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Kejriwal on 10-day Himalayan meditation course,no news or phone access

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kejariDharamsala:Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is here to attend a ‘vipassana’ session, will not be allowed to meet anyone during the 10-day meditation course or access to newspapers or mobile phone, an official said on Monday.

Kejriwal, who arrived here in the morning, was received by a large number of Aam Adami Party activists and party leaders at the airport.

He will stay in the Himachal Vipassana Centre in Dharamkot — a tourist spot on the suburbs and close to the Dalai Lama’s abode — till August 12, centre in-charge Pawan Sharma told IANS.

Sharma said the 10-day ‘vipassana’ course would begin on Tuesday and continue till August 11. Kejriwal would return to Delhi the following day.

Vipassana is one of India’s most ancient meditation techniques.

During the course, Kejriwal would stay without his staff.

“Nobody would be allowed to meet Kejriwal during the course. Even his security would not stay with him at the centre,” Sharma added.

Kejriwal’s day would begin at 4 a.m. and he would retire at 9.30 p.m. In between, there would be meditation sessions.

The participants would pose queries to their teachers at specified intervals during the course, Sharma said.

The participants will be served simple meals, comprising rice and dal.

There would be no access to newspapers, television and mobile phone.

According to the centre, the 10-day course is an introductory one to vipassana where the technique is taught step-by-step every day.

Kejriwal arrived by a SpiceJet regular flight from Delhi at 1.15 p.m.

“I am here just for meditation,” the Chief Minister told reporters at Gaggal airport in Kangra district.

State Transport Minister G.S. Bali was also travelling in the same flight.

The Congress government in the state has extended him a state guest status and he was received by Deputy Commissioner Ritesh Chauhan.

State AAP leader and former MP Rajan Shushant said his visit boosted the morale of the party cadre in the state.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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