Kharar : Four miscreants targeted a forex-cum-property dealer at Sunny Enclave during broad daylight here on Friday and robbed him of Rs 4.72 lakh and US $10,000 at gunpoint.
The incident took place around 3.40 pm on the premises of AG Properties and Western Union Money Transfer.
Amit Saini, owner of the shop, had gone to his home for lunch and his brother Sumit Saini was present in the shop.
Sumit told mediapersons that a young man entered their shop and started seeking information about the dollar rate. As he was talking to that person, three other persons entered the shop.
He said one of the four miscreants had covered his face with a piece of cloth, while two were wearing helmets. They had pistols in their hands. Sumit was asked to get aside in the shop and they took away Rs 4.72 lakh and $10,000 from the shop.
They also took away the DVR of CCTV cameras installed in the shop. The robbers also snatched the mobile phone of Sumit. Before fleeing, they left Sumit inside the shop and pulled down the shutter of the shop. Sumit, who was locked inside the shop, got a call on his mobile, which the robbers left behind while escaping.
In the meantime, Amit returned and saw the shop closed. He called up his brother, who informed him that he was locked up inside the shop. Amit opened the shop and called the police.
Inspector Satnam Singh, SHO of the Kharar City police station, and Avtar Singh, in-charge of the police post in Sunny Enclave, reached the spot. Sumit informed the police that the amount that was robbed had been left by costumers for purchasing foreign currency.
Onlookers told the police that the robbers were seen escaping on motorcycles. “The robbers probably threw the owner’s mobile back suspecting that with this mobile, their location would be traced by the police,” said an investigating officer.

Lucknow : Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday alleged that the BJP-led government in Uttar Pradesh was trying to defame and harass its political opponents in the name of inquiries, adding that it would reap the fruits of what it was sowing in the future.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also accused the Yogi Adityanath government of “speaking lies and hoodwinking the people” as regards the projects launched by the previous SP government in the state.
“The BJP-led state government only wants to defame and harass its political adversaries, as a result of which senior SP leader Azam Khan is being harassed in the name of recruitment in the Jal Nigam...though this government is not giving jobs, it is raising questions on the ones already given,” Yadav told reporters here.
“Whether it is the Lucknow-Agra Expressway or the Gomti riverfront project of the previous government, this government is only speaking lies and hoodwinking the people...the political opponents are being humiliated through the investigating agencies...but it is also a fact that they will have to reap the fruits tomorrow of what they are sowing today,” he added.
Referring to Yogi Adityanath inaugurating an elevated road in Ghaziabad on Friday, Yadav said it was already inaugurated earlier.
“He (Adityanath) charged us with spreading ‘parivarvad’ (dynasty politics) in his speech...I want to ask, which one is the ‘Yadav lane’ on the elevated road (that he inaugurated),” he added.
Admitting that he had reached this place in politics because of “parivarvad”, the SP chief said he also had to face several challenges in his political career.
“I admit that I am standing here today because of dynasty politics, but I have also had to prove my mettle before the public,” he said and asked Adityanath whether he would have reached this high if it was not for “parivarvad”.
To a question on Union minister Ramdas Athawale inviting Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati to join the NDA, Yadav said, “Athawaleji is a very good minister. When I was an MP, no one else used to entertain the House as much as him.”
To another question, he said the BJP was worried because of an understanding between the SP and BSP and wondered what would happen when there would be an understanding between “45 political parties” all over the country.
Alleging that atrocities on Dalits had gone up under the BJP-led government in the state, the SP chief asked the ruling party to do some development work.
“Teachers, shiksha mitras and others are getting lathis, instead of jobs...the government is not able to find a way to give jobs on the existing vacancies,” he said.
Yadav refused to reply to a query on an “understanding” between the SP and BSP for the coming Legislative Council election. 

Yamunanagar : 
One person was killed and 10 others were injured when a utility vehicle carrying pilgrims to a shrine in Uttar Pradesh rammed into a tractor-trolley near Khizrabad town of Yamunanagar district.

New Delhi : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked Lt Governor Anil Baijal on Friday over the latter’s objection to a government scheme to offer free pilgrimage for senior citizens.
Under the ‘Mukhyamantri Teerth Yatra Yojana’, 77,000 people were proposed to be taken on free pilgrimage every year but the scheme needed Baijal’s approval.
“LG is practically obstructing every scheme and every project of Delhi (government). How do we run (a government) like this?” Kejriwal asked in a tweet.
“My appeal to BJP-Don’t obstruct our work. I challenge your governments in other states to compete with us in work,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader added.
Earlier, Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said the Lt Governor wanted the pilgrimage to be restricted to families below poverty line (BPL).
“The L-G forgets that many children do not support their old parents. They would be happy to receive government support. And every government facility should not be restricted only to the BPL,” Gahlot said.

NEW DELHI : Union minister Prakash Javadekar today called the CBSE exam paper leaks "unfortunate" and promised speedy arrests in the matter.
"This is a very unfortunate development. I understand the pain the parents and students have to go through. Whoever is involved in the paper leak will not be spared, police will soon arrest the culprits," he said while addressing the media.
"Even I could not sleep, I am also a parent," the minister empathised.
"We must ensure examinations are carried out without any breach," he stressed.
The Delhi Police's crime branch has questioned 25 people + in the matter, including the printers of the question papers, owners of coaching institutes, security guards and members of criminal gangs earlier involved in cloning question papers.
In fact, it was conducting raids in 10 different places till late Wednesday night.
The CBSE yesterday announced retests for the Class 10 Mathematics and Class 12 Economics exams + following reports that the papers were leaked.
In its statement, it said the board had taken cognizance of "certain happenings in the conduct of certain examinations". It decided to re-conduct the exams to "uphold sanctity of the board and in the interest of fairness to the students."
"Dates for fresh examinations and other details shall be hosted on the CBSE website within a week," read the exam notice.
The government, too, launched a probe amid student anger over the issue, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his unhappiness over the development and sought strict action from Javadekar.
The minister said an organised gang could be behind the leaks and assured students of strict action against those found guilty. He also promised to provide a more secure mechanism to carry out the exams.
The retests have been notified for all CBSE schools, in India and abroad, as this year all papers sent across Delhi, India and abroad carried the same set of questions.

Usually, four different groups of papers are made for Delhi, rest of India, schools outside India, and one for reserve.

That it had access to a handwritten paper, one that allegedly matched Set 1 of the CBSE Economics paper that the students sat for on Monday.
The Class X Maths paper was also circulated widely in teacher and student groups, with some children in Bihar and Abu Dhabi claiming to have access to it.