New Delhi Jan 28 PTI A 38-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by some unknown people in north Delhis Alipur police said FridayThey said the deceased has been identified as Pramod Kumar a resident of Hiranki Village and was himself involved in attempt to murder and Arms Act casesThey said the Alipur police station received information around quarter to 11 Thursday night that some unknown persons had opened fire at a man and fledPolice rushed to the spot to find that the motorcycle-borne assailants had fired at Kumar who was shifted to the Max Hospital in Haidarpur Deputy Commissioner of Police outer north Brijendra Kumar Yadav saidKumar was declared brought dead police saidThe spot was inspected by a crime investigation team where nine empty cartridges were found they saidThe police said they are registering a case under relevant sections and further investigation is underway police said PTI NIT TIR TIR

New Delhi Jan 22 PTI Residents of Khampur village in Delhis Alipur are keeping a strict vigil on a 120-year-old sacred banyan tree in the area after it was trimmed by unidentified people while they were asleepLocals of the village said they have an emotional attachment with the tree and worship it during festivals while some of them blamed the local land mafia for the incidentThe villagers approached the police after the issue came to light on FridayAjay Kumar a resident of the area said My father had passed away and we were busy with the rituals After we were done we got to know that the tree had been trimmed Nearly five to six branches of the tree which were around six inches wide were trimmed Kumar said that Khampur is his ancestral village and many generations of his family have lived thereHis nephew Mukesh said their family has lived in the area for nearly 200 yearsMy grandmother who was 90 and died a few years back used to tell us that when she came to this village after her marriage the tree was there You can imagine how old the tree must have been he saidWe have aged with the tree Seeing it in a state like this is painful an elderly person from the village saidAjay Kumar claimed that it was the work of the land mafiaA residential colony is being built on the piece of land where the tree stands We had told them to leave some space for the tree and not cut it It seems the people who are involved in construction are behind this he allegedHis nephew however said that the employers of the people who own the land denied any involvement in the actAjay Kumar said the villagers have been guarding the tree ever since the incident came to light He said police have asked them not to take the law in their hands and if any activity around the tree is observed they should be immediately informedThe villagers are planning to approach the district magistrate and concerned civic bodyMeanwhile a forest department official said they are not aware about the issueThe issue has not been brought to our notice No permission has been granted to anyone to cut any tree in the area If we receive a complaint we will look into it a forest official said PTI SLB GVS RHL

New Delhi Sep 26 PTI Gangster Jitender Mann alias Gogi who was shot dead inside the Rohini courtroom here by two assailants was cremated on Sunday at his village in outer Delhis Alipur area amid heavy security officials saidGogis postmortem was conducted on Sunday at the Maulana Azad Medical College here The autopsy report is awaited they saidGogi was shot dead inside a Rohini courtroom on Friday by two assailants who were also killed in police retaliatory fireAccording to the officials adequate police personnel had been deployed at Gogis village since Friday after he was killedThe body was brought to the village amid heavy police presence and adequate personnel were deployed at his village Gogi elder brother Ravinder lit the pyre officials saidA senior police officer said Cremation was done by his Gogi family members amid heavy police presence and a company of CRPF was also deployed to prevent any untoward incident Security arrangements will continue to remain in Alipur area The situation will be reviewed again on Monday police saidWe have police dominance in the entire Alipur area as of now But we will review the situation on Monday and will proceed accordingly he saidThe postmortem of Rahul and Jagdeep -- the two assailants who killed Gogi -- will be conducted on Monday most likely in the same hospital police said A turf war broke out inside a crowded Rohini courtroom Friday between two rival gangs in which Gogi and his two assailants posing as lawyers were killed in the dramatic shootout that also saw police fire bullets in retaliation officials saidVideo footage of the incident which exposed security lapses in the system showed policemen and lawyers rushing out in panic as gunshots rang out inside courtroom number 207The two gunmen dressed as lawyers were suspected to be members of rival Tillu gang PTI AMP TDS TDS

New Delhi Sep 18 PTI Two unidentified bike-borne men allegedly opened fire outside the paternal house of Tihar Jails assistant superintendent in outer Delhis Alipur area police said on SaturdayThe assistant superintendent who is posted in Tihars central jail no 3 resides in the staff quarters inside the prison premises while his elderly parents live alone at their house in a village in Alipur area of outer Delhi they saidAccording to sources it is suspected that the jail official had allegedly slapped a Tihar Jail inmate and the incident may have been its fallout A senior police officer said all these aspects are being looked into and is part of the ongoing investigationThe police said the exact motive behind the incident will be ascertained with the arrest of the suspectsDeputy Commissioner of Police Outer-North Rajiv Ranjan Singh said We have registered a case under IPC section of attempt to murder and Arms actWe are analysing all the CCTV footage and technical evidence Multiple teams are working to nab the suspects in the case The assailants fire three bullets outside the paternal house of the assistant superintendent officials said The incident on Friday afternoon was caught on CCTV camera police saidAccording to the police the two-bike borne men wearing masks and helmets came to the house of the senior jail officialWhen his elderly mother opened the door the unknown assailants asked for her husband However when she asked them the reason they fired three rounds at an iron gate to scare the elderly couple a senior police officer saidSoon after the incident they fled the spot he said TDS TDS TDS