Murder case witness shot dead; Kin protest
A 24-year-old man, witness in a murder case, was allegedly shot dead in full public view by three unidentified men in North-West Delhi’s Mahendra Park area around 10 pm on Sunday. According to police, the victim kin, Jeet Kumar, staged a protest outside the BJRM hospital and even set ablaze a few jhuggis, eyewitnesses present at the spot informed police. A team of local police rushed Jeet to Babu JagJivan Ram hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Enraged over the murder of Jeet, friends and family members of Jeet allegedly gathered outside the police station and staged a protest
The victim, Jeet and his brother Ajeet were returning from the market after buying chicken for dinner when two men called Jeet from a distance.
When he turned they opened fire at him. Ajeet said that the bullet had hit Jeet on his arm following which they started running towards their house calling for help. The men chased after Jeet and fired at him a second time, the bullet hit him on his spine due to which he fell face down on the road.
Delhi BJP holds workers’ conference
Delhi BJP held workers’ conference in Chandni Chowk, North East and Naveen Shahdara Districts on Monday to provide impetus to the workers with municipal polls around the corner. Delhi BJP Pradesh President Manoj Tiwari, Union Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, Pradesh Organisation General Secretary Siddharthan addressed the conferences convened. Tiwari said Delhi is mini India and Chandni Chowk heart of Delhi. He said people from all over the country are connected with Chandni Chowk which follows Ganga-Jamuni culture. People from all over India come here for trading purpose and most of the laborers here are from Purvanchal, Rajasthan, Haryana, Western UP.
ten new trucks to collect garbage
East Delhi Mayor Satya Sharma on Monday flagged off 10 new trucks to collect garbage at EDMC headquarters at Patparganj. “The additional 10 trucks for garbage collection have been procured at the cost of Rs 199.34 lakh under Swachh Bharat Mission, Mayor said. Standing committee chairman, Jeetendra Chaudhary said that 39 drivers on contact basis have been hired for these trucks. He added that these trucks comply with the Bharat Stage-IV emission norms and are laced with GPS for online monitoring.
new postal stamp released
A postage stamp, depicting portrait of Hardayal Municipal Heritage Public library, was released by Department of Posts to commemorate centenary year of this ancient library. This library is repository of rare books dating back to 16th century. The library has 7000 rare books in English, 550 in Hindi and 5000 in Urdu, Parsi and Arabian languages. The library has total of over 1, 60,000 books which in itself is important.