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35-yr-old arrested for killing minor

The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested a 35-year-old habitual criminal for abducting and killing an eight-year-old girl from Raghubir Nagar area of West Delhi. Gian Chand, the accused, was arrested on the complaint of the girl's father within 24 hours. According to police, the girl was abducted from her residence on Tuesday after her father left for work. When he returned home, he found his daughter missing and immediately filed a complaint and named Chand as a suspect, who also resides in the neighbourhood. On the basis of the description of the accused given by the father, Gian Chand was arrested from Raghubir Nagar. On sustained interrogation, he confessed to his crime and revealed that he killed the girl near Railway lines, Paschim Vihar. During the course of investigation it was revealed that Chand is a habitual criminal and there are several FIRs registered against him on charges of murder.

Trainer-actor held on auto theft charges

The West district police have arrested a high profile gym trainer who is also a Bollywood actor for his involvement in two cases of auto thefts. Identified as Paramjeet Singh (30), he did a cameo in Bollywood flick 'Son of Sardar'. Paramjeet resided in Paschim Vihar area and has graduated from Ramjas College. He started as a gym trainer at a multiplex gym in Paschim Vihar and also participated in State-level body building competitions. later, he joined an event company and worked with many Bollywood actors and actresses as a bouncer. He worked as a bouncer during the Indian Premier league and with the Indian cricket team as well. After some dispute with the company, he left the job. Then he joined Kukreja Hospital and Heart Care Hospital as a private security. 

Hindu Rao staffer dies mysteriously in hospital

A 25-year-old man, working as an X-ray technician with the Hindu Rao Hospital, was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside the hospital premises on Wednesday morning. The technician, identified as Ranbir, was the sole bread-earner of his family. According to police, the incident came to light on Wednesday  morning around 7.50 am when a staffer tried to wake him up thinking he was sleeping only to realize later that he was dead.

Ranbir had finished his night duty at around 2 am and he had gone to sleep after that. "In the morning, few staff members tried to wake him up but assuming that he would be sleeping they did not bother him. After some time others found that Ranbir was not responding and his body had turned stiff indicating that the rigor mortis had already set in. Hospital staff immediately wheeled him to the casualty where the doctors declared him dead," a source said.