Meat trader’s killer held, had tried to kill brother in hospital

THE SUSPECT ARIF HAS REPORTEDLY TOLD THE POLICE THAT AFTER KILLING SALIM, THEY HAD ALSO VISITED A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN WEST DELHI’S PASCHIM VIHAR TO TRY AND KILL RAHEES

NEW DELHI : A man named in 43 criminal cases has been arrested for gunning down a meat trader in his car at a traffic junction on the busy Rohtak Road in Punjabi Bagh on July 17.

The meat trader, Salim Qureshi, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne men. His brother Rahees, who was seated next to him in the car, had a narrow escape.

The suspect Arif has reportedly told the police that after killing Salim, they had also visited a private hospital in west Delhi’s Paschim Vihar to try and kill Rahees. “Rahees escaped as the killers couldn’t find him at the hospital,” said Manishi Chandra, deputy commissioner of police (special cell).

The DCP said Arif was a repeat offender who has six cases of murder against him and has been involved in extortion from illegal slaughterhouses in Ghazipur and Nangloi.

He also allegedly runs betting rackets in outer Delhi’s Nangloi and Sultanpuri.

“Rahees wanted to extort money from meat traders too and this was the reason behind the rivalry between Rahees and Arif becoming rivals,” said the DCP.

Police said last year Rahees allegedly fired at Arif in Nangloi, but ended up hitting a child instead. “Rahees and his associate were arrested for that attack,” said the officer.

The trigger for the murder was an incident on June 25 when Arif allegedly attacked Rahees who escaped unhurt and didn’t inform the police, said the DCP. “The same day, Rahees and Saleem, along with their 20 associates, beat up Arif’s relatives at their home,” said the DCP.

Though a police case was registered that day, Arif allegedly decided to avenge the assault on his relatives. “Though his rivalry was with Rahees, he had seen his brother Saleem actively involved in the attack. So, he decided to kill them both,” said the officer.

The local police had identified the two killers from the footage of a CCTV camera installed a few hundred metres from the murder spot. On Sunday, the special cell arrested Arif from Faridabad. NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court Monday set aside an order of the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) regarding the appointments to the post of chairperson to any of the 12 Centres of JNU, after a professor from the varsity challenged the procedure for thee appointments.

Justice Suresh Kait set aside the order passed on July 18 after it was informed that the appointment of chairpersons for the different centres is done based on seniority of professors in that centre. But, the V-C in his order had proposed the name of a professor from a different centre.

The court was hearing the plea by Kidwai, filed through Yashraj Singh Deora, contending that the chairperson of the Centre for Linguistic Study has been appointed from Centre for Persian Study, in contravention of the rules and regulations laid by the JNU Act.

Appearing for JNU, counsel Monika Arora informed the court that the appointment of the chairperson for Linguistic Study was done on a temporary basis and it is yet to be ratified by the executive council which will meet on Tuesday. She contended that the plea was at a premature stage.

However, the court noted that in all instances, chairpersons were appointed from the same centre whereas the V-C had appointed someone from the Centre for Persian Studies.

While setting aside the order of the V-C, the court directed the executive council to appoint the chairperson in accordance to the law and practice of the university. “….I hereby direct the Executive Council to appoint chairperson from the Linguistic Centre itself in accordance with practice and law,” the court said.

The V-C did not respond to calls seeking his comment.