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Auto-lifters arrested

NEW DELHI: Four persons who allegedly stole commercial vehicles have been arrested at Rohini in North-West Delhi by the Crime Branch of the police. Six stolen trucks, a Tata-407 and a motorcycle have been recovered at their instance.

Acting on a tip-off that some criminals would come to Rohini in a stolen truck, a team led by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kumar Gyanesh, laid a trap and arrested four of them. They were identified as Charanjit Singh, Karan Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Khalid.

The police said Charanjit was the gang leader, while Khalid was a scrap dealer who purchased stolen vehicles from the accused.

Held with drugs

NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old man was arrested at Dilshad Garden in North-East Delhi on Saturday on charges of drug peddling. The police claim to have recovered 2.5 kg of "charas" from his possession.

The accused, Ranjit Kumar, is a resident of Vaishali in Bihar. Around 12-15 a.m. on Saturday, a patrol team intercepted him near a petrol pump.

During interrogation, he allegedly disclosed that he had to deliver the consignment to Subhash, who supplies the stuff in the Trans-Yamuna area. He had bought the consignment from Suresh, a resident of Mubarakpur. A hunt has been launched for them.

Labourer shot at

NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old man was shot at by three persons at Timarpur in North Delhi on Friday. The accused have been arrested.

According to the police, Mohammad Samirul Hasan, who worked as a labourer, was shot at by the accused -- later identified as Mohammad Noor Islam, Noor Alam and Mohammad Hafiz -- at Gandhi Nagar in Timarpur around 11-45 p.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him out of danger. The police have arrested the accused and booked them for attempt to murder.

The police said the victim and the accused, all of whom hail from Supaul district in Bihar, had old enmity which led to the incident.

Woman commits suicide

NEW DELHI: A 45-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in her rented accommodation at Uttam Nagar in West Delhi on Saturday.

According to the police, Shanti, a resident of D-Block Uttam Nagar, consumed the poisonous substance in her house around 6 p.m. No suicide note was recovered. At the time of the incident, her husband was out on work.

ACP transferred

NEW DELHI: Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Udayveer Singh Rathi, whose house was raided by the Central Bureau of Investigation this past Thursday, was transferred to the Police Training College from his present posting in the Delhi police Crime Branch.

`Criminal' arrested

NEW DELHI: An alleged bad character involved in more than 20 cases, including attempt to murder, robbery and dacoity, has been arrested at Sultanpuri in North-West Delhi. According to the police, a loaded country-made pistol was recovered from his possession.

Acting on a tip-off that the accused, Daya Shankar, was likely to commit a crime, a team dressed in plain-clothes apprehended him near a park at Saraswati Vihar.

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