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Monday, Jul 10, 2006

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Three killed as DTC

bus rams into car

NEW DELHI: Three men were killed and one sustained serious injuries when an over-speeding DTC bus rammed into their Santro car at Nangloi in West Delhi on Sunday.

According to the police, the accident occurred at Ghewra Morh around noon when the driver of the bus plying on route No. 708 -- from Najafgarh to Narela -- was negotiating a U-turn. In a bid to overtake, the bus hit the Santro. The front portion of the Santro was badly damaged due to the impact of the collision.

All the four occupants of the vehicle sustained serious injuries. Two of them sitting on front seats died on the spot. They were identified as Rajan Singh, a resident of Punjabi Bagh, and Dharam Pal, a resident of Sonepat in Haryana. The two other injured, Pravin and Rakesh, were rushed to Sanjay Gandhi Hospital from where they were referred to Maharaja Agrasen Hospital. Later, Pravin succumbed to his injuries at the hospital. Rakesh has been kept under observation.

The bus driver, Manoj Kumar, has been arrested and a case of causing death due to rash and negligent driving registered at Nangloi police station.

Domestic help hangs herself in Munirka

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old domestic help who worked at the residence of an additional sessions judge allegedly hanged herself to death on the seventh floor of a building at Munirka in South-West Delhi on Saturday.

Geeta worked at the house of the judge who lives in Munirka Enclave. On Saturday morning, the judge found that jewellery and cash kept in his house had gone missing.

It is learnt that Geeta, who had come to work that day, went back to her nearby jhuggi dwelling around noon. In an attempt to check if she had any role to play in the theft, the judge reportedly called her in the evening and quizzed her at his sister's flat.

Saying that she would be back soon, Geeta took leave and allegedly hanged herself on the seventh floor of the Institute of Health and Family Welfare building. The building liftman found her hanging and raised an alarm.

She was rushed to a hospital where she was declared dead on arrival. The police suspect that the domestic help committed suicide as she felt guilty of having stolen the valuables from her employer's house.

Nigerians arrested

with cocaine

NEW DELHI: Four Nigerian nationals allegedly dealing in cocaine have been arrested by the Delhi Zonal Unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) this past weekend. The NCB claim to have recovered 142 gm of cocaine from their possession.

On Friday, the NCB picked up a Nigerian national from Munirka in South-West Delhi, from whom 142 gm of white powder, suspected to be cocaine, was seized. During interrogation, the accused identified himself as Peter Obi and allegedly confessed to his involvement in the drug cartel. At his instance, the NCB sleuths mounted raids on Friday evening and Saturday and arrested three more Nigerian nationals, Emanuel, Antony and Chime.

Investigations revealed that the contraband had been brought from Goa. "This is the biggest cocaine seizure in Delhi so far," said an NCB official, adding that the entire racket involving the four Nigerian nationals had been smashed.

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