Indian Express 18.06.2010
Around Town
Express News Service Tags : ie brief, city Posted: Fri Jun 18 2010, 01:22 hrs
New Delhi: MCD to use spatial data to nab tax defaultersThe Delhi government has constituted a special task force to help MCD to identify properties tax defaulters. The new task force will be using a geospatial database prepared by the IT department. The real-time mapping will show details of every house and building in Delhi.
Man held for threatening woman with toy gun
A 24-year-old man was caught while threatening a womanwith a toy gun to pay the money she had borrowed from a financier. The police said they received a PCR call on Wednesday in South Rohini about a man harassing a woman at gunpoint. A team reached the residence, Sector 3 in Rohini and arrested the accused. The accused Yogesh Hemraj, a resident of Bahadurgarh, was using a toy gun to threaten a woman to clear her debts with one Vivek Arora. “Yogesh forcibly entered the house of the woman, Geeta Rawal, and manhandled her,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer), Chhaya Sharma.
Six held for murder, weapons seized
The Crime Branch arrested six members of a gang accused of involvement in a recent murder case and seized weapons and ammunition from the accused — three sophisticated pistols, three countrymade pistols, 20 live and two spent cartridges. The accused, identified as Anees Khan, Gaurav, Devender, Imran, Santosh and Rohit were arrested from Bhijwasan. “We have also solved a murder case in Preet Vihar. One Shakeel was shot dead on June 14 by the accused Anees, his brother-in-law,” a police officer said.
Brothers given life term for killing cousin
A city court has sentenced two brothers to life imprisonment for killing their cousin following a quarrel over five years ago. Their friend was given a four-year jail term for destroying evidence. Additional Sessions Judge Kamini Lau awarded life term to brothers Joginder and Vinod Kumar besides imposing a fine of Rs 55,000 on each after holding them guilty of murder and destruction of evidence under the IPC. The court also directed that Rs 1 lakh of the fine amount would be paid to the family of the victim, Abhishek.
