Delhi Crime Beat

Man dies after falling into a pit
A 28 year-old man died after he slipped and fell into a pit in the Nandnagri area on Wednesday afternoon. The incident occurred around 2.30 p.m.. The police said the man, identified as Nazir, was standing very close to the pit which was partially filled with water. He reportedly lost his balance and fell into it.

Passers-by rushed to his rescue, but Nazir was already unconscious and had taken in a lot of water. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead.

One held for smuggling liquor
The South-West district police on Tuesday arrested a resident of Alwar in Rajasthan on charges of smuggling liquor, and recovered more than 18,000 pouches of country-made liquor from him. The accused, Satish Kumar Gupta, was caught selling the contraband to residents of Rangpuri village in the Vasant Vihar police station area.