New Delhi Mar 30 PTI The Delhi Police has busted a Jharkhand-based online fraud racket and apprehended three people including a juvenile officials said on WednesdayThe accused have been identified as Deepak Kumar Chohan 19 and Bishal Kumar Noniya 20 both residents of Dhanbad in Jharkhand the police officials saidOn February 14 a complaint was received from Reema Singhal alleging that she received a message asking her to update the KYC details of her bank account failing which it will be blocked a senior police officer saidAfter receiving the same message several times she called on a number that was mentioned in it to enquire about her bank account She was cheated and a sum of Rs 1000000 debited from her account the officer addedThe bank statement of the complainant revealed that the money was transferred in three instalments of Rs 490000 Rs 310000 and Rs 200000 into as many accounts police saidThe amount was later transferred into several other bank accounts in smaller sums and withdrawn through ATMs in different areas of Dhanbad they saidDuring the investigation police zeroed in on a juvenile and apprehended him from Dhanbad On his instance Chohan and Noniya were arrested the officer saidChohan stated that he used to provide bank accounts for transferring the stolen amount He along with his associates used to withdraw the money from various ATMs and hand it over to the kingpin of the racket the police saidEfforts are being made to nab the others involved in this racket they said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Mar 29 PTI Three workers fell into a sewer here on Tuesday and a rickshaw puller who tried to save them also got trapped inside with rescue operations continuing late into the night police saidThe incident took place in northwest Delhis Sanjay Gandhi Transport NagarThe three men who fell inside first are private contractual employees who were working on MTNL lines at the time of the incident police saidIt is feared that all four have died as there has been no movement for the last few hours they saidAccording to police the information about the incident was received at Samaypur Badli police station around 630 pmPolice personnel rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area Fire department officials and a team of the National Disaster Response Force NDRF are also part of the rescue operationRescue efforts are underway and none of the four have been pulled out yet Deputy Commissioner of Police Outer North Brijendra Kumar Yadav saidThe workers have been identified as Bacchu Singh Pintu and Suraj Kumar Sahni while the rickshaw puller has been identified as Satish 38 a resident of Sardar Colony Rohini Sector-16 police saidThe rickshaw puller is a hero as he tried to save the workers But he also got trapped inside the sewer they saidThere is an iron net inside the sewer and it is beneath the MTNL lines It is suspected the four are stuck there they addedDue to the presence of toxic gas in the sewer it is difficult to go inside even with protective gear Earth-moving machines are being used to widen the manhole for rescue workers to get inside police saidTalking to reporters a local Harinder Singh said that Satish is his friends brotherWe came to know that Satish went inside the sewer to help the others but now he is also trapped inside he said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI A fire broke out in a DTC bus near AIIMS in south Delhi on Monday officials saidNo one was injured in the incident they saidAccording to fire officials they received information around 1030 pm about the fire in a DTC bus near gate number 6 of AIIMSTwo fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused the officials said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Mar 27 PTI Delhi on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 368 degrees Celsius five notches above the seasons average the India Meteorological Department IMD saidThe minimum temperature settled at 204 degrees Celsius two notches above the seasons average it saidHumidity levels oscillated between 46 per cent to 21 per centThe national capital is expected to witness clear skies on Monday The maximum and minimum temperatures will settle around 37 degrees Celsius and 20 degrees Celsius respectively the weather department saidDelhis air quality was recorded in the moderate category The citys 24-hour air quality index AQI read 195 at 4 pm Central Pollution Control Board CPCB data showedAn AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Jan 21 PTI After a foggy morning that caused visibility levels to drop to 200 metres the maximum temperature in Delhi settled at 196 degrees Celsius two notches below the seasons average on Friday according to the India Meteorological DepartmentThe city recorded a minimum temperature of 76 degrees Celsius the IMD saidThe Safdarjung Observatory which is considered the official marker for the city reported moderate fog and visibility at 200 metresThe relative humidity at 530 pm was 72 per cent the weather office saidThe weathermen has predicted thunderstorm with rain on Saturday The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 16 degrees Celsius and 11 degrees Celsius respectivelyDelhis air quality was recorded in the very poor category on Friday The 24-hour air quality index AQI read 365 at 4 pm Central Pollution Control Board data showedThe AQI in neighbouring cities of Faridabad 360 Ghaziabad 340 Gurgaon 302 Greater Noida 302 and Noida 338 was also recorded in the very poor categoryAn AQI between zero and 50 is considered good 51 and 100 satisfactory 101 and 200 moderate 201 and 300 poor 301 and 400 very poor and 401 and 500 severe PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Oct 23 PTI A 25-year-old man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly stabbing his wife to death at their home in north Delhis Burari after the two had a heated argument police saidThe accused Mohammad Azan Khan was a habitual drinker and got married to Kirti alias Sonia 20 in the first week of October they saidPolice received a call around 950 am on Saturday that a body was lying in a house in Burari After reaching the spot police found Kirtis body lying on the ground floor of the house that was locked from inside a senior officer saidDuring investigation Khan was apprehended He revealed that he had an argument with his wife on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday and stabbed her in the stomach and chest multiple times in a fit of rage Deputy Commissioner of Police north Sagar Singh Kalsi saidLater he left the house His wife locked herself inside to protect herself as Khan tried to go back inside the police saidKhan hid the knife that he used to attack his wife inside a crack in a wall on the terrace of his building The knife has been recovered they said PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV

New Delhi Oct 19 PTI The Delhi Traffic Police on Tuesday said that Prof Joginder Singh Marg in the western part of the national capital had been closed after the road caved inThe traffic police took to Twitter to inform commuters about the road closureProf Joginder Singh Marg has been closed from both sides as the road has caved in they tweeted in HindiDelhi had recorded 879 mm of rainfall between 830 am on Sunday and 830 am on Monday The city had recorded 04 mm of rainfall between 830 am and 530 pm on Monday The rains caused waterlogging at several places in the national capital PTI NIT NIT DIV DIV