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Monday, Jul 05, 2004

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Cloudy day, rain possible

NEW DELHI JULY 4 . Conditions are becoming favourable for the advance of South-West monsoon into Delhi during the next 48 hours, the weatherman said here today adding that the maximum temperature is expected to remain around the 37 degrees Celsius mark. Also, the sky will remain generally cloudy and there is a possibility of rain or thundershowers accompanied by squall in some areas.

The maximum and minimum temperature on Sunday at Safdarjung was 37.2 and 24.8 degrees Celsius respectively. At Palam, the maximum and minimum temperature was 37.2 and 27.5 degrees Celsius.

The maximum humidity at Safdarjung and Palam was 86 and 82 per cent respectively while the minimum was 41 and 33 per cent respectively.

Chain snatchers nabbed

NEW DELHI JULY 4. Four alleged chain snatchers have been arrested from Punjabi Bagh in North-West Delhi this past Saturday. The police recovered seven gold chains and smack from their possession.

During a routine-check exercise, the Punjabi Bagh police spotted a criminal, Praveen Kumar Bansal, riding a motorcycle and intercepted him. During his personal search, they recovered a polythene pouch containing 15 gm smack. During interrogation, he disclosed that he was into snatching mobile phones, gold chains and other articles, along with his accomplices, Balwant Singh, Himanshu, Ravi Kishan and others.

At his instance, the police arrested Balwant, Himanshu and Ravi. Investigations revealed that they were involved in at least 30 cases of snatching.

Contract killer arrested

NEW DELHI JULY 4. An alleged contract killer from Bihar, who had been hiding in a Adarsh Vihar house, was arrested by the North-West Delhi police on Sunday. A country-made firearm and a live cartridge have been recovered from his possession.

The accused, Dheeraj Gupta, disclosed that his gang members had been arrested at Gaya in Bihar and were presently in judicial custody. To evade detection, he fled to Delhi around eight months ago and was living here in a rented accommodation at Adarsh Nagar. He has been booked under the Arms Act and the Gaya police informed about his arrested.

Carjackers held

NEW DELHI JULY 4. Three alleged carjackers have been arrested from Timarpur in North Delhi. The police impounded a stolen Maruti Zen in which they were travelling.

A police team on a routine check stopped a Maruti Zen for checking documents. The occupants could not produce the papers, upon which they were questioned. During interrogation, they broke down and confessed to their involvement in carjacking cases.

The accused were identified as Mustkeen, Ravi and Raju. They had robbed a man of the Maruti Zen at gunpoint at Preet Vihar on the June 13 night. On April 6, they had allegedly tried to rob a businessman of his vehicle after opening fire at him at Rajouri Garden.

Booked

NEW DELHI JULY 4. A resident of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, who allegedly criminally assaulted a four-year-old girl, was arrested by the Tilak Marg police of New Delhi on Saturday. The victim has been hospitalised.

The accused was identified as Mukesh. He disclosed that he abducted the victim from Nangla Machi area falling under the jurisdiction of Tilak Marg police station. Mukesh allegedly criminally assaulted her and took her, while she was in an unconscious state, to Shanti Van jungle area where a police personnel with the Darya Ganj police station spotted him, overpowered him and handed him over to the local police.

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