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Saturday, Feb 19, 2005

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Partly cloudy day ahead

NEW DELHI FEB 18. It will be a partly cloudy sky for the Capital on Saturday with rain or thundershower accompanied by squall likely in some areas. There could be mist in the morning with the temperature likely to be around 11 degree Celsius.

The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at Safdarjung was 25.4 and 12.0 degree Celsius, while Palam recorded a maximum of 25.2 and a minimum of 12.4 degree Celsius respectively. While Safdarjung and Palam recorded a maximum humidity of 84 and 86 per cent, the minimum was 43 and 25 per cent.

S-I hangs self

NEW DELHI FEB. 18. A 32-year-old Sub-Inspector of the Delhi Traffic Police allegedly hanged himself to death at his Hari Nagar residence in West Delhi on Thursday night. The Police Commissioner, K.K. Paul, has ordered a vigilance enquiry into the incident following allegations by the wife of the deceased that he committed suicide due to harassment by an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP).

According to Kavita, wife of Mahesh Kumar Yadav, she found him hanging from the ceiling fan around 6-30 a.m. today. Kavita called up the Police Control Room (PCR) and informed them about the incident. She later told the police that Mahesh, who was deployed at the Defence Colony circle in South Delhi, was suffering from depression for the past few days as he was being humiliated by his superior regularly. In her statement, she alleged that the ACP used to demand Rs. 2,000 from Mahesh every day.

For their part, the district police said they were yet to find out whether it was a case of suicide, as the deceased had a head injury and no suicide note was recovered from the spot. "A medical examination would determine if the injury is ante-mortem or post-mortem, on the basis of which we will take further action," said a police officer, adding that the enquiry into the allegations made by Mahesh's wife was on.

Helper held

NEW DELHI FEB. 18. A casual helper of Indian Airlines was caught by personnel of the Crime and Intelligence Wing of the Central Industrial Security Force at the IGI Airport last night while he was trying to take out from the airport premises some crockery items which he had concealed in his jacket.

The CISF said the accused, Harish Kumar, a resident of Jahangirpuri in North West Delhi, was intercepted on suspicion by two personnel on suspicion and was searched at the staff and visitor gate of Terminal 1B at around 8-30 p.m. His search led to the recovery of five bone china crockery pieces which he had stolen from the airport.

Subsequently, the accused was handed over by the CISF to senior Indian Airlines officials along with a report on the matter.

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