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`Tantrik' arrested on fraud charge

NEW DELHI: A "tantrik" who had allegedly duped a woman of her ornaments on the pretext of curing her daughter of an ailment has been arrested by the Delhi police.

According to the police, Kanwar Jahan, a resident of Janata Colony in North-East Delhi, approached Noor-ul-Islam on Friday when someone told her about "the miracle performing baba".

Kanwar Jahan's 17-year-old daughter had been suffering from thyroid and she thought the "baba" might cure her.

However, the "baba" asked her to leave her gold bangles, earrings and some other ornaments with him for "purification".

Kanwar Jahan readily gave away her ornaments to the accused.

He then slipped away from her house.

The police managed to arrest him on Saturday. They could recover only Rs. 6,000 from his possession as he had managed to sell the jewellery on Friday itself.

Four alleged drug

peddlers held

New Delhi: The Delhi police on Saturday arrested four alleged inter-State drug peddlers, including a woman, and seized 25 kg of ganja from them.

Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested Mohd Ilyas (28), Shankar Shah (22), Meena Devi (30) and Santosh Paswan (23) in Dabri area of Southwest Delhi.

During interrogation, the accused disclosed that the narcotic seized from them was procured from Bihar and was meant to be sold in slums in Delhi and Gurgaon, the police said.

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