Woman Naxal killed in face-off with police
Raipur:A woman Naxal was today killed in a gunbattle between security forces and ultras in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, a police official said. The cadre was gunned down following a prolonged exchange of fire between a joint squad of security personnel and Maoists in the forest under Awapalli police station limits this afternoon, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police Indira Kalyan Elesela told PTI. A joint team of district police, Special Task Force and Central Reserve Police Force was mobilised on a combing operation from Awapalli police station, located around 400 kms away from the state capital, in the region. The intermittent firing lasted for about an hour after which Naxals fled in the core forest area, he said. During a search of the encounter spot, the body of a woman in Maoist uniform was found, the ASP said adding that her identity was yet to be ascertained. A 303 rifle and several other Naxal related materials, including commodities of daily use, were recovered from the spot, he said. (PTI)
Waiter shot dead by customer for not paying for 2 chapatis
Meerut: A 26-year-old waiter was shot dead allegedly by a customer following a quarrel with a group of diners who refused to pay for two additional chapatis they had ordered during the meal at a hotel here, police said today. Ram Ratan Negi, employed with the hotel on Delhi-Meerut road, was shot dead on Wednesday. The incident took place when half a dozen youth came to have food at the hotel’s restaurant, the district police spokesperson said. The group paid their bill after the meal but dispute rose between the two parties over alleged non-payment of two chapatis. Negi, a resident of Lohagarh area of Garhwal in Uttarakhand, was shot dead on the spot by one of the youth in the tussle after which the group escaped, they said. Hotel owner has lodged a case of murder against the absconding group. (PTI)
Slum colony in Bhiwandi raided; two killed; six injured
Thane:Two young men from Bhiwandi were on Thursday brutally stabbed to death by unidentified persons in a slum colony in the powerloom town here, police said. According to PI Sanjay Satav at Narpoli police station in Bhiwandi, the unknown assailants attacked six members of a family in a slum colony in Valpada locality around 2.30 AM killing one person on the spot while another succumbed to his injuries on way to a hospital. The deceased were identified as Agadh Munshilal Nishad (25) and Rambahadur Nishad (30), he said. Among those injured seriously were a couple– Vijay Munshilal Nisad and Sarita Vijay Nishad–and their children who were shifted to Sion Hospital in Mumbai for treatment after being admitted to nearby IGM hospital. (PTI)