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Case against Congress MLA

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police have registered a case against the Congress MLA from Nasirpur, Mahabal Mishra, charging him with manhandling a police officer during the Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections on Thursday.

While the police said Mr. Mishra had misbehaved with the police officer, the former alleged that the officer broke the windowpane of the vehicle in which his daughter was travelling. "He also slapped my daughter," alleged Mr. Mishra, adding that the police officer levelled false allegations against him. He said senior police officers had ordered an inquiry into the episode.

Businessman

jumps to death

NEW DELHI: A 69-year-old businessman allegedly committed suicide by jumping off Ambadeep Building in Connaught Place here on Thursday.

According to the police, Jagdish Kalsi jumped from the 16th storey of the building on Kasturba Gandhi Marg at 10-30 a.m. Minutes earlier he had sent an SMS to his younger brother asking him to pick him up from near the building and take care of the family, the police said.

He had come to the Capital a few days ago apparently on some business and was staying with his brother in Chanakyapuri.

Jagdish, a resident of Chandigarh, had to close his Kalsi Tyres factory after he suffered losses. He had been feeling depressed ever since.

Sub-Inspector's body found

NEW DELHI: The highly decomposed body of a Delhi Police sub-inspector who went missing on March 30 was found floating in a drain at Najafgarh here on Thursday. The exact cause of his death is yet to be ascertained.

According to the police, the body was discovered by passers-by around 2 p.m., following which it was fished out of the drain. An identity card bearing the name Sub-Inspector Deewan Chand Katariya was recovered from the deceased.

The post-mortem would be conducted at Rao Tularam Hospital on Friday.

Abducted boy rescued

NEW DELHI: A six-year-old boy who was allegedly kidnapped for ransom from Kalyanpuri here has been rescued.

According to the police, Bimla Devi had filed a complaint that her son, Prince, had gone missing from a park near her house on March 17. A week later, the kidnappers made a call to the family and demanded Rs. 10 lakh for his safe release.

However, to trap them the kidnappers were given the contact number of the investigating officer of the case for further communication.

The subsequent calls made by the kidnappers were traced to Deoria in Uttar Pradesh and Chhapra in Bihar.

The possible hideouts of the kidnappers were then raided.

In view of the police pressure, the kidnappers abandoned Prince at the Deoria railway station and fled. The boy was brought to the Capital on Tuesday.

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