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Mother and son found dead

NEW DELHI: A young man and his mother were found dead under highly mysterious circumstances at Sarai Rohilla in North Delhi on Wednesday night. The police suspect it to be a case of death due to poisoning.

According to the police, Bahadur, who works in a shoe-factory run by the family, found 21-year-old Sameer and his 47-year-old mother Aadesh lying unconscious in the house with blood oozing from their mouths. With the help of neighbours, he rushed the two to Bara Hindu Rao Hospital where they were declared dead on arrival.

Enquiries revealed that Aadesh was suffering from a thyroid disorder and was almost bed-ridden. She had three sons, but the eldest, Rinku, had died in an accident. After his death, Rinku's wife moved to another house owned by the family.

The police learnt that Aadesh was also not happy with the way her second son Aashu was running the family business.

The police suspect it to be a case of suicide pact apparently due to family disputes. The relatives of the deceased are being questioned.

Five members of inter-State gang held

NEW DELHI: Five young men have been arrested from different parts of the Capital for their alleged involvement in criminal cases. The police claim to have seized three country-made firearms from their possession.

Shahadat, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested by the Crime Branch at Okhla in South Delhi. But his alleged accomplice, Aamir, managed to escape. During interrogation, Shahadat allegedly disclosed that he was a member of Ayub-Aslam Choota gang and that he had committed several robberies and murders. Five members of the same gang were gunned down in an encounter with the Special Cell of the Delhi police this April.

The police said Shahadat had been evading arrest for the past five years. The UP police had declared a reward of Rs. 2,500 on his head. Shahadat allegedly disclosed that he was last arrested by the UP police in 2000 for possessing illegal arms. He has not been attending trial in that case.

Man from Tamil Nadu jumps to death

NEW DELHI: A 35-year-old man from Tamil Nadu allegedly committed suicide by jumping off North Block in New Delhi on Thursday. In a suicide note written in Tamil he said he was taking the extreme step as he was unemployed.

V. O. Gunasekharan from Dharampuri in Tamil Nadu went to North Block around noon and got a pass made to meet the Union Minister of State for Finance (Revenue). He went directly to the roof, removed some glasses of a dome and jumped off.

He was rushed to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

Safety award for NTPC

NEW DELHI: NTPC has been conferred the Safety Innovation Award-2006 for four of its projects at Ramagundam, Korba, Kahalgaon and Dadri.

The award, instituted by the Safety and Quality Forum of the Institution of Engineers (India), New Delhi, is for the projects' outstanding contribution towards innovating, promoting and implementing best safety practices.

The awards were given away by Union Power Secretary R. V. Shahi at the inaugural function of Safety Convention-2006 here on Thursday

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