New Delhi Apr 22 PTI A 39-year-old home guard was arrested for allegedly killing his live-in partner due to frequent quarrels between them in east Delhis Shahdara police said on Friday The accused has been identified as Sandeep they said On April 15 police received information from Sandeeps neighbor about the suspicious death of Preeti 35 who was living with the accused for the last one year in the Farsh bazar area a senior police officer said When police reached Bholanath Nagar they found that Sandeep along with his relatives had taken the deceased for cremation to Nigam Bodh Ghat Police rushed there but the body had already been cremated he said Initially Sandeep told police that he and Preeti were in a live-in relationship He said Preeti was not feeling well and they went to see a doctor The doctor gave her some medicines and thereafter they returned home and the she started vomiting Her conditions deteriorated and she died the police said He further stated that Preetis relatives live in Jaipur and he does not know much about them they said Police enquired from the neighbours but nobody knew about the relatives of the deceased However on Thursday police found that her parents were residing in the Nand Nagri area of Shahdara and called them to police station they said On the complaint of the father of the deceased a case was registered and Sandeep was arrested During interrogation he confessed to having killed Preeti by strangulation due to frequent altercations between them Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahdara R Sathiyasundaram said Preeti was married and had three children While two children lived with her first husband the third was living with her Sandeep too has two children from his first wife they added PTI NIT NIT AQS AQS

New Delhi Oct 18 PTI A fire broke out at a cloth godown in Shahdaras Gandhi Nagar early on Monday but no casualty has been reported so far Delhi Fire Service officials saidWe received a call about a fire at a cloth godown around 225 am Nine fire tenders were rushed to the spot said Atul Garg Director of Delhi Fire ServiceThe basement ground first floor and some spaces of the stairs which were filled with clothes caught fire he said adding the cause of the blaze is being as ascertained PTI AMP NSD