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Around the City

Three held for abduction, extortion

NEW DELHI: Three persons, including a woman beautician, have been arrested on charges of kidnapping a young man for ransom in Laxmi Nagar here.

Acting on a complaint by one Deepak that some unknown persons were holding his brother Lucky hostage and demanding Rs.80,000 as ransom, the Shakurpur police arrested Maya Parashar and two men, Ganesh and Akhilesh, on Friday.

According to the police, Maya, who runs a beauty parlour in Laxmi Nagar, wanted to buy a flat and had approached bank agent Lucky for a loan. She also deposited Rs.50,000 with the builder in anticipation of getting the loan approved. However, her request for loan was turned down and the builder refused to return the earnest money.

Blaming Lucky for it, she along with the two men allegedly kidnapped him.

Doctor arrested on rape charge

NEW DELHI: A 37-year-old doctor has been arrested for allegedly raping his domestic help at Paschim Vihar here.

According to the police, the Ayurvedic doctor criminally assaulted his maid for two days earlier this month. A complaint was registered this Friday and the doctor was subsequently arrested.

In the complaint, the victim alleged that the doctor stayed behind at home on February 9 and 10 and criminally assaulted her after his doctor wife left for the clinic.

Cop allegedly commits suicide

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old constable with the Maratha Light Infantry allegedly committed suicide in Delhi Cantonment over the weekend.

According to the police, Devra Jagdish shot himself in the stomach with a service rifle inside the guardroom. He was taken to R. R. Hospital but succumbed to his injury there. No suicide note was recovered from the spot.

Fake visa racket

NEW DELHI: A couple allegedly running a fake visa racket has been arrested by the police at Inder Lok here. Ninety-one passports, stamps of the High Commission of Pakistan and visa forms have been seized, the police said.

Acting on a tip-off, Afaq Hussain (45) was arrested on Friday afternoon when he reached Makki Masjid to allegedly deliver a passport and fake visa to a customer. At his instance, his wife Rukhsana was also arrested.

Transportation plan

NEW DELHI: An integrated multi-modal transportation plan for the National Capital Region will be prepared soon which will also study the new rail and road needs of the region.

The NCR Planning Board's Project Sanctioning and Monitoring Group has given its approval to undertake a study for the integrated transportation plan for the NCR as a whole. The study will assess the drawbacks of the existing transport system and also chart out ways to strengthen the corridors. The new rail and road corridor needs between Delhi and NCR towns, metro centres and regional centres will also be looked into. The study is meant to be a blueprint for an integrated multi-modal transportation plan.

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