A 35-year-old man was shot dead on Sunday, allegedly by his brother-in-law, following a commercial dispute in northeast Delhi, police said. The victim was identified as Hemant, they said. According to police, they received a PCR call about a firing incident around 6:20 p.m. and rushed to the spot at First Pusta, Sonia Vihar. They found that Bantu’s sisters, Rekha and Chandni, had come to visit him at Bhai Dooj with their husbands, Ajay and Hemant, respectively, a senior police officer said. Both Ajay and Hemant make garlands, he said. During the festivities, a heated argument broke out between Ajay and Hemant over their businesses. Ajay shot Hemant and fled, the officer said.

Delhi lawyers on strike today

A committee of Delhi Bar Associations decided to go on strike on Monday in protest against the alleged attack on lawyers in a courtroom in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. Lawyers and police armed with batons clashed in a courtroom in Ghaziabad on October 29 after the judge called on law enforcement to expel a group of protesters raising slogans against him over a disagreement. PTI

Campaign to save Yamuna

A year-long campaign to clean and rejuvenate the Yamuna river in Delhi-NCR and Braj region was launched by a social organization on Sunday. The ‘Bhikshatan Mahayajna’ campaign was launched on the occasion of Bhai Dooj by Ravi Shankar Tiwari, the organizer of Yamuna Sansad. The campaign was inaugurated near Chhath Ghat at ITO and was attended by community representatives and school children.