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Saturday, Dec 18, 2004

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Misty morning, clear ahead

NEW DELHI DEC. 17. A mainly clear sky with mist or fog in the morning is in store for Delhiites on Saturday. The minimum temperature will be around 8 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature on Friday at Safdarjung was 24.9 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was 9.2 degrees Celsius. At Palam, the maximum temperature was 24.2 degrees Celsius while minimum was 9 degrees Celsius.

Maximum humidity at both Safdarjung and Palam was 92 per cent while minimum humidity was 42 per cent and 47 per cent respectively.

Loader caught at airport

NEW DELHI DEC. 17. In yet another case of misconduct by casual staff at Indira Gandhi International Airport here, a casual loader of Air India was caught with a pearl necklace he had allegedly pilfered from the baggage of a passenger and pocketed for personal gain.

The accused, Sukhi Ram Singh, was spotted by Sub-Inspector P.S. Rawat of the Central Industrial Security Force on the closed-circuit television surveillance monitor while he was allegedly keeping something in his pocket after taking it out of a bag kept on Baggage Belt 3 in the Arrival Hall of the International Terminal.

The alert official immediately informed an inspector who rushed to the spot along with other personnel and caught the loader. A search led to the recovery of the pearl necklace from his pocket. Subsequently, the matter was reported by the CISF to Air India officials, the Airport Manager and Customs officials.

Sukhi Ram was thereafter handed over to the IGI Police along with a seizure memo and the recovered necklace for taking of further legal action.

Seven held for robberies

NEW DELHI DEC. 17. Seven people allegedly involved in robbery cases were arrested at Dwarka in South-West Delhi on Thursday. Two country-made pistols and five lice cartridges were recovered from their possession.

The accused, Dhruv, Ranjit Singh, Ajab Singh, Ajay, Pappu Singh, Lalla Singh and Neeraj, were arrested from a DDA park. During interrogation, they allegedly revealed that they had assembled to plan a dacoity. The police said the accused had recently committed a robbery.

Boy rescued

NEW DELHI DEC. 17. A four-year-old boy who was kidnapped from West Vinod Nagar in East Delhi on Tuesday has been rescued from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh.

The accused is still at large.

Amit, son of Davender Singh, was kidnapped from his school. One of his teachers identified the kidnapper as Yogesh, who had earlier worked for Davender. Subsequently, the police mounted a raid at his native place Bulandshahr and rescued Amit from there. However, Yogesh managed to give them the slip. A hunt has been launched for him.

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