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Property dealer killed,another injured
Ghaziabad: In an alleged case of property dispute,a property dealer was killed and another was injured in a shootout in Sector-5 of Vaishali. Indirapuram station house officer Rakesh Kumar Dwivedi said Sanjeev Saxena,32,died at the Paras Hospital on Monday after he sustained gun shot wounds. “Another property dealer Siddhartha is also admitted in the same hospital and is in a critical condition,” Dwivedi said. In a statement,the victims had claimed that they had been shot at by chain snatchers. “We are investigating whether there was a property dispute between the two,” he added. The police also recovered a Pulsar motorcycle,which was found abandoned near the crime scene.

INTACH gets new member-secy
Former IAS officer C T Misra on Monday joined as member-secretary of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH). Misra,an officer of Gujarat Cadre and a former secretary in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs,has also held the post of the chairman in the Staff Selection Commission,according to a statement from INTACH.

Court summons Delhi’s Law secretary
Irked by non-appearance of government counsel in several cases,the Delhi High Court on Monday summoned the Law secretary of the NCT government. The court sought personal appearance of the senior officer on May 11 to explain for non-appearance of the counsels in various cases. The order came while hearing a case pertaining to property tax,filed by DIAL against MCD and the Delhi government.

MCD encroachment drive at Qutub Road
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is planning to take up encroachment removal at Qutub Road in a bid to decongest the area in and around the New Delhi Railway Station and Paharganj. The MCD has devised a policy for removal of encroachment and unauthorised construction with regard to shops on Qutub Road.