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Temperatures register rise

NEW DELHI APRIL 11. Even as the mercury rose by more than two degrees Celsius on Monday, the weatherman has forecast further increase in the temperature in the Capital on Tuesday. The maximum temperature is likely to be around 32 degrees Celsius.

The maximum and the minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung on Monday were 31.4 degrees Celsius and 18 degrees Celsius respectively, while Palam recorded a maximum temperature of 31.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 18.8 degrees Celsius.

While the maximum and the minimum relative humidity at Safdarjung was 36 per cent and 10 per cent respectively, Palam recorded a maximum humidity of 29 per cent and a minimum of 11 per cent.

Bootlegger arrested

NEW DELHI APRIL 11. An alleged bootlegger was arrested at Punjabi Bagh in West Delhi on Sunday. The police seized 3,000 liquor bottles and impounded a Tata-709 that was allegedly being used to smuggle the consignments.

The accused has been identified as Baldev Singh. The police said he allegedly used to smuggle in the liquor consignments from Chandigarh and hide them in a cavity just under the driver's seat of the Tata-709 to evade detection. During interrogation, the police said, Baldev disclosed that he used to transport the consignments at the behest of his brothers, Kuljeet and Manpreet, whose father, Mahender Singh, was also a notorious bootlegger.

Alleged cheats nabbed

NEW DELHI APRIL 11. Two persons, who allegedly cheated people on the pretext of providing them jobs in Dubai, were arrested at their Preet Vihar residence in East Delhi by the Indira Gandhi International Airport police on Sunday.

A few weeks ago, 18 people were deported from Dubai for travelling without proper documents. During questioning, they disclosed that they were assured jobs by an agent, Tarsem Singh, and his accomplices, Sunil Gupta and Aman Gupta, who had charged them Rs. 1 lakh per head for the same. Investigations revealed that Sunil and Aman used to live at Preet Vihar, following which the police mounted a raid there and arrested them.

During interrogation, they identified themselves as Saleem and Sirazuddin, and allegedly confessed to their involvement. Efforts are on to nab Tarsem Singh.

Three pandals catch fire

NEW DELHI APRIL 11. A `medium' fire broke out in three `pandals' in East Delhi's Jyoti Colony area this evening, according to fire department sources.

However, no one was injured in the fire which spread to three `pandals' erected in Shahdara area's Jyoti Colony near Durgapuri Chowk to mark `Navratri' festival. The fire, which erupted around 1900 hrs, was brought under control after about two hours, said sources.

Betting racket busted

NEW DELHI APRIL 11. Ten persons have been arrested for allegedly running a betting racket on the results of Haryana lottery in north-west Delhi, police said today.

They were arrested after a raid in Adarsh Nagar last afternoon after a decoy customer struck a deal with them, police said.

The accused promised nine times the amount put on bet to any person who could guess the last number of winning Haryana lotteries.

However, the kingpin of the racket Raju Yadav, who provided the winning numbers from Haryana, was yet to be apprehended, police said.

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