Trilokpuri: Police hunt for 5 men
New Delhi, October 27
Police have launched a massive manhunt for five men who had allegedly consumed alcohol on Diwali night and littered the area near a place of worship, which allegedly triggered clashes between two communities in Trilokpuri area here.

Several projects for Dwarka announced
New Delhi, October 27
The Centre today announced a number of projects for Dwarka sub-city, prominent among them are zero waste management, green waste management, football stadium, cycle sharing project, 13 community halls, cultural centre, diplomatic enclave and Bharat Vandana Park.

Kejriwal complains to CEO on voters' list bungle
New Delhi, October 27
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal today met Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer, accusing the BJP of trying to get voters' list fudged.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal calls on the Chief Electoral Officer Vijay Dev in New Delhi on Monday. Tribune Photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

Yamuna cleaning plan set in motion
New Delhi, October 27
In a major step towards cleaning the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today inaugurated its first 59-km interceptor sewer project which will ensure that only treated sewage is discharged into the three major drains which release water in the river.

Nagaland woman raped by Nigerian
New Delhi, October 27
A 24-year-old woman from Nagaland has alleged that a Nigerian national raped her on the pretext of marrying her, the police said here today. The accused has been identified as 34-year-old Nileango. The woman told the police that she was working as a beautician in Bangalore when she came in contact with the accused. "They became friends after which the accused asked the woman to come to Delhi for better job opportunities," said a police officer.

7-yr-old girl molested by neighbour
New Delhi, October 27
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly molested by her neighbour at a locality near Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in north Delhi yesterday. The accused has been identified as Wassi (55) . On Saturday evening, he found the victim playing alone outside her house. He allegedly lured her with sweets and took her to his room. He allegedly molested the girl and directed her not to mention the incident to anyone.

Trilokpuri: Police hunt for 5 men
TNS & agencies

New Delhi, October 27
Police have launched a massive manhunt for five men who had allegedly consumed alcohol on Diwali night and littered the area near a place of worship, which allegedly triggered clashes between two communities in Trilokpuri area here. Besides this, ten teams are conducting door to door searches in the area to check if stones, bricks, firearms and other weapons have been stored in houses.

The Delhi Police also relaxed prohibitory orders, banning the "unlawful assembly" of five and more people in that locality.

"The prohibitory orders issued under Section 144 of the CrPc were relaxed today to make people buy vegetables and milk. It is a sign of bringing life to normalcy," said a senior police officer, adding that there were no incidents of violence last night and this morning.

The police are planning to relax the orders for close to two hours tomorrow, depending on the situation at Trilokpuri.

According to another police officer, five milk vans of Mother Dairy were sent to Trilokpuri, as all the nearby markets remained closed. Later in the day, the police also opened some Mother Dairy stores, which were selling milk and vegetables.

Outside two such stores located between Blocks 17 and 18, which witnessed heavy stone pelting, there were long queues of women, carrying empty milk cans, waiting to be filled. Men were not allowed to even stand near the queues.

Anokhi Devi, a 44-year-old woman, who was waiting in one of the queues said that she was falling short of the groceries at home. "When the violence broke out, all the markets in this colony were closed. I had to borrow vegetables from my neighbours. That is what most of us were doing," she said.

Devendra Kumar, a 58-year-old autorickshaw driver, who stays at one of the blocks where there were no incidents of violence, said "The police had locked the area. I had to walk to a market in Mayur Vihar to buy a packet of biddi. The police did not allow me to take my autorickshaw outside my block. I had returned home from work on Diwali morning and only today the police allowed me to take my autorickshaw outside the locality," he said.

There were also people facing a shortage of money, because the ATMs were closed in the locality. A 20-year-old boy named Rohit Gupta said, "All the ATMs in the locality are closed. My father works in Noida and he gets the money from there."

According to the police, an ATM in Trilokpuri was damaged during the clashes. Two shops, including an apparel showroom called "A to Z Collection Clothes Shop", were burnt. The police are not sure if the shops were set on fire by a mob or if there was a short-circuit.

Cong leaders meet police chief

Delhi Congress leaders today met the Delhi Police Commissioner, demanding the restoration of communal amity at Trilokpuri in East Delhi.

The delegation that was led by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) president Arvinder Singh Lovely, asked the Delhi Police Commissioner to register an FIR and arrest those responsible for stoking the clashes.

"It was necessary that those responsible for the clashes should be arrested immediately. We told the Police Commissioner that the residents were mortally scared now and a large number of them have fled to the houses of their relatives in the neighbouring areas, fearing for their life," said Singh.

Congress spokesperson Abhiskeh Manu Singhvi said the clashes evidenced the recent trends of polarization in states that were due to go for elections.

"We demand an independent inquiry into the incident in Trilokpuri and also want to know why Delhi which has remained peaceful for all these years is suddenly witnessing tensions," Singhvi said.

He also condemned the "unprovoked, dangerous" attack on the Imam of Jama Masjid demanding a probe.

The Congress said similar incidents aimed at polarizing communities were witnessed in UP and Bihar on the eve of elections.

