22-yr-old who ran ‘robbery school’ in Delhi nabbed: Cops
NEWDELHI: A 22-year-old man who ran a “robbery training school” from his house in outer Delhi’s Bawana was arrested after an encounter, police said on Sunday.
The police said the suspect, Manish, started the “school” in his house in the area’s JJ Colony after getting bail from prison in a snatching case earlier this year.
“He has 17 known snatching cases registered against him. After his release from jail in February, he decided he would not be directly involved in robberies and would instead make money by training young snatchers and robbers, and from taking a cut on their earnings,” said Gaurav Sharma, deputy commissioner of police (outer-north).
“He would bring youngsters to his house in Bawana’s JJ Colony and train them to identity targets and snatch from them without getting caught. ,” Sharma said.
“In the early hours of Friday, on the basis of a tip-off, we set up a trap in Bawana. When Manish and his two associates driving a van were signalled to stop, they tried to get away,” he said. Once intercepted, Manish allegedly fired at the police team, who fired back in response. No one was hurt in the brief exchange.
nNEWDELHI: Pradeep Sachdeva, the architect of several iconic buildings and inclusive public spaces in the country, passed away on Sunday morning at the age of 62.
Sachdeva is credited with conceptualising and designing Dilli Haat,which showcases ethnic food and handicrafts , near INA Market, which was later replicated at Pitampura and Janakpuri by the Delhi government, and the Garden of Five Senses, a public leisure space near Saket.
He has been involved in several projects related to riverfront development, public spaces and buildings .
“Architect of Delhi’s iconic Dilli Haat & Garden of Five Senses Pradeep Sachdeva is no more. The spaces he created have become architectural landmarks for our city brought alive by his imaginative design. RIP,” tweeted deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
According to friends of Sachdeva, he hadn’t been keeping well for the past few months and was admitted in a hospital recently for treatment.
His friend and urban designer AGK Menon said, “He tried to use the local construction techniques, indigenous designs in his work to create something extraordinary. This you will find in most of his work,” Menon said.dilli Haat was one of his most important works, he said.
For the past few years, Sachdeva had been working on the Delhi government’s ambitious Chandni Chowk redevelopment project, work on which started in December 2018 .