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Metro arrangements for cricket match

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has advised those going for the one-day international cricket match between India and England at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground here this coming Tuesday to travel by the Metro to reach the venue comfortably.

The Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) has made arrangements for free transport to Ferozeshah Kotla and back from New Delhi and Barakhamba Metro stations.

The public can travel by the Metro either up to New Delhi Metro station which is on Line 2 or Barakhamba Metro station which is on Line 3 and avail the free travel facility.

Irate train passengers ransack station

New Delhi: Agitated commuters waiting for an EMU train on Saturday evening went on the rampage at Dadri railway station in Ghaziabad near here on learning that the train had been cancelled, causing damage to the station premises and the railway tracks. The situation was finally brought under control when police rushed to the spot and fired around 12 rounds to control the agitated commuters.

According to Dadri Station Master Ramesh Meena, the agitated commuters went berserk on hearing that the 6.30 pm EMU to Aligarh had been cancelled. They pelted stones and also set the tracks on fire, he said. Later, police teams under Dadri Inspector Ranbir Singh reached the station and fired around 12 rounds to bring the situation under control, he said. There was no information so far about any casualties.

`Contract killer' nabbed

NEW DELHI: A 28-year-old man has been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police for allegedly killing the father of his acquaintance for Rs. 70,000.

According to the police, the accused Sunil was arrested at Mehrauli in South Delhi on Friday when he came to accept Rs. 70,000 from one Manoj Yadav. A country-made revolver was recovered from him.

The police said Sunil's sister was married and settled in Gurgaon and he came to know Manoj through his brother-in-law. Since Sunil was unemployed, he often requested Manoj to get him a job. Manoj would promise him the same but always turned away Sunil on one pretext or the other. A few months ago, however, Manoj offered Sunil Rs. 70,000 if he killed his father Lilu. He also paid him Rs. 3,000 as advance.

As per plan, Sunil approached Lilu, who was admitted to RML Hospital for treatment, and befriended him. In November last, he managed to take Lilu out of the hospital on a false pretext and took him to a desolate park at Anand Vihar in East Delhi where the duo consumed liquor. However, when Lilu got intoxicated, Sunil mixed sodium nitrate in his drink. Lilu consumed the poisonous liquid and died. Sunil then left the place.

Found guilty in FERA case

New Delhi: A Delhi court has convicted a man who used to work as a guard with the State Bank of India here for violating foreign exchange regulations over two decades after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a complaint in the case.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kamini Lau convicted accused Chandan Singh Rawat for his illegal dealing in the exchange of small denomination foreign currency notes against large denomination notes on a commission-basis.

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