Missing toddler: Bassi announces Rs 50,000 cash reward
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi Sunday announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 for anyone who helps in tracing three-year-old Jahnvi, who went missing from India Gate in the heart of the national capital last week. The girl along with her parents and other relatives had reached India Gate on last Sunday evening from where she has gone missing. Family members of the girl suspect that she has been kidnapped. Police has registered an FIR at Tilak Marg police station and several teams, including those from the Crime Branch and Special Cell are working on the case. Posters with the girl’s photo, requesting help from people to trace her has gone viral on social networking websites. A protest was also held by family and relatives of the girl Saturday night in this connection at India Gate which was later shifted to Jantar Mantar by the police. (PTI)
Two brandish pistol at Ramlila event
Muzaffarnagar: Two persons allegedly brandished a pistol at the crowd during a Ramlila function in New Mandi locality here, police said Sunday. The incident took place on Friday when organiser Anil Airen and Ramlila committee member and Amit Bhardwaj, brandished the weapon at the crowd to prevent them hooting during the Ramlila Manchan event. A case under section 286 of IPC (negligent conduct with respect to explosive substance) and section 25 of Arms Act (possession of prohibited weapons) was registered against Airen and pistol licence holder, Bhardwaj yesterday, they added. No arrests have been made in the case yet, police said. (PTI)
Too woo youth, INLD ropes in Yo Yo Honey Singh
Chandigarh: To woo youth voters in the state, Haryana’s main opposition INLD has roped in rapper Yo-Yo Honey Singh for the upcoming assembly elections. Indian National Lok Dal, which is eyeing a comeback after a decade in the state, released a music video featuring Honey Singh here, exhorting youths to vote for the party. Karan Chautala, youth party leader and son of Abhay Singh Chautala, said earlier there were no plans of roping in the singer for the party. “It wasn’t an idea as such, to rope in Honey Singh… He is very connected with Chaudhary Devi Lal ji’s ideology. So, he wanted to do something and I welcomed it. He is like a elder brother to me,” 22-year-old Karan said. In the music video, the singer seeks votes for the party singing in Haryanvi language, “Yo-Yo gailay nachega, Tau ki maati ka yo gana charon or bajega, Yo Yo gailay tum bhi gao..” Ahead of the October 15 polls, INLD has also launched an aggressive advertising campaign to woo different sections of the society. (PTI)
Second dengue death in Indore
Indore: A 30-year-old man died of dengue at a private hospital near here. With this, the total number of persons succumbing to the dreaded dengue fever in Indore has gone up to two this year, a district health official said. The victim, a resident of nearby Mhow town, was undergoing treatment since September 29. He passed away last night, a doctor attending him said. The medical reports of the victim confirmed that he was suffering from dengue. (PTI)