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Infant’s body found
Faridabad: The partly burnt body of a day-old male infant was found in a garbage dump near the railway tracks of the Dabwa Sabzi Mandi here on Monday evening. The infant was found wrapped in a blanket. The police said prima facie it appeared that the child was thrown past midnight on Monday. The body has been sent for postmortem and investigations are on),DCP (NIT) Praveen Kumar Mehta said. A case has been registered.

Doctor found dead
Gurgaon: A doctor was found dead in his rented house in Rajiv Nagar here on Monday morning. The deceased,identified as Dr Avinash,a native of Kerala lived in the city with his wife Sreelata,a nurse with Apollo Hospital. He was unemployed for the past few months and was keeping unwell. According to Sreelata,she was in Delhi to attend a wedding on Sunday night since the doctor was not in a state to go. When she returned home on Monday morning,she found fire tenders stationed outside her house. When she entered,she found Avinash lying dead in the kitchen. According to the investigating officer,prima facia it appears to be a case of accidental fire which eventually led to the doctor’s death. The police are investigating to rule out any foul play and have sent the body for a post mortem.

HC upholds acquittal in murder case
The Delhi High Court has upheld a lower court verdict of acquittal of a youth for the murder of a girl in Delhi zoo in 2004. “The trial court has considered each and every aspect in a well-reasoned judgement and due weightage has to be given to the view of the trial court in matters of appreciation of evidence,keeping in mind that it is the appeal of the state against the acquittal by the trial court,” a division bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ajit Bharihoke observed in their November 27 judgment. Delhi Police had filed an appeal against the trial court verdict passed in 2007,in which the accused Nikhil Chaudhary was absolved of the charges of murdering the deceased,Kanchan. The court dismissed the appeal filed by the father of the girl challenging the acquittal of Chaudhary. The trial court had pulled up Delhi Police for “shoddy investigation”.

Seven arrested for vehicle thefts
Delhi Police,after arresting seven people,claimed to have solved 26 cases of vehicle theft. Police also claimed to have recovered 21 cars from the accused. Monu Kashyap,the gang leader,Iqbal Ahmed,Anil and Munna,the receiver of stolen vehicles,were caught last week from various areas of Delhi. “We got to know that Ahmed,who allegedly deals in stolen cars,was coming to Vikaspuri and we laid a trap to catch him there and succeeded in arresting him and his accomplice Anil,” a police official said. Police also said that vehicle the accused were traveling was found out to have been stolen from Rishikesh. “During interrogation,we got names of other accomplices who were later arrested,” he said. Police have recovered 21 cars,four CNG kits and four car stereos from the accused.

BRPL petition
Instead of going in appeal against the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (DERC) decision to penalise it Rs 1.68 crore for “failing to maintain grid discipline,” earlier this summer,discom BRPL has adopted a novel approach. “We’ve handed over a cheque of the amount to the DERC,but at the same time,we have also submitted a petition for reviewing the decision to impose a penalty. We hope the commission will take a magnanimous stand on the issue,” said Gopal Saxena,CEO,BRPL. Since the discom cannot pass the penalty cost under its financial costs and has to bear it out of its own share of profits,the hope at BRPL is that the DERC may still revoke its decision to charge the penalty.