Several projects for Dwarka announced
Football stadium, cycle-sharing project, 13 community halls are part of ambitious plan
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 27
The Centre today announced a number of projects for Dwarka sub-city, prominent among them are zero waste management, green waste management, football stadium, cycle sharing project, 13 community halls, cultural centre, diplomatic enclave and Bharat Vandana Park. Talking to media, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said, "We are going to implement cycle sharing project in Dwarka. This is for the first time that such a project is being implemented in India."

He said once the project is implemented, people need not buy a cycle. They just have to hire one at a point and leave it at a particular stand where another person can hire it. The government is planning to construct a separate cycle track also. This is being done to decongest Delhi traffic.

Besides, construction of 13 community halls, a football stadium and a cultural centre like Habitat Centre in Dwarka is also in the plan of the government.

Naidu said the government is also planning for a rail network on Ring Road linking various areas in the city. There is a lot of traffic jam in Delhi. The government is planning to construct ring railway to control the traffic in the national Capital.

"In the upcoming days, many new flyovers, more ring roads, expansion of Metro lines and elevated highways will come up in Delhi following which congestion will be reduced in the national Capital," Naidu said at a function here.

The minister said to suggest necessary measures for these projects, he has constituted a committee led by the Urban Development Secretary that will submit its final report within 45 days and thereafter, the Centre and Delhi government will work on these projects, he said.

Kejriwal complains to CEO on voters' list bungle
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 27
Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal today met Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), accusing the BJP of trying to get voters' list fudged. "Our first demand is to upload the daily monitoring report of each constituency on website so that every party can check how many votes have been added or subtracted," Kejriwal told reporters here after meeting CEO Vijay Dev, adding that the BJP is trying to buy fake votes and delete the votes of other parties.

"If any suspicion is detected during this process, probe should then be done. We have also requested him to upload the list of such voters, who have been added or deleted every week so that every party can check the updated list in every constituency," Kejriwal said.

The AAP leader said that the CEO has assured them of starting this process after November 20 this year.

The AAP national convener said that they have demanded strict action against the Booth Level Officers (BLO) who are found engaged in any malpractice.

On October 25, Kejriwal had accused the BJP of trying to get voters' list fudged in the national Capital.

"A top BJP leader has directed all Delhi BJP MLAs to get at least 5,000 fake votes made in each constituency and get AAP votes deleted. The bribe rate is Rs 1,500 for a fake vote and Rs 200 to get any vote deleted.

This information was given by someone who did this job for the BJP last week," he said.

Yamuna cleaning plan set in motion
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 27
In a major step towards cleaning the Yamuna, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today inaugurated its first 59-km interceptor sewer project which will ensure that only treated sewage is discharged into the three major drains which release water in the river.

The implementation of the interceptor sewer project would ensure that around 70 per cent of pollution going into the Yamuna is prevented, thus improving the water quality in the river. The project involves the laying of interceptor sewers in a length of 59 km along the three major drains, Najafgarh, Supplementary and Shahdara.

The interceptor will convey sewage flowing from 180 subsidiary small drains to the nearest Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and will ensure that only treated sewage goes into the major drains.

The project was launched by Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. "This is a very big step towards cleaning the Yamuna in the national Capital. Today the river is very dirty and we want to clean it and this plant is helpful in this regard. With this plant, 60 per cent cleaning of the Yamuna will be completed and the government has plans to clear its remaining part. Our government aims to clean the Ganga as well," he said.

The first package of interceptor takes sewage from the Palam drain in Dwarka to the Pappankalan Sewage Treatment Plant.

Nagaland woman raped by Nigerian
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 27
A 24-year-old woman from Nagaland has alleged that a Nigerian national raped her on the pretext of marrying her, the police said here today. The accused has been identified as 34-year-old Nileango. The woman told the police that she was working as a beautician in Bangalore when she came in contact with the accused. "They became friends after which the accused asked the woman to come to Delhi for better job opportunities," said a police officer.

The woman came to Delhi about four months ago and started living with Nileango at a rented house in Mukherjee Nagar, north Delhi. During this period, the woman allegedly became pregnant and they decided to get an abortion. She then asked Nileango to marry her, but he kept refusing.

The woman then approached the Burari police station. She and Nileango were told by the police to attend counselling sessions.

The couple, however, continued to have arguments on which the woman decided to approach the Mukherjee Nagar police station. A case under Sections 376 (rape) and 313 (causing miscarriage without woman's consent) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered at the Mukherjee Nagar police station.

7-yr-old girl molested by neighbour
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 27
A seven-year-old girl was allegedly molested by her neighbour at a locality near Bara Hindu Rao Hospital in north Delhi yesterday. The accused has been identified as Wassi (55) . On Saturday evening, he found the victim playing alone outside her house. He allegedly lured her with sweets and took her to his room. He allegedly molested the girl and directed her not to mention the incident to anyone.

When the girl returned to her house, she did not speak to anyone. Her father found her behaviour suspicious. later, the victim narrated the incident to her mother.

The victim's parents reported the matter to the police about 11 pm. "Wassi was arrested from his room and booked under Section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC and the POCSO Act," said a police officer.