AROUND TOWN

Ghazipur abattoir
Even as meat traders are yet to take a decision on shifting to Ghazipur,the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning to construct another slaughterhouse there. The civic body has said that it will come up with a new slaughterhouse with a capacity for slaughtering 20,000 animals per day.

Arms racket: 1 held
Delhi Police on Monday claimed to have cracked an inter-state arms smuggling racket with the arrest of a young graduate who sold weapons made in Bihar for Rs 50,000 in the city. Fourteen pistols and revolvers have been recovered. According to the police,Manish Kumar (26),a resident of Bihar’s Munger,allegedly smuggling weapons into Delhi and adjoining areas,was caught by Delhi Police’s Crime Branch recently from Rohini Sector-24.

BJP protest march
The Bharatiya Janata Party will holding a protest march against Delhi Government’s policies on Tuesday. All BJP MLAs of Delhi Assembly will be participating in the march from Shaheedi Park,Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg at 11 am to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s office. The BJP has been protesting against the price rise and the recent hike in DTC bus fares.

25 dengue cases
Twenty five persons tested positive for dengue viral fever in the Capital on Monday,taking the total number of people suffering from the vector-borne disease to 391.