Briefly: Elderly man dies in accident

A 63-year-old man died and four people were injured after their auto rickshaw was hit by a luxury car in central Delhi's Tilak Marg, police said on Saturday. The incident happened at around 5 am on September 12 when Neeraj Kumar, along with his father, wife and two sons were going to their home in an autorickshaw from New Delhi Railway Station, they said. When the auto reached near Sikandra and Mathura Roads intersection traffic light, a BMW car hit their vehicle and it got toppled, the police said. According to the FIR, the car had jumped the traffic light. All the five passengers in the rickshaw were injured. The driver escaped unhurt and informed the police.

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2 detained after firing incident

New Delhi: Two suspects have been detained in connection with a firing incident reported in North West Delhi’s Adarsh Nagar area on Saturday, the police said. According to officials, locals said that unidentified people fired several gunshots in the air. Fortunately, no injuries were reported, though the gunshots caused chaos in the area. Upon receiving information, a team of officers from a nearby police station reached the spot and brought the situation under control.