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Covid-19 outbreak: THESE states make masks mandatory at crowded places amid increase in cases
After Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh where the masks have become compulsory, the Punjab government has also followed the suit.

As the cases of Covid-19 were declining, the state governments decided to scrap masks and lift restrictions. But it seems that loosening of restrictions has led to the surge in cases yet again. Amid the high rise in Covid-19 cases, the Delhi government on Wednesday made the masks mandatory in public places and those violating the rule will be penalized Rs 500.
After Delhi, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh where the masks have become compulsory, the Punjab government has also followed the suit. According to principal secretary Anurag Verma’s instruction, masks should be worn in public transportation (buses, trains, planes, taxis), cinema halls, shopping malls, department stores, classrooms, office spaces, and other indoor gatherings. The government in Chandigarh, the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana, had encouraged citizens to use face masks in crowded places.
Last week, the Uttar Pradesh government made the masks compulsory in seven districts bordering NCR, namely Gautam Budh Nagar, Lucknow, Ghaziabad, Hapur, Meerut, Bulandshahr, and Baghpat. Haryana also on Monday made masks mandatory in four districts, namely, Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat and Jhajjar.
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Punjab on Wednesday had reported 30 fresh Covid-19 cases while India reported 2,380 cases and 56 deaths in the 24 hours. Delhi reported 1,009 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, a 60 percent rise from yesterday. The national capital contributes to around 40 percent of total cases.
In other news, BJP MLA Kailash Chandra Gahtori on Thursday resigned from his Champawat seat. His resignation came at a time when Uttarakhand CM is eyeing for bypoll. Now, it is likely that Pushkar Singh Dhami is expected to contest his bypoll from Champawat. The reports said that Gahtori submitted his resignation to Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri. It is also reported that after submitting the resignation, he went to the chief minister’s residence.
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AAP shares video of Manish Sisodia being manhandled by cops, Delhi Police issues clarification

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday claimed that former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was allegedly “manhandled” by the cops as he tried to address some reporters at the Rose Avenue Court where he was due for a bail hearing.
Sharing a video of the incident which showed the jailed AAP leader being grabbed by the collar by a police official and pulled away from the press, Delhi Education Minister Atishi Singh wrote on Twitter: “Shocking misbehaviour by this policeman with Manish ji in Rouse Avenue Court.”
The AAP minister demanded the immediate suspension of the Delhi policeman seen in the video.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal shared Atishi’s post and asked if the cops have the right to mistreat Sisodia and wondered if they’ve been asked to do this by “higher authorities.”
Responding to the video, the Delhi Police termed the AAP’s allegations as “propaganda” and claimed that the police response as seen in the video was mandated from a security point of view as it is unlawful for an accused in judicial custody to issue statements to the media.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s Rose Avenue Court today extended Manish Sisodia’s judicial custody till June 1 in connection with a money laundering case related to the purported liquor scam case.
Earlier this month, the Delhi High Court had asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file a response to the bail request by Sisodia who was arrested by the probe agency in connection with the purported liquor policy scam case.
On April 28, Sisodia was denied relief by a trial court which dismissed his bail plea on April 28 while observing that evidence prima facie “speaks volumes of his involvement in commission of the offence.”
The senior AAP leader was arrested by the ED on March 9 in Tihar Jail where he was lodged after being arrested by the CBI in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam case.
Manish Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26 in connection with its ongoing probe into the purported Delhi excise policy ‘scam’ case.
At an earlier hearing, the ED had told the court that Sisodia was allegedly involved in “large-scale destruction of digital evidence to impede the investigation” and had purportedly changed and destroyed 14 phones.
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Delhi man stabbed to death by teen in scuffle over liquor bottle: Police
A 35-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by a 19-year-old teenager following an argument over a bottle of liquor in Shahdara area of national capital Delhi, officials said on Monday.

A 35-year-old man was allegedly stabbed to death by a 19-year-old teenager following an argument over a bottle of liquor in Shahdara area of national capital Delhi, officials said on Monday.
According to the police, the victim, Rahul (35) was stabbed multiple times by the accused, identified as Karan (19) after an argument over a liquor bottle.
Giving details, a senior police official said that on the night of May 6 in Vishwas Nagar, the accused had tried to snatch a liquor bottle from a man named Suraj, resulting in a scuffle between the two. Soon, Suraj’s brother Rahul joined in the fight and the two brothers slapped the teenager several times.
The official said that later that night, the accused, Karan, eager to get his revenge for the beating, lay in wait and intercepted Rahul when he was returning home, and stabbed him multiple times with a sharp-edged weapon.
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The victim was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed due to blood loss and punctured organs, the official said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Rohit Meena said the accused had fled to Gujarat’s Surat after the incident but the cops were able to track him after he called his father from an unknown known and revealed his plans to flee to Mumbai.
However, before he could jump cities again, a team of Delhi Police, accompanied by the Surat Police Crime Branch, managed to nab him on Saturday from a factory yard in Surat where he was working.
The senior officer said that Karan had dropped out of school after the COVID-19 lockdown and wasn’t on good terms with his family as he had become addicted to alcohol and used to drink daily.
The DCP said that a case of murder under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), has been registered against the accused, adding that further investigation is underway.
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43-year-old peon held for molesting 4-year-old girl in Delhi school: Police

In a shocking incident, a four-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a 43-year-old peon at her school in Rohini area of national capital Delhi, police said on Thursday, adding that the accused has been arrested.
According to the police, the minor girl’s mother had filed a complaint at the South Rohini police station on Wednesday against the school peon for allegedly molesting her daughter. The incident, as per the complaint, took place on Tuesday (May 10).
A senior police official said that based on the complaint, a case was registered against the accused under section 354B (assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to disrobe) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).
The official said that the police had only a single clue regarding the identity of the accused that he had a moustache.
The official further said that the child underwent a medical examination and a counseling session at a hospital, adding that the accused, 43-year-old Sunil Kumar– a resident of Sultanpuri, was arrested on Thursday morning after he was identified by the minor victim.
Further investigation is underway, he added.
In a similar incident, a five-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a Pizza delivery boy in southeast Delhi on Sunday.
A senior official of the Delhi Police said the accused, identified as Amit, working as a delivery boy for a multinational Pizza outlet, was arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old child while she playing near the stairs inside a residential building in southeast Delhi where the family resides.
The official said the incident came to light when the child told her parents that a pizza delivery boy had touched her inappropriately while she was playing on the staircase. The girl’s family was not home at the time of the incident, he said.
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