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Crime
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American
Woman Found Dead in Bathtub
NEW
DELHI:
Ms Vanisa Smith (30), a visiting American, was found dead in the bathtub
of her Radisson Hotel room here on Aug 11. She was staying in Room No
310 alongwith her husband, Smith, and their little child. Before coming
to Delhi, they stayed at Dehra Dun. The Smiths had been in India for
16 months.
Two
German Tourists Killed in Himalayas
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MANALI/SRINAGAR:
A German tourist, Jorg Meihrauch, was killed and his companion wounded,
presumably by robbers, while they were trekking in the Manaki-Chhatru
route on July 13. Jorg's body was handed over to German embassy officials
after post-mortem examination. One, Seas Ram, and two others have been
arrested in this connection. The wounded German has been flown to his
native place in Munich, accompanied by an Indian doctor.
According
to Adrian, the injured tourist, the miscreants opened fire at their
tent, shot at them and chased them. Later they set their tent on fire.
Their passports, air tickets, travellers' cheques, cash etc were found
missing, he claimed. It is learnt that about 250 labourers coming from
neighbouring states, engaged by the forest department in Manali, had
been staying around for some days.
In
the second incident, Harfurth Rolf, another German tourist, is believed
to have been killed by Kashmir militants in the Zanskar range inLadakh
region after kidnapping him from a point called Rungdum near the border.
He was kidnapped on July 15 when he was trekking. Another report said
Rolf went missing on July 11 after three monks in whose vehicle Rolf
is said to have taken a lift were gunned down by militants at Rungdum
on Kargil-Zanskar Road. The tourist's body was found on Aug 2 in the
Nunkunranges. The body had three bullet wounds. It was also later handed
over to German embassy officials.
Italian
Allegedly Killed by Guide Go
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NEW
DELHI:
An Italian, 35-year old Daniele Tentori, who went missing in Uttarakashi
in Uttar Pradesh towards April end, is believed to have been killed
by a local guide he had engaged. A resident of northern Italy and shopkeeper
by profession, Daniele was on the last leg of his world tour in India.
A Spanish couple were his companions in the trekking till April 22 when
they fell ill and returned. A local guide, Srichand, was left to accompany
him. April 29 was the last his parents heard from him. His body was
found at Hanuman Chatti early June, decomposed and mutilated. His parents
had sent a couple of persons from Italy to search for him when communication
with him snapped. Apart from protesting against inadequate security
to foreign tourists in India, Daniele's parents also alleged a ``wide
conspiracy''.
American
Tourist Missing
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NEW
DELHI: James Bradford, an American tourist who came to Delhi from
Los Angeles on Nov 11 on a six-month visa, left his Mehrauli residence
for Rishikesh on April 22, leaving behind his travel papers with a friend.
An advertising executive in the US, Bradford has gone missing.
French
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NEW
DELHI: A French citizen, Cong Lui Hong, 26, who came to India on
a three-month vacation, on April 16, died after a fall from a minaret
at Jama Masjid here on May 8. The police say he might have gone giddy
due to the height or tripped from the staircase railings. The embassy
refused to take custody of the body.
Russian
Economist Missing
NEW
DELHI: Alexey Yrievich Ivanov, a visiting Russian economist, who
arrived in the Capital on April 17 and was scheduled to return by Aeroflot
on May 16, has been reported missing. He presumably had gone on sight-seeing
in Garhwal hills. Embassy officials say Ivanov had deposited his return
tickets, some money and other things with a local agency before embarking
on his tour of the mountains.
-India
Overseas
August, 2001
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