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Partly cloudy sky forecast

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP The weatherman has forecast a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of thundery developments in some parts of Delhi on Wednesday. The maximum temperature would hover around 39 degrees Celsius.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Tuesday were 40.1 and 23.7 degrees Celsius, while Palam recorded 41 and 26.8 degree Celsius respectively. The maximum humidity recorded at Safdarjung was 57 and 49 per cent at Palam, while the minimum humidity was 26 and 18 per cent respectively.

Uzbek women arrested

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP Two Uzbek women, who were allegedly indulging in prostitution, have been arrested by the Crime Branch from a Pitampura hotel in North-West Delhi.

The police said the accused had come to the Capital on February 29 this year and had also visited Mumbai. Investigations revealed that they were into prostitution following which the police arrested them from City Park hotel at Pitampura.

Two held for cheating

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP A 69-year-old man and his 42-yer-old son have been arrested by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on charges of cheating a businessman by selling a Wazirpur Industrial Area prime property to him without proper authorisation from DDA.

The businessman, Suresh Gupta, lodged a complaint that on February 8 last year, he signed an agreement with Rishabh Jain and two of his sons, Mukesh and Dinesh for purchase of a property for Rs. 2. 40 crore. He paid Rs. 24 lakhs to the accused in advance. In the agreement, the accused had clearly mentioned that the property was not disputed and all the clearance had been taken for its sale. However, the accused did not produce the originals documents. When on repeated request, they did not show the documents, Mr. Gupta enquired from DDA and came to know that the accused had not taken permission for the sale,

Auto-lifters nabbed

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP Two persons allegedly into auto-lifting were arrested by the Crime Branch from Prashant Vihar in North-West Delhi on Sunday. Two stolen vehicles were recovered from their possession.

The two accused were identified as Vinod and Himanshu

Heroin recovered

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP Four persons have been arrested from different parts of the Capital by the Narcotics Branch of the Delhi police on charges of indulging in the smuggling of heroin. The police recovered 2.35 kg heroin from their possession.

Man found hanging

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP A man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Okhla in South Delhi today.

According to the police, 35-year-old Suresh, a resident of Okhla, was found hanging from a tree near his house today. No suicide note was recovered from the spot. Preliminary investigations revealed that Suresh was unemployed and had been passing through a phase of depression.

Okhla police have registered a case and are investigating further.

Murdered

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHINEW, APRIL 20.APRIL 20.AP A 35-year-old man was found dead in his employer's house at Nangloi in West Delhi today.

According to the police, the body of Raj Singh, who used to work with Jawahar Singh, a garment dealer living in Nangloi, was found in the house with stab wounds on his face and chest and bruises all over his body.

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