Teenager held for killing landlord's 2 sons over Rs 4 lakh 'security money' dispute
New Delhi, Sep 16: A 17-year-old boy was held for allegedly shooting dead his landlord's two sons for pressuring the family to vacate the property in Shahdara here without returning their Rs 4 lakh given under a deal, officials said on Monday.
The accused was apprehended on Sunday from southeast Delhi's Nizamuddin area following a tip-off, they said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) Rakesh Paweriya said the juvenile and his family lived as tenants in Asfak's house at Rani Garden in Shahdara's Geeta Colony.
Paweriya said the accused told the police that his family had given Ashfak Rs 4 lakh as "security". And according to a deal between the two families, they could live in the house without paying any rent till the Rs 4 lakh was repaid to them.
Later, Asfak shifted to another place after getting married for a second time.
After this, his two sons -- Irshad alias Bobby (30) and Shahid (20) -- allegedly started to pressure the tenants to vacate the property without paying the security back, the officer said.
On Saturday, Irshad went to the juvenile's house and started hurling abuses at him which angered the boy, the officer said.
He brought out a pistol already kept in the house and shot Irshad in his head who died on the spot, Paweriya said, adding the boy locked the room and walked to Shahid, just a few metres away and also shot him in his head from point blank range.
The accused left from the spot after killing the two and hid the pistol at the house of his cousin at Rani Garden.
Paweriya said the pistol has been recovered but it is yet to be ascertained where it was sourced from.
The juvenile, who was arrested with the help of the technical evidence, is enrolled in Class 12. He used to work as a helper with an AC mechanic in the area.
Police said the deceased had previous criminal involvements: Irshad had two cases including a robbery case against him, while Shahid was allegedly involved an attempt to murder case.
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Israel launches first airstrike on Lebanon since ceasefire, accusing Hezbollah of breaching truce
Beirut, Nov 28: The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.
There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's aerial attack, which came hours after the Israeli military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. Israel said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.
The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah members are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.
On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon's state news agency reported that Israeli fire targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. Israel said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
An Associated Press reporter in northern Israel near the border heard Israeli drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.
The Israeli military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened fire toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”
Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.
A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.
The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza, when the Lebanese Hezbollah group began firing rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.
Israel retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.
More than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting killed more than 70 people in Israel — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.
Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.
In Menara, an Israeli community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.
