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Cloudy day

NEW DELHI JULY 7. The weatherman has forecast a generally cloudy sky with possibility of one or two spells of rain or thundershower in the Capital on Thursday.

The maximum and minimum temperature recorded on Wednesday at Safdarjung was 38.0 and 27.2 degrees Celsius respectively. At Palam, the maximum and minimum temperature was 38.6 and 28.6 degrees Celsius. Palam also recorded rainfall of 10.5 mm.

The maximum humidity at Safdarjung and Palam was 77 and 91 per cent respectively, while the minimum was 48 and 40 per cent respectively.

`Sao's pistol not test-fired'

NEW DELHI JULY 7. The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Delhi, today informed a court here that the pistol sent to the President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, by Mahesh Sao of Bihar is "an improvised country-made pistol".

In the report, the laboratory submitted that "the weapon could be designed to fire 8 or 10 or 12 bore cartridges after due finishing".

However, the report clarified that "the weapon was not test-fired as it did not have the standard spring, hammer, extractor and chamber".

Later, the Metropolitan Magistrate, Siddharth Mishra, remanded Sao, who had been admitted to the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences at Shahdara here for a psycho-diagnosis last week, to judicial custody. His medical report is awaited.

Woman, kids rescued

NEW DELHI JULY 7. A 34-year-old woman and her three minor children who were trapped in a house engulfed in fire were rescued by the Police Control Room (PCR) personnel at Mukherjee Nagar in North-West Delhi today.

According to the police, the PCR received a call around 9 a.m. saying that a fire had broken out in a furniture shop near Shiv Mandir at Dhirpur in Mukherjee Nagar. Two fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the flames. The PCR staff also reached the spot. As the fire fighters were busy dousing the fire, Pradeep, a resident of house No. 30 -- adjacent to the shop in which the fire had broken out -- informed the PCR staff that his wife, Madhu, and sons Mukul (11), Ritesh (7) and six-month-old Yogesh, were trapped inside the house.

The PCR staff, along with a constable from Mukherjee Nagar police station, went into the house and managed to bring out the woman and her children. Nobody was injured in the incident.

Man killed

NEW DELHI JULY 7. A 35-year-old man was killed in a brawl at Bhajanpura in North-East Delhi in the wee hours of Wednesday. The accused has been arrested.

According to the police, one Abdul Rashid, who runs a rickshaw garage at Yamuna Vihar in Bhajanpura, had rented out a rickshaw to Imran, a resident of Yamuna Vihar, sometime ago. However, Imran disappeared after that.

The police said another rickshaw puller, Kavinder, spotted Imran around Tuesday midnight and took him to Abdul. A heated verbal exchange ensued when the two confronted Imran on the issue. In a fit of rage, both Kavinder and Abdul slapped Imran. Imran, in retaliation, picked up a piece of junk iron and hit hard on Kavinder's head. Kavinder died on the spot. The police were subsequently informed.

Four held

NEW DELHI JULY 7. Four persons have been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police for their allegedly involvement in many cases of robbery.

According to the police, Dharmender, Ajay Kumar, Suleman and Tejpal were arrested from a park at Paschim Vihar in West Delhi on Tuesday. The police recovered sharp-edged weapons from the accused. The leaders of the gang, Raju Kanpuria and Chand, managed to flee under the cover of darkness, the police said.

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