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No concrete clues in woman's murder case

NEW DELHI: The husband of the 40-year-old woman who was found murdered in her house at Saket here on Wednesday appeared before the police on Thursday.

The police said so far they had not come across any concrete evidence indicating involvement of Pankaj Rakesh, husband of Archana Grover, in her murder. "However, we are investigating all possible angles," said a police officer, adding that efforts were being made to trace the domestic help, Rakhi Shah.

On Wednesday afternoon, Archana's children heard her quarrelling with a woman in the bedroom. After some time when they went inside, they found her lying motionless on the floor.

The police suspect that Rakhi killed Archana.

Hunt launched for alleged forgers

NEW DELHI: The Delhi police have launched a hunt for three residents of Punjab who allegedly tried to obtain working visas from the Israel Embassy here using forged documents.

The Israel Embassy authorities on Thursday lodged a complaint with the Tughlak Road police here alleging that three persons, Narender Singh, Pawandeep and Mehboob, had submitted forged documents while applying for working visas.

Acting on the complaint, the police have registered a case and are planning to send teams to Punjab to trace the accused.

Four boys drowned

NEW DELHI: Four boys were drowned in a drain at Nangloi here on Thursday while taking bath.

According to the police, the victims -- Amit (12), Surjeet (12), Firoz (13) and Jitender (14) -- were taking a bath in Jai Vihar nala near Machchali Bazar around 5-30 p.m. along with their friends. They strayed into the deep end of the drain and were drowned.

When their friends cried for help, some local residents and policemen pulled them out. They were taken to a nearby hospital where they were declared brought dead. All four were residents of Bhagwati Vihar in Uttam Nagar.

Two killed

NEW DELHI: Two persons, including a woman, were killed in separate road accidents at Connaught Place here on Thursday.

According to the police, 50-year-old Ramesh Kumar came under the rear wheels of a DTC bus while alighting. Ramesh owned a perfume shop in Sadar Bazar. The driver, Mahender Singh, has been arrested. In the other accident, 50-year-old Hasina Begum was killed on Janpath in the morning. The woman along with her husband was going towards the Pakistan Embassy when a speeding Blueline bus hit their motorcycle, the police said. She died on the spot.

Engineers suspended

NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi suspended an assistant engineer and a junior engineer on charges of dereliction of duty on Thursday after a four-year-old girl drowned in a drain at Deoli Extension.

The girl, Bimla, had slipped into Tigri drain on Wednesday night. Her body was recovered after a 12-hour search. Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra visited the bereaved family and also announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 50,000. She also instructed immediate de-silting of the drain.

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