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Tuesday, Jan 18, 2005

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Partly cloudy day ahead

NEW DELHI JAN. 17. Following a mist-laden morning, Delhi is likely to witness a partly cloudy sky for the rest of the day, according to the weatherman. The minimum temperature is likely to be around 8 degrees Celsius.

The maximum temperature recorded at Safdarjung and Palam was 20.4 degrees Celsius and 18.7 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 8.7 degrees Celsius and 9.7 degrees Celsius respectively. While Safdarjung recorded a maximum and minimum humidity of 89 per cent and 48 per cent, Palam recorded 87 per cent and 59 per cent respectively.

4-year-old assaulted

New Delhi Jan. 17. A four-year-old girl was today allegedly raped by a 19-year-old youth in South Delhi's Srinivaspuri area.

The child was lured by accused Shankar, a labourer who lived close to her hutment in Indira Camp area at JJ Colony in Srinivaspuri, the police said.

The girl later reported the matter to her parents following which a complaint was lodged with the police. Shankar was arrested in the evening, the police added.

Fireman held for graft

NEW DELHI JAN. 17. A Delhi Fire Service personnel has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Delhi Government for allegedly demanding and accepting bribe from the complainant for clearing an incident report which the latter required to claim reimbursement from the insurance company.

According to the police, Surender Shoukeen, a resident of Dichaon Village, owned a tent house at Bakkarwala Village in West Delhi. On January 4, his tent house caught fire and a lot of property was damaged. He required an incident report from the Jwalaheri fire station in order to claim the insurance. He approached the leading fireman of the station, Rameshwar, for the purpose.

However, Rameshwar demanded Rs. 5,000 to give him the report. He asked Surender to pay Rs. 2,500 as advance and the rest of the amount after the job was done. Surender complained to the ACB which laid a trap and arrested the accused while he was accepting the bribe on Sunday.

A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered and further investigations are on.

Man charred

to death

NEW DELHI JAN. 17. A physically challenged man was charred to death in a fire that broke out in his house at Rajouri Garden in West Delhi today. At the time of the incident he was alone in the house.

According to the police, the incident occurred in the house of 56-year-old Ashwini Kumar around 3-45 p.m. The police said it appeared that some inflammable material in the house caught fire when he was trying to light a "beedi". He could neither move after the fire began spreading nor could he call out for help. By the time, the neighbours noticed the flames and tried to rescue him, he was dead.

Suicide case

NEW DELHI JAN. 17. A 35-year-old visually impaired teacher allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling in his house at Mansarovar Park in North-East Delhi today. He was apparently passing through a phase of depression.

According to the police, Kashmiri Lal, a resident of LIG Flats in East of Loni and a teacher by profession, hanged himself with the help of a sheet after locking the door from inside in his house around 5 p.m. A suicide note was recovered from the spot in which the deceased had purportedly mentioned that nobody was responsible for his death and that he was depressed since a long time.

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