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Tuesday, Aug 02, 2005

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Young man commits suicide

NEW DELHI: A 19-year-old allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling in his house at Sultanpuri in North-West Delhi on Sunday night. According to the police, Afeez, son of Iftkhar, a labourer living at C-Block, Sultanpuri, had gone to sleep in his first floor room around 9 p.m. Around 11 p.m., his father happened to go upstairs when he saw Afeez hanging from the ceiling with a nylon rope. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.

The police said Afeez was unemployed and was passing through a phase of depression. A case has been registered at Sultanpuri police station and further investigations are on.

Killed by neighbour

NEW DELHI: A 40-year-old man was killed by his neighbour following a row over a trivial matter at Narela in North-West Delhi on Monday.

According to the police, Suresh, a resident of a jhuggi cluster at Sector-5 in Narela, was brushing his teeth near his house when Mewa Ram (36) came there around 8 a.m. They had argument over a petty issue following which Mewa Ram picked up a stick and hit Suresh on his head. Suresh succumbed to his injuries on the spot.

Narela police have registered a case of murder and arrested Mewa Ram. Further investigations in the case are on.

Kawarias damage buses

NEW DELHI: Angry kawarias smashed the windowpanes of a couple of buses after a young boy accompanying them was hit by a Blueline bus at Peeragarhi in West Delhi on Monday. The boy did not sustain any serious injuries.

According to the police, the bus plying on route 954 hit the boy at Peeragarhi Chowk around 10 a.m. The agitated kawarias then smashed the windowpanes of three buses, the other two plying on routes 226 and 918.

Subsequently, the police reached the spot and pacified the kawarias.

DU bandh in support of Honda workers

NEW DELHI: Deserted classrooms and empty corridors were the order of the day at Delhi University on Monday in view of the bandh call given by the Delhi University Teachers' Association (DUTA) in protest against the lathi-charge on workers of Honda Motors by the Haryana police in Gurgaon this past week.

Supported by the Delhi University and College Karamchari Union (DUCKU), the bandh met with success in almost all colleges, with students staying away from classes. In a statement, DUCKU said work in most hostel messes was also suspended because of the bandh, with no food being served to students.

Threat to Ilyasi

NEW DELHI: Television journalist Suhaib Ilyasi on Monday lodged a complaint with the Noida police claiming that he had received a death threat from the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and the Babbar Khalsa. He has demanded security from the police.

In his complaint, Mr. Ilyasi said he received a letter in his office from the two militant organisations mentioning about an episode of his series "India's Most Wanted" in which he had given details about an absconding area commander of KCF, Sampurna Singh.

The letter warned Mr. Ilyasi not to telecast any more episodes on other members of the two groups.

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