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New Delhi: Police cracking a bizarre case of a man seeking revenge on the relative of a girl he had sought to marry, used his minor sister as bait to honey-trap the relative. The relative apparently who had opposed the alliance was brutally killed.

The sinister plot unfolded as per the man's plan. His sister befriended the target and called him to a "romantic meeting" at Tughlakabad Fort in southeast Delhi. The target walked right into the trap.

In the ruins of the fort, the accused and his DJ friend allegedly stabbed the victim repeatedly, then poured kerosene on the body and tried to burn it. Cops stumbled upon the body a few days ago. The victim was identified through a tattoo on his hand, but police initially got no leads on the murderer(s).

New Delhi: Union transport ministry has decided on a ten-fold increase in the minimum compensation payable to road accident victims or their kin in case of death, permanent disability or minor injury irrespective of their income and age criteria. This order was revised after a gap of 24 years. The transport ministry, however, has left the option for people to pursue their case in the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) if they believe they deserve higher compensation.

As per the new norms, to be notified soon, in case of a fatality in road accident the compensation will be Rs 5 lakh and for permanent disability it will be in the range of Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh based on the extent of disability. This will increase by 5 per cent annually. This is being pushed as a move to provide quick relief to a large section of victims. Annually, 1.5 lakh people die while more than 5 lakh get injured in road accidents.

New Delhi: A group Kashmiri youths including a woman was allegedly assaulted with sticks by residents of a DDA colony in Delhi’s Siddharth Extension. An argument broke out over feeding street dogs on the road which was shot from a mobile and the video of the assault went viral.

In their complaint, however, the youths alleged that during the attack, some of the residents hurled anti-Kashmiri abuses at them. Police said an FIR had been registered based on the complaint by the woman. It was found that the woman and the RWA members had filed 52 complaints against each other in five years.

The alleged attack took place at Siddharth Extension DDA colony on Thursday night when the group stepped out to feed the street dogs. A relative of the woman said, “We find it normal to take care of the dogs. There are more than 30 families that take care of animals. But it was us who were targeted.” She added,“The president of the RWA was present during the attack and took no steps to stop it.” said the woman’s relative.

New Delhi: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that a group of people have hatched a conspiracy to assassinate her and that supari killers (professional assassins) have been hired for the job. The chief minister also said that she had prepared a political will that mentions names of leaders who will take charge of her party, the Trinamool Congress, in her absence.

This was the first time Banerjee made such a statement. Top officers of the state police refused to comment and did not want to be quoted on this issue.

“The killers have even made a recce of my home at Kalighat. I came to know of this because I am part of the administration. The police asked me several times to shift to a safer location but I refused. I am not scared of dying. If I live behind security cover I will start distancing myself from the people,” said Banerjee.