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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Airlines got 999 hoax bomb threats till Nov 14 this year; 256 FIRs filed: Govt
New Delhi, Nov 28: Airlines received 999 hoax bomb threats this year till November 14 and as many as 256 FIRs have been filed while guidelines have been issued by aviation security regulator BCAS for objective assessment of threats, the government said on Thursday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol said a total of 1,148 hoax bomb threat messages/calls have been received since August 2022 till November 14, 2024 threatening the operations of international and domestic air travel.
While 999 threats were received by airlines during the period from January to November 14, 2024, the count stood at 122 last year and at 27 for the August-December 2022 period.
"256 FIRs have been filed since January 2024 till 14 November 2024, out of which 163 FIRs have been filed during 14 October- 14 November 2024. 12 arrests have been made in view of hoax bomb threat since January 2024 till 14 November 2024," the minister said.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has issued guidelines for objective assessment of threats. The indicative factor has been useful in reducing time taken by the Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) during the decision-making process.
"Also, to reduce the overall time taken for convening BTAC to less than 5 minutes, virtual assembly of BTAC through pre-generated video link has been set up. Further, advisories for compulsory 10 per cent of secondary ladder point check-in for all flights, strict monitoring of non-scheduled flight operations, enhanced security measures and surveillance at cargo terminals were issued," Mohol said.
Further, the minister said the government is considering amending the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 to put hoax threat messenger in the no-fly list.
"It is also being considered to amend Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation for covering Aircraft in flight as well as on ground, airport etc," he added.
