Pranab’s daughter stalked, cops alert

External affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter is being stalked by a person for the past few months after which her security has been enhanced by the police, sources said. Sharmishta Mukherjee has been provided with three security officers since March 9. —PTI The daughter of external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee was stalked by a person for the past few months after which her security has been enhanced by Delhi police, official sources said on Thursday.

Sharmishta Mukherjee has been provided with three personal security officers since March 9 after the Union home ministry directed the Delhi police to provide security to the well known Kathak dancer, the police sources said.

“The minister’s daughter has been provided X-category security cover after the home ministry and the intelligence bureau reviewed the threat perception,” a top Delhi police official said.

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Green Park shootout: 4 gangsters held

Four dreaded gangsters believed to have been involved in more than a couple of daring daylight robberies in New Delhi in the past few months were arrested by the special staff of the South Delhi police on Monday following a fierce gunbattle outside a crèchecum-preparatory school in South Delhi’s posh Green Park locality. Three policemen were injured in the shootout, which also foiled another robbery attempt by the criminals.

Two other accused, Nadir, an Afghan national, and Harpal, both of whom had managed to escape in a Santro car as the shootout started, surfaced dramatically in the Noida studio of Hindi news channel Sahara Samay on Monday evening, claiming that they were not involved with any gang. The Delhi police crime branch later arrested the two, who claimed they fled in panic as the gunbattle started.

Deputy commissioner of police (south) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said that acting on a tipoff, a police team led by Inspector Rajendra Singh had been trailing the suspects from the South Extension area. The suspects were moving in two cars — a Honda Accord and a Hyundai Santro.

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Police hunts in Bengal, Uttar Pradesh for Delhi suspects

Half a dozen Delhi police teams fanned out to eastern Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal to hunt for the two motorcycle-borne men suspected to be behind Saturday afternoon’s blast at Mehrauli.

Investigators are, meanwhile, keeping close watch on a youth being treated at AIIMS’ trauma centre on the suspicion that he could be one of those who had planted the bomb. No evidence on this has, however, been found.

The injured person, Allauddin, from Gaya in Bihar, had two driving licenses. His brother Shabuddin told the police he was working for a Gurgaon call centre, and his boss there had got him a second driving licence from Nagaland. The reason he was carrying a lot of money was because he had gone to open an account at the State Bank of India on the day of the blast, his family explained.

Five Bangladeshi nationals are among those being questioned, and the police has not ruled out the possible involvement of illegal Bangladeshi migrants.

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