Four held for killing Delhi businessmanSeptember 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man and his three associates were arrested in the national capital for stabbing his 36-year-old businessman brother for property, police said Wednesday. Atul Jain and three others, including a minor, were held for murdering Sandeep Jain in Vikaspuri in west Delhi, a police officer said.
Choppers to patrol Delhi skies on special occasionsSeptember 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Patrolling by choppers during special occasions like upcoming 2010 Commonwealth Games would soon become a regular feature in the security drills conducted across the national capital, Home Minister P. Chidambaram said here Tuesday.
Businessman held for blackmailing Anoushka ShankarSeptember 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Mumbai-based businessman has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing sitar player Anoushka Shankar, daughter of world-renowned artist Pandit Ravi Shankar, and demanding $100,000 for her "private" pictures, Delhi Police said Sunday. Delhi Police Special Cell sleuths arrested the businessman identified as Junaid, 29, on Sep 16.
Delhi to have 29 new police stationsSeptember 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The capital will soon have 29 more police stations and 6,478 additional policemen, as the central government took note of threat perceptions and growing needs of the city. I am glad to inform you that taking note of the growing needs of the metropolitan city of Delhi, the central government has sanctioned additional manpower of 6,478 policemen at a cost of Rs.199 crore per annum, Home Minister P.
Businessman loses Rs.1.15 million to robbersJuly 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a daring daylight robbery, a businessman was lost Rs.1.15 million to two armed men riding a motorcycle in the capital Friday. Sanjeev Gupta, who owns a food grain business, was going to his factory when his car was stopped by the assailants around 10.15 a.m.
Betting 'mafia' murders businessman in revenge killingJuly 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 25-year-old businessman was allegedly killed by at least six armed men in northwest Delhi after he lodged a complaint accusing them of being involved in betting activities, police Monday said. Locals, however, alleged that some policemen had revealed the businessman's name to the accused.
Anti-encroachment drive sparks violence, many injuredJuly 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 10 policemen and a sub divisional magistrate suffered injuries when residents in a northwest Delhi area pelted stones at them to protest a demolition drive. The police fired in air when a rampaging mob violently forced officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to stop demolishing illegal structures on the Gram Sabha in Mukundpur in outer Delhi.
Delhi Police allocated Rs.8.43 bn moreJuly 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday allocated Rs.30.41 billion to Delhi Police, an increase of Rs.8.43 billion from last year. A total of Rs.400 million has been earmarked for developing traffic and communication network in the national capital region.
Woman fails to identify policemen she accused of rapeJune 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A woman, who has accused five policemen of raping her in a police station this week, failed to identify them when the police station staff was paraded before her Thursday, police said. She was called up for her help in identifying the accused policemen, but during the re-examination of her statement contradictions were found and these are being examined, Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
11 injured in gas cylinder blast in DelhiJune 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 11 people including a 75-year-old woman were injured when a gas cylinder in a car blew off in east Delhi Tuesday, police said. The cylinder blew off when Robin Ahuja, a businessman, was refilling the CNG kit of his Santro car outside his residence in Geeta Colony illegally with a cooking gas cylinder around 1 p.m., according to police.
Undertrial detainee gives Himachal policemen the slipMay 27th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Three Himachal Pradesh policemen were booked here Wednesday after an undertrial detainee gave them a slip on their return from a Delhi court. The undertrial, Sanjay, accused in a theft case, escaped from the custody of three policemen after he gave them poisonous substance to eat at a bus depot here, Anokh Singh, station house officer of Sector 36 police station, told IANS.
Senior MCD official arrested for corruptionMarch 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Wednesday was sent to two days' police custody after he was booked by the anti-corruption cell on the charge of demanding Rs.2 crores from a businessman. His junior was also jailed.
Senior MCD official booked on corruption chargesMarch 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A senior official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was booked by the anti corruption cell on charges of having demanded Rs.20 million from a south-Delhi based businessman in a land-desealing case. MCD deputy commissioner Ashok Kumar from Najafgarh zone had allegedly demanded a sum of Rs.20 million from businessman Raghubir Singh for desealing a plot of land in south Delhi, where Singh had intended to construct a motel, a senior official of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Cell of the Delhi government told IANS.
Policemen injured in stone pelting in DelhiMarch 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two police officers, including an assistant commissioner of police (ACP), were injured in stone pelting by a mob after carcasses of a number of cows were discovered in south Delhi, police said Saturday. Mehrauli ACP Bhishm Singh and station house officer (SHO) Rajender Bakshi were injured as the mob hurled stones in Dera village in Mehrauli area Saturday morning.
Bikers rob businessman outside bank in DelhiDecember 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - In yet another incident of daylight robbery involving motorbike-borne assailants in the capital, a businessman was robbed of Rs.100,000 outside a bank in south Delhi. Vikas Aggarwal, 36, was robbed when he came out of the Axim Bank's Lajpat Nagar branch after withdrawing the amount around 1.30 p.m.
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