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Anti-quota leader is AIIMS RDA chief

New Delhi: Medicos protesting the Centre's reservation move on Tuesday scored a symbolic victory by winning the AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association elections amidst a last-minute boycott call by pro-quota doctors.

Kumar Harsh, a key figure of the anti-quota agitation, was elected president of the RDA trouncing Kapil Yadav in the polls on the campus which appears to have been polarised along caste lines.

Campaigning had reached a fever pitch with the incumbent anti-quota group listing several ``achievements'', including the lead it had taken in the 17-day agitation which had hit the headlines nationwide.

Apparently sensing defeat, the pro-quota group announced the withdrawal of its candidates this morning when the polling was about to begin. PTI

Man falls to death

NEW DELHI: A deputy manager with a private firm reportedly fell from the fourth floor of a shopping mall at Rajouri Garden in West Delhi on Tuesday. The police said it was a case of accident and not suicide as was initially suspected.

According to the police, Balkishan Aggarwal, working with a private company, had gone to the West Shopping Mall in Rajouri Garden around 4 p.m. He fell down from the fourth floor around 4-20 p.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Following investigations, the police have ruled out the possibility of Mr. Aggarwal committing suicide. A case of causing death due to negligence has been registered and further investigations are on.

Two arrested

NEW DELHI: Two persons, including a woman, have been arrested by the North-East Delhi police for allegedly selling brushes made of mongoose hair. The police have recovered 2,680 brushes, valued at about Rs. 10 lakhs, from the accused.

Acting on a tip-off, Shahdara police raided a shop in Kabool Nagar on Monday afternoon. The police recovered 30 brushes made from mongoose hair from the shop of Bijender Kumar.

Bijender allegedly told the police that he had received the brushes from Laxmi Gupta, a resident of New Modern Shahdara. Laxmi was arrested in another raid on Monday. The police had recovered 2,650 brushes of mongoose hair from her possession.

Both of them have been booked under various Sections of the Wild Life Act.

Held with pirated CDs

NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old man and another shopkeeper who were allegedly selling pirated CDs, VCDs and DVDs have been arrested by the South Delhi police. The police claim to have recovered pirated material worth Rs. 10 lakhs.

A representative of the Indian Music Industry had reported to the police that some shopkeepers were selling pirated CDs and VCDs at Amar Colony in Lajpat Nagar.

On Monday, the police conducted a raid in the shop of one of the suspects, later identified as Naveen Dhamija, at Amar Colony and arrested him. The police claim to have recovered more than 900 pirated VCDs, CDs and DVDs, including 75 containing pornographic material.

At Naveen's instance, the police raided another shop and arrested Manoj Kumar Rai at the spot. The police claim to have recovered around 900 pirated CDs, VCDs and DVDs from his shop.

Cases under various sections of the Copyright Act have been registered against the accused and further investigations are on.

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