Sausages, bacon, cash and clothes, they took away everything

NEW DELHI: It was not just cash, clothes and accessories that the Raju gang stole from shops in Connaught Place. They even took chicken salami, bacon and sausages from a meat shop they burgled earlier this month, police said.

Nikhil Shankar, son of the owner of the Khub Chand & Bros, the meat shop the burglars struck, said that when he reached his shop on May 4, he found the lock broken and meat strewn all over the floor. “Initially, we thought some animals might have entered the shop. But, the safe was broken and ₹60,000 cash missing. We reported the matter to the police,” he said.

Shankar alleged that the NDMC had not installed cameras near their shop and the police had to rely on footage from the cameras fitted by other shopkeepers. He also blamed the police for poor patrolling in the area.

Other shop owners whose establishments were burgled, claimed that police have failed to recover valuables.

DCP (New Delhi) Madhur Verma said the stolen amount mentioned in the FIR was different from what the burglars claimed to have fled with. “We are still investigating the case. Interrogations are underway. The matter will be probed in detail and we will only then reach the final outcome,” Verma said.

Shankar said they lost ₹60,000, but the thieves reportedly told the police that they took ₹16,000 from his shop. US Polo Assn store’s Prabhjeet Singh, ridiculed the claims saying the thieves say they have broken in for just ₹250. NEW DELHI: Around 1,200 applicants and their parents attended Delhi University’s ‘Open Days’ session on Monday to get answers to their queries regarding undergraduate admission process.

Students asked questions ranging from process of calculating the ‘best four’ percentage, which is the eligibility marks for admission, to whether course should be given preference or college.

The online registration for admission to merit-based and entrance-based undergraduate courses began on May 15 and around 1,40,000 applicants have already registered with the uni-

A: Applicants can apply for all merit-based as well as testbased courses in one application form. But fees for each test has to be paid separately.

versity. The last date to register is June 7.

The ‘Open Days’ will be held till May 29 on all days except Sundays giving applicants eight days to get their queries answered by university officials. The sessions are being held in two shifts from 10 am to 11.30 am and 12 noon to 1.30 pm.

One of the most common questions students had was if they could pursue a subject they did not study in Class 12. The university officials informed them that in such a scenario, 2.5 percentage points would be deducted from the ‘best four’ percentage.

“I want to pursue Psychology (hons) but I did not study the sub- ject in Class 12. I was informed that I could apply but 2.5 percentage points will be deducted from my score,” said Muezzah Noorani, a Class 12 student from Daryaganj.

Gurpreet Singh Tuteja assured students that even if there was a gap year, it won’t affect their application status.