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Three held for snatchings

NEW DELHI: Three persons allegedly involved in several cases of mobile phone and chain snatching have been arrested by the South Delhi police. The police claim to have recovered a motorcycle, a scooter, some stolen chains and cellular phones, besides narcotic substances at the instance of the accused.

A joint team of the Special Staff of the South Delhi police and Hauz Khas police arrested two of the accused, Shah Nawaz and Mohammad Faim, at Mehrauli and the third, Danish, at Malviya Nagar in South Delhi during separate raids on Thursday.

The police said the accused, along with their accomplices, would gather at a pre-decided point near a busy market place before proceeding on a chain and mobile phone snatching spree. They used three motorcycles, with two riders each, to commit the crimes. While the first "party" would inform about any possible risks, the second would commit the snatching. The task of the gang members riding the third motorcycle was to divert the attention of the victim by ostensibly offering to help them.

Usually, the gang members would casually ask for mobile phones from passers-by on some pretext and then flee with them. Most of the gang members used to wear red T-shirt as they considered it lucky. Also, they never returned home without snatching phones and chains worth at least Rs. 5,000, the police said. They added that they were expert motorcycle riders adept at negotiating busy streets at high speed.

According to the police, the gang members also had a good network of receivers of stolen properties. While two of them were in Gaffar Market of Karol Bagh, another was based in Bhajanpura.

Call for reservation to physically challenged

NEW DELHI: Noted journalist Kuldip Nayar on Friday called upon policy makers to extend three per cent reservation to the physically challenged in the Union and State legislatures as well as higher echelons of the administrative machinery.

He was speaking after inaugurating a disability studies lecture series organised jointly by the Society for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, New Delhi, and the Centre for Promotion of Human Rights Teaching and Research, JNU.

The keynote presentation on "Disability and Employment Policy in India" was made by Fordham University Assistant Professor Sophie Mitra, who stressed the need for a national campaign to gather comprehensive data on disability.

Man run over

NEW DELHI: A 30-year-old man was run over by a Maruti Wagon-R car at Mehrauli in South Delhi on Friday. The erring driver fled leaving the vehicle behind.

According to the police, the accident took place early in the morning when the rashly driven vehicle ran over Gauri Shankar. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead on arrival.

The police have registered a case of causing death due to rash and negligent driving and launched a hunt for the driver. The vehicle has been impounded.

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Vinayaka Chaturthi celebrations

NEW DELHI: Vasundhara Enclave Sarveswara Samaj will celebrate Vinayaka Chaturthi this Sunday at the Sri Sankatahara Ganapathy Temple in Vasundhara Enclave, East Delhi.

The celebrations will start in the morning with "Ganapathy homam".

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