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Mathura security to be stepped up ahead of Republic Day

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Mathura: Security around temples and sensitive places in Mathura and Vrindavan will be beefed up ahead of the Republic Day Jan 26.

With the crime rate shooting up and the local police failing to crack recent cases of heinous crime, top officials of the Mathura police have drawn up elaborate plans to tighten the noose around criminals by intensify patrolling at night to check the movement of armed bandits, who operate across state borders and have been targeting pilgrims in the Govardhan and Vrindavan areas.

Senior Superintendent of Police Manzil Saini, who conducted a series of interactive exercises with the circle and station officers, said the directives of the director general of police (DGP) headquarters will be implemented in phases.

Police haves come under fire for failing to crack important cases in the past two months.

Police would soon begin the screening of tenants, ban all religious conversion programmes, arrest wanted criminals, and search dharamshalas and guest houses for wanted persons.

Hotel owners have also been informed to immediately report any suspicious activity by strangers.

The police will particularly step up security arrangements around the Mathura refinery, the Sri Krishna Janambhoomi complex, and the temples in Vrindavan, where CCTV cameras will keep a close watch.

Superintendent of Police (traffic) Ashutosh Dwivedi said vehicle checking will be a regular feature. Vehicles without valid papers would be seized and suspects will be arrested, he said.

Senior police officials said that the strength of constabulary in the district has to go up if effective policing is to be ensured. With regard to the bandits who trouble the innocent pigrims, he said that the Govardhan area, covering an expanse of 21 km, is exposed from all sides and the state borders are very close for offenders to escape.

 

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

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May 5, 2022

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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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