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Man sets afire friend’s wife
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NewsByte on 08 May, 2008 04:19:50
 
Sirsa, May 8: A man allegedly set his estranged friend’s wife on fire here to
wreak vengeance on him, the police said here on Thursday.
Mahesh Kumar doused Rinku Sharma’s wife Meenaskshi with kerosene oil and set
her afire when she was alone at her Noharia Bazar residence on Wednesday, they
said.
The victim, with over 40 per cent burn injuries, has been admitted to the local
Civil Hospital.
Mahesh has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody. Mahesh and Rinku
Sharma, both of them car drivers, had been close friends at one time but their
relationship had soured due to a monetary dispute between them. (PTI)
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Convict arrested after 27 years
Muzaffarnagar, May 8: A life convict who escaped from the district prison 27
years ago has been arrested by the police and brought back to the prison. Afzal,
who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in 1981, escaped soon
after being awarded the punishment by a local court and had been living in Bihar
since then, the police sources said on Thursday.
He was arrested on Wednesday.
He has been brought to the district jail here to serve the remainder of his
term.
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Film on Sonia on hold, says director
Mumbai, May 8: The film Sonia, based on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s life,
is on hold due to opposition from the Congress party, filmmaker Jagmohan Mundra
said.
The film, an adaptation from the biography of Gandhi by Delhi based journalist
Rashid Kidwai, was to star Italian actress Monica Belluci in the lead role of
Sonia and cover a span of her life from 1964 to 2004. The pre-production work
was completed but had to be put on hold due to objections from the Congress
stating that the biography was not authorised. (PTI)
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Army for jammers on Punjab border
Nashik, May 8: The Indian Army is planning to set mobile jammers near Punjab
border to avoid leak of information through mobile towers erected by Pakistan
near it. Interacting with newspersons at Gandhi Nagar airstrip, about 3 kms from
here on Thursday morning, Lt. General Nobel Thamburaj of southern command told
that some towers erected near the border are intended for observation and other
purposes. When asked that pilots are being trained at Combat Army Aviation
Training School here with old helicopters, he said the schools are providing
them basic training. (PTI)