Fire breaks out in factory

New Delhi: A fire broke out at a factory in the Bawana industrial area here on Sunday, officials of the Delhi Fire Services (DFS) said. No casualties have been reported in the incident. “We received a call regarding a fire in a factory at 9.20 am at Sector 3 in Bawana industrial area. A total of 16 fire tenders were pressed into service. No one has received any injuries in the fire,” said the official. PTI

Absconding fraudster held

New Delhi: A 41-year-old man allegedly linked to a financial fraud case was arrested from a posh south Delhi area, the police said on Sunday. Swadesh Ranjan Mishra, alias Durgesh, had been absconding ever since he was booked, they said. He was arrested on Saturday after a team received a tip-off about him, a senior police officer said. “He was hiding in a posh locality in south Delhi. We got to know that he would meet his associates near Panchsheel Park. Our team nabbed him from there,” said the officer. The police said Durgesh worked with a private finance company through which he used to allegedly cheat one Sunil Kumar Gupta. PTI