The Airport Express Metro will run through December 24 night to facilitate people who go to church for midnight mass in places like Connaught Place.
Reliance Infrastructure, which operates the line, will also decorate trains and the stations in Christmas mood and celebrate the festival with schoolkids and provide them train trips and refreshments.
Santa Claus will distribute sweets among the children in trains and at stations. Budding talents from the south campus colleges are also coming to perform musical shows during the Christmas week, a Reliance Infra spokesman said.
After the normal service ends at 11 pm, trains will run at an interval of 20 minutes till 5 am. It will help people who come to Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in Connaught Place for the Christmas mass.
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Burglar involved in 117 cases held
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, Dec. 22
The police has arrested a 35-year-old leader of a burglars’ gang who is believed to be involved in 117 cases reported from the capital.
The accused, identified as Nadeem, has been actively working in the National Capital Region since last 12 years and was involved in 12 recent cases of robbery. The police was looking for Nadeem since January when one of his associates Arif was arrested and he spilled beans about the gang.
“On a specific tip-off that he would come to meet his associate in Sector 1, Dwarka, a trap was at laid near MTNL Chowk. The accused, however, evaded the police team and tried to escape but was held. Initially, he tried to mislead the police by giving false statements but relentless questioning led to his confession,” deputy commissioner of police (southwest) Anil Kumar Ojha said.
“We were looking for him for the last two years since his involvement surfaced in a number of theft and robbery cases. He has a penchant for ransacking the houses and has committed several burglaries in Dwarka with his associates Arif, Mullah Shakil and Master Yusuf. They used to meet at different locations in southwest Delhi to chalk out their strategy for burgling houses,” DCP Ojha said.
“They used to spend the money realised from booty on expensive apparel, and on visiting pubs and discotheques. We have recovered four pairs of gold ear rings, two gold rings, one pair of silver anklet and other items from his possession,” Mr Ojha said.