Date:02/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/02/stories/2007050219300500.htm

New Delhi

Around the City

Two policemen held for graft

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police Sub-Inspector and a constable have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.20,000 from a person to allow him to continue construction on his plot at Sangam Vihar here.

The complainant had alleged that Sub-Inspector Ravinder Pandit, posted with the Sangam Vihar H-Block police post, had been demanding Rs.1 lakh to allow construction on his plot. Acting on the complaint, the CBI registered a case. Following a negotiation, Sub-Inspector Pandit allegedly scaled down the bribe amount to Rs.20,000 and asked the complainant to hand over the amount to Constable Ashok.

The constable was allegedly accepting the money when the CBI sleuths arrested him. At his instance, the Sub-Inspector was also arrested. They were produced in a Patiala House court here that remanded them to 14 days in judicial custody.

DJB worker manhandled

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Jal Board worker who had gone to disconnect an "illegal" water pipeline was allegedly manhandled by the owner of a house at Okhla here on Tuesday.

According to the police, the incident took place when some DJB workers went to the Okhla house to disconnect its pipeline connection. It is alleged that the house owner, Uday Singh, had an altercation with them and manhandled a DJB worker.

On the basis of a complaint, the police have registered a case and are investigating.

Two killed in bus accident

NEW DELHI: Two passengers were killed and three injured when a Blueline bus met with an accident at Mangolpuri here on Tuesday.

According to the police, the accident took place around 9 a.m. when the speeding bus hit an electric pole in a bid to overtake another bus. Thirty-one-year-old Mangolpuri resident Babulal and 24-year-old Ajay, a resident of Gurdaspur in Punjab, died on the spot.

The injured were taken to a nearby trauma centre where the condition of two of them was stated to be serious. The bus driver is absconding.

Car catches fire due to short circuit

NEW DELHI: A car caught fire at Kashmere Gate here late on Tuesday evening. Luckily no one was injured.

According to the police, Girish Kumar Mishra was on his way to Alipur when his car suddenly went up in flames near the Hanuman Mandir flyover.

The fire was caused by a short circuit, said the police.

High Court directive to DTC Chairman

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Chairman of Delhi Transport Corporation to be personally present before it next Thursday for not complying with its order.

``Irrespective of any further application that the Chairman, DTC may file, he is directed to be personally present in the Court on May 10,'' Justice S Murlidhar said while hearing a contempt petition.