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Monday, Mar 21, 2005

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Around the City

Clouds, rain likely

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. Delhiites would wake up to a partly cloudy sky on Monday. There is a possibility of light rain/thundery developments in some areas. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius and 19 degrees Celsius respectively.

While the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Sunday were 32.0 degrees Celsius and 19.4 degrees Celsius respectively, Palam recorded a maximum temperature of 32.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 19.8 degrees Celsius. Safdarjung recorded a rainfall of 0.8 mm, while Palam recorded a rainfall of 0.9 mm.

The maximum and minimum relative humidity at Safdarjung was 85 per cent and 32 per cent respectively, while Palam recorded a maximum humidity of 78 per cent and a minimum of 35 per cent.

Kidnapping accused commits suicide

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. A 25-year-old man, who was arrested along with his accomplice on the charge of kidnapping and killing the nine-year-old son of his landlord at Tilak Nagar in West Delhi this January, allegedly hanged himself in the Tihar Central Jail today.

The accused, Rajesh, was lodged in the jail No. 4. The police said he was found hanging in the toilet around 7 a.m. Rajesh and his accomplice, Arvind, were arrested after the police found that they had kidnapped their landlord, Anil's son, Deepak, for a ransom of Rs. 2 lakhs. The accused then smothered Deepak to death fearing that he would identify them after being released.

Arrested for stabbing

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. A man, who along with his accomplices allegedly robbed the general manager of Bazee.com of his mobile phone after stabbing him at Pandav Nagar in East Delhi about a fortnight ago, was arrested on Saturday. The accused, Alim, was arrested at Pandav Nagar when he came to meet his accomplices. During interrogation, he disclosed that he worked for one Sanjay, who is presently lodged in jail. The police are trying to nab other members of the gang.

Held for impersonation

NEW DELHI MARCH 20. A man who was trying to board a Jet Airways flight to Srinagar on a ticket issued in another person's name was held on the charge of impersonation by the Central Industrial Security Force at the Indira Gandhi International Airport this morning and handed over to the Palam police station for further investigation.

The accused had reached the airport around 9-30 a.m. with a ticket for Jet Airways flight 9W-603 issued in the name of A.R. Shah. Though he managed to enter Terminal 1B from the passengers' entry gate on the basis of the ticket, due to his suspicious movement, the CISF personnel stopped him and asked him to prove his identity. Since the voter identity card and the driving licence he produced were in the name of Mukhtar Ahmad Bhatt, a resident of F-21, Jangpura, Delhi, he was apprehended and questioned at length.

Subsequently, Bhatt admitted that he was trying to travel on the ticket of A.R. Shah but did not reveal any particular reason for doing so. As such he was handed over by the CISF to the area police for further questioning.

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