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Woman commits suicide

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI NEW DELHINEW: A 25-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling in her house at Badarpur in South Delhi on Thursday.

According to the police, the body of Asha, a resident of Budh Vihar in Badarpur, was found hanging by her husband, Rajesh, who worked in a private company, returned home around 5-30 p.m. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Asha was married to Rajesh in 2002. The area Sub-Divisional Magistrate has been informed about the incident and inquest proceedings initiated.

Man killed

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI NEW DELHINEW: An unidentified man was killed when a Santro car knocked him down on Mathura Road in South Delhi on Wednesday night.

The police said the incident occurred on Mathura Road, near Modi Mill, around 10-30 p.m. The driver of the Santro car, Rajesh Bhalla (49), a resident of Central Delhi, was arrested.

A case has been registered at New Friends Colony police station and further investigations are on.

Man crushed

under machine

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI NEW DELHINEW: A 22-year-old man was killed when a heavy machine fell on him at Okhla in South Delhi on Thursday.

According to the police, B. Venkateshwar Rao, a worker at a brick kiln site at Tehkhand in Okhla died on the spot when the machine fell on him around 12-30 p.m.

A case of negligence has been registered at Okhla police station and further investigations are on.

SI gets bail

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI NEW DELHINEW: : A Delhi court today granted bail to a Police Sub-Inspector who was allegedly caught red-handed at the IGI airport here yesterday while taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person for not implicating him in a case.

Special Judge Aruna Suresh granted bail to Lokesh Sharma on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and a direction to cooperate with the investigation.

Rejecting CBI's plea for the custody of Sharma for two days for a detailed probe, the court enlarged him on bail saying since the bribe amount was seized from the accused, there was nothing much to be investigated.

Demolition drive

NEW DELHINEW DELHINEW DELHI NEW DELHINEW: Resuming its anti-encroachment drive, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's demolition squad on Thursday razed illegal constructions on the second and third floors of at least three buildings in the busy Chandni Chowk area of Old Delhi.

The demolition squad accompanied by Delhi police personnel reached the area in the morning, and by evening demolitions in the three buildings were carried out without any protest from the public. However, the MCD squad did not touch the building housing the famous Haldiram's restaurant as its owners had obtained a stay order from the court against the demolition notice.

During the past two days, the MCD squad had demolished illegal constructions in seven buildings of the area falling in the City Zone. On the directions from the High Court, the civic body has identified 843 properties for demolition in the Chandni Chowk area that have come up by encroaching on area in front of footpath in the market. So far over 100 such constructions have been removed. The civic body has to appear before the court on April 27 to tell the progress about the demolition drive.

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