First Ram temple trust meeting on February 19
New Delhi: The first meeting of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust is going to be held on February 19 at the Delhi residence of K. Parasaran, the head of the trust, said a source here on Sunday. The construction of the grand Ram temple will start either from April 2 (Ramnavami) or April 26 (Akshaya Tritiya). This will be one of the agenda of the February 19 meeting. The members of the trust will start reaching the national capital on February 18 for the meet, the source added. The construction of the temple will take place on an “auspicious day”, said a trust member. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 5 had announced in Parliament the setting up of a Ram temple trust, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra trust. The Centre later announced that the office of the trust will be the residence of head of the trust, K. Prasaran, the counsel for the Hindu parties who successfully argued the case in favour of Hindus. (IANS)
Ex-Dawood aide held for extortion
Mumbai: The Anti Extortion Cell (AEC) of the Mumbai Police on Sunday arrested a former aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim for allegedly extorting a city-based businessman, police said. Tarik Parveen was arrested from Dongri in south Mumbai, they added. “We arrested Parveen today after a case of extortion was registered against him at the MRA Marg Police Station. A businessman had lodged a complaint of extortion,” Joint Commissioner of Police Santosh Rastogi said. In the FIR, police have also made former aide of Dawood Ibrahim, Ejaz Lakdawala and Salim Furniturewala alias Salim Maharaj as the accused, he added. “Lakdawala and Furniturewala are already in our custody,” he said. Lakdawala (50), who was wanted in 25 cases in Mumbai, was arrested from Patna in Bihar on January 8. A Byculla-based builder had complained to the police last year that Lakdawala was seeking extortion money from him, police said. During Lakdawala’s interrogation, Furniturewala’s involvement in the extortion racket came to light. It was found that Furniturewala was helping Lakdawala in running the racket he was operating from overseas, police said. Furniturewala was arrested late last month from Mumbai, police said. (PTI)
2 arrested for supplying illegal arms
New Delhi: Two men were arrested for allegedly supplying illegal weapons to criminals based in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR), police said on Sunday. The accused have been identified as Santoshi (50) and Pritam Singh (20), both residents of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district. They were arrested on Friday, they said. Eleven semi-automatic pistols and 10 single shot pistols with 50 live cartridges were recovered from the accused, the police said, adding that these were brought to the national capital to be supplied to criminals in Delhi-NCR. “Santoshi and Pritam were apprehended from near the Dilshad Garden Metro Station on Friday after a police team received information that two men were coming to deliver a consignment to criminals,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) P S Kushwah said. (PTI)