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Wednesday, Jun 30, 2004

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New Delhi

Around the City

Mainly clear sky forecast

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI, JUNE 29.JUNE 29.JUNE The weatherman has forecast a mainly clear sky that is likely to turn partly cloudy towards afternoon in the Capital on Wednesday. There is also a possibility of thundery development accompanied by squall in some parts of the city. The maximum temperature will be around 38 degree Celsius.

The maximum temperature recorded at Safdarjung was 39.7 degree Celsius and the minimum was 26.4 degree Celsius, while Palam recorded a maximum and minimum temperature of 40.8 and 26.6 degree Celsius respectively.

The maximum humidity recorded at Safdarjung and Palam was 70 and 82 per cent, while the minimum was 27 and 22 per cent respectively.

Kidnapped

boy rescued

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI, JUNE 29.JUNE 29.JUNE A five-year-old boy who was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs. 5 lakhs from outside his house at Bhajanpura in North-East Delhi on Sunday has been rescued from the clutches of the kidnappers. The police have arrested two persons living in the victim's house as tenants and two of their accomplices in this connection.

According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-East Delhi), Anurag Kumar, the boy, Ravi, the only son of Rajbir Sharma, went missing from outside his house around 11 p.m. on Sunday. Suspecting that he had been kidnapped, the police registered a case and initiated investigations.

The next afternoon, Rajbir received a ransom call in which the kidnappers demanded Rs. 5 lakhs for releasing Ravi. They asked him to hand over the amount in the Shiv Vihar area or Loni. Meanwhile, Rajbir informed the police that two of his tenants, Rajesh and Bhole, were missing after Ravi was kidnapped. Subsequently, the police traced Rajesh and detained him for questioning.

During interrogation, he broke down and confessed to having kidnapped Ravi in connivance with Bhole, Charan Singh and Ravi Kumar. At his instance, the police mounted a raid on a Shiv Vihar house and rescued Ravi. The other three accused were also arrested. They disclosed that Rajesh and Bhole had masterminded Ravi's kidnapping, as they were convinced that Rajbir would readily pay the ransom for his only son. Rajbir runs a grocery shop at Bhajanpura.

Anant's plays

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI, JUNE 29.JUNE 29.JUNE Badal Sarkar's play `Liya Ram, Diya Ram', improvised by children of the theatre group Anant and directed by Ashish Ghosh was staged at the India Habitat Centre this evening. Another new play `Gopi Gawaiya, Bagha Bajaiya' will be staged at the same venue at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. This play, which was originally staged by Safdar Hashmi's Jana Natya Manch , too has been improvised by the young Anant repertory.

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