resident of Jahangirpuri.

There were several injury marks on his chest and neck, and he was found naked.

The younger brother of the boy told the police that he was possibly kidnapped from a videogame shop at Block I of Jahangirpuri. "It was revealed that the boy was playing videogames along with his younger brother at about 10 pm on Wednesday. The juvenile and his adult friend were also present and they made a plan to take away the boy for their nefarious designs," said Karunakaran.

The younger brother and the videogame shopkeeper told the police that they had seen the boy being taken away by the accused. The police later identified the juvenile and conducted a raid at his house.

Mystery shrouds death of property dealer
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 10
A 36-year-old property dealer was found dead in his car under mysterious circumstances at Rajouri Garden in west Delhi on Thursday night. The police suspects that he had committed suicide. The victim, Praveen, was a resident of Samaspur village in Najafgarh. He was found dead inside his Alto car at the parking bay of BK-Dutta Market in Rajouri Garden.

A team from the Forensic Science Laboratory reached the site of the incident and took samples of the fingerprints for examination. Investigators are awaiting the postmortem report to ascertain the cause of the death.

Auto driver shot dead
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 10
A 25-year-old autorickshaw driver was shot dead allegedly by three motorcycle-borne assailants in the Sangam Vihar area, southeast Delhi, last night. The victim has been identified as Gyan Singh. The police suspects that Singh was killed over personal enmity. He stayed with his wife and three daughters at I-Block, Khanpur.

Singh's family members said that he was part of a group protesting against gambling and illicit liquor being sold at Khanpur. The group had also lodged a complaint regarding this. Investigators suspect that due to this, he made several enemies in his neighbourhood.

Singh was attacked outside a shop near his house at 10.15 pm. He suffered two gunshot injuries and was rushed to Batra Hospital, where he died, a police official said.

Residents of the area identified two accused —Sunny (23) and Nata (26). A case of murder has been lodged at the Sangam Vihar police station. The accused were yet to be nabbed till Saturday evening.

To protest the alleged police inaction over the entire issue, Singh's family and locals today blocked the Mehrauli-Badarpur Road for close to two hours which led to a massive traffic jam.

DU student commits suicide
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 10
A Delhi University (DU) student allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the third floor of his house after he allegedly had an argument with his girlfriend at Vijay Nagar in northwest Delhi today.

Abhishek Saiki (22), who belonged to Guwahati, was pursuing B.Com. from DU. He was in the third year. According to the police, the incident took place at 9.30 am in Vijay Nagar.

The police claimed that Abhishek's girlfriend came to meet him today. They were talking and later started arguing. When she was leaving the room, Abhishek said that he would jump from the balcony if she did not come back.

However, she didn't stop and he jumped and sustained severe injuries. A neighbour rushed Abhishek to a nearby hospital. There he was declared brought dead.

Dengue snuffs out one more life
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, November 10
As the dengue onslaught continues in the city, 38 more people have tested positive for the disease in the Capital on Saturday. The death of Mohini B Masih (29), a resident of Timar Pur, has also been confirmed in the Lok Nayak Hospital today.

This takes the city's cumulative death toll to four while pushing the total number of people detected with the mosquito-borne disease to 1,401 this season. Today, while 36 cases were reported from the three civic bodies, two from the VVIP areas.