Crime

Family seeks justice on Darbar's death

They say body samples of Jaitun be sent to a certified lab, also approach CP

Seeking answers to the cause behind Jaitun Darbar's death, the members of the Darbar family have demanded that blood, body and viscera samples of the deceased be checked at a certified laboratory.

Jaitun Darbar, mother of noted music director Ismail Darbar, had died on February 12 while undergoing treatment at Girish Group of Hospitals.

Darbar was admitted for more than three weeks and even sustained burns due to doctors' negligence during her treatment. Family members had blamed the hospital for Darbar's death and even lodged a complaint at Athwa police station

Burglars strike Paldi house, loot goods worth Rs9 lakh

The theft occurred when Pakwan hotel owner and family had gone to Rajasthan

Criminals burgled the house of a hotelier in Paldi and took away cash and jewellery worth over Rs9 lakh. The burglary took place in the house of Roop Singh Purohit, a resident of Taxshila society, Narayan Nagar under Ellisbridge police station.

DCP Zone I Brijesh Kumar Jha said, "This is the second such incident in Paldi in last few years in which the burglars have looted such big amount. The Ellisbridge police have lodged a case for house breaking and theft in this connection" In many earlier incidents in Paldi, sources said, burglars have looted property worth less than Rs2 lakh.

3-yr prison term for Sukh Ram

Thirteen years after the CBI found Rs4.25 crore stashed in a mattress and toilet of former Union telecom minister Sukh Ram, a Delhi court sentenced him to three years in jail and fine of Rs2 lakh under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. It also ordered forfeiture of the cash.

"A corrupt public servant is a menace to society,"special judge VKMaheshwari said. Sukh Ram, who was granted bail by the judge on a personal bond of Rs50,000, said he would go in appeal to the high court.

Gang of robbers caught in the act

Acting on a tip-off, Rabale police arrested four robbers of a gang from MIDC, Mahape. The gang was attempting to rob a company situated at plot number A-541 in MIDC area.

Rs10 lac robbery in Kalamboli

Kalamboli police have registered a complaint against Harihar Jasmukh (32), originally hailing from Orissa and a servant with Ramprasad Narayanprasad Malpani (30), a businessman and resident of Sector 3 E, Kalamboli for robbing Malpani of cash and valuables worth Rs 10.73 lakh.

According to police, Malpani family owns a building (K-L6/ 11) wherein the second floor and the third floor is connected from inside. The complainant's (Ramprasad Malpani) parents stayed on the second floor. Taking advantage of the fact that Malpani's parents are out of station, Jasmukh managed to go to the third floor where Malpani stayed and robbed valuables worth Rs 10.73 lakh.

Scrap syringes seized

In their frantic investigations into the hepatitis-B outbreak, Sabarkantha officials have seized a cache of used syringes, needles and IV sets from a Modasa scrap shop that could provide clues about the spread of the virus.

The medical supplies were found, on Wednesday, during a raid on Shabnam Scrap Centre, in Bhangar Gali. “How the items reached a scrap shop is still a mystery. But the culprit will be found and punished,” said the assistant commissioner of food and drug department, KG Nogia. 

No hepatitis-B death was reported in Modasa on Wednesday. 

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