New Delhi Nov 17 PTI Two people were arrested for allegedly trying to enter the Rashtrapati Bhawan police said on Wednesday The incident took place around 930 pm on Monday they said A man and his female friend under the influence of alcohol forcibly tried to enter the Rashtrapati Bhawan They were arrested after registration of an FIR the police said Both of them work in a salon they added PTI NIT SNE

New Delhi Oct 18 PTI A 55-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing valuables from an elderly woman police said on Monday Gurmeet Singh the accused had given the woman a cold drink laced with sedatives they said Singh and the woman who was in an unconscious state hired an auto-rickshaw to go towards Model Town on Sunday On finding Singhs activities suspicious the auto-rickshaw driver stopped his vehicle outside Azadpur metro station where the police were present Deputy Commissioner of Police northwest Usha Rangnani said Singh tried to run away but the driver alerted the police and they nabbed him The woman was in an unconscious state and admitted to the hospital for treatment the DCP said Singh was previously found involved in similar kinds of cases the police said During interrogation Singh disclosed that he intoxicated victims by offering them cold drinks mixed with Alprax tablets in order to steal their valuables the DCP said Two gold bangles one gold ring and one purse containing a mobile phone and Rs 1160 cash were recovered from his possession she said The police said they are going to reward the auto-rickshaw driver for his alertness PTI NIT SNE

New Delhi Sep 28 PTI A 40-year-old woman died after a DTC cluster bus ran over her in southwest Delhis Baba Haridas Nagar police said on Tuesday The incident took place at 945 pm on Monday when Sundari a resident of Najafgarh was returning home with her husband and son The bus hit the woman from behind and then ran over her a senior police officer said Sundari was rushed to Rao Tularam Memorial Hospital where she was declared brought dead by doctors Her son received a minor injury and he was discharged after getting first aid the officer said The bus driver identified as Sandeep Dagar 35 was arrested and a case was registered under sections 279 rash driving or riding on a public way 323 punishment for voluntarily causing hurt and 304A causing death by negligence at Baba Haridas Nagar police station the police added PTI NIT SNE

New Delhi Sep 20 PTI Departmental action will be taken against nine staffers of Rohini prison for helping conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in running an extortion racket from behind bars officials said on Monday A jail superintendent three deputy superintendents two assistant superintendents a head warder and two warders will face action as an internal inquiry has found negligence on their part they said According to a senior jail official the internal inquiry has revealed that Chandrasekhar was using a mobile phone with the help of the jail staff He was also using bed sheets as curtains so that he would not be caught on camera Six jail officials of Rohini prison have already been suspended in this connection Chandrasekhar was lodged in Tihar jail after getting arrested in April 2017 from a hotel here in the EC bribery case It was alleged that he took money from AIADMK Amma leader T T V Dhinakaran to bribe EC officials in connection with the dispute over the AIADMK two leaves poll symbol Recently the Economic Offences Wing EOW of Delhi Police had arrested several people along with Chandrasekhar and his partner and actress Leena Maria Paul for allegedly duping Aditi Singh the wife of the former promoter of Ranbaxy Shivinder Singh of Rs 200 crore A case was registered on August 7 after Aditi Singh claimed that she received a call in June last year from a man posing as a senior official of the law ministry who offered to help her secure bail for her husband who was in jail at that time in return for money Chandrasekhar made the call to Aditi Singh and he was arrested in August At the time of the incident Chandrasekhar was lodged in Rohini jail and was running an extortion racket from behind bars PTI NIT SNE