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Friday, Nov 26, 2004

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Misty morning forecast

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI, NOV. 25.NOV. 25.NOV. Delhiites will wake up to a misty morning on Friday. The sky will be mainly cloudy towards the afternoon and evening, according to the weatherman. The minimum temperature is likely to hover around 15 degrees Celsius.

The maximum and minimum temperature at Safdarjung on Thursday was 28.0 degrees Celsius and 16.3 degrees Celsius. At Palam, the maximum and minimum temperature was 27.6 degrees Celsius and 16.9 degrees Celsius.

The maximum humidity at both Safdarjung and Palam was 92 per cent and 94 per cent respectively while minimum humidity was 55 per cent and 53 per cent respectively.

ASI suspended

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI, NOV. 25.NOV. 25.NOV. An Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) posted with the Prem Nagar police post in North-West Delhi has been placed under suspension on charges of not registering a case in which the father of a four-year-old girl had alleged that she had gone missing on Tuesday. The next morning, her body was found near the railway tracks. It appeared as though she had been criminally assaulted before being murdered.

Mukesh, a resident of Prem Nagar, had approached ASI Ishwar Singh alleging that his daughter had gone missing. However, instead of registering a case in the matter, Ishwar allegedly misbehaved with Mukesh. While Ishwar Singh has been suspended and an inquiry initiated against him, the police said they have got some lead in the case.

Books seized

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI, NOV. 25.NOV. 25.NOV. Pirated medical books of different foreign publishers, worth Rs. 41 lakhs, were recovered from South Extension Part-II by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch on Wednesday. Two persons have been arrested in this connection.

Acting on a tip-off that pirated medical books were being sold at South Extension Part-II, the police mounted raids at two premises and seized over 1,000 books. These books were originally printed by prominent publishing houses of the United States and the United Kingdom.

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