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Republic Day celebrated minus ministers in Kashmir

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Srinagar-weather-PTI-e1453313027215Srinagar: The main Republic Day function passed off peacefully here and other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Thursday with no ministers taking part due to snowfall.No ministers could take part in the celebrations in the valley due to closure of surface and air traffic for the last three days.The flag hoisting ceremony and parade took place amid tight security at the Bakshi Stadium here.Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Basheer Khan hoisted the tricolour and took salute at the stadium.

Smartly turned out contingents of police, paramilitary and school children marched inside the stadium covered with thick blanket of snow.Senior civil, police and army officials attended the function as sharp shooters perched atop buildings around the stadium kept a tight vigil.District magistrates hoisted the national flag and took salute at their district headquarters in the valley.The state level Republic Day function was, however, held in Jammu where Governor N.N. Vohra took salute at an impressive parade.

Roads leading to the Bakshi Stadium were blocked by security forces to prevent separatists from disrupting the function.Dozens of CCTV cameras and scores of fully armed police and paramilitary troopers manned areas around the stadium and other sensitive installations here to prevent militant attacks.Director General of Police S.P. Vaid earlier told the media that there were concrete intelligence inputs about militants planning to disrupt the Republic Day functions in Jammu and Kashmir.

Separatists have called for a protest shutdown in the valley on Thursday to attract international communities’ attention to the Kashmir issue.No report of any untoward incident has come so far from the valley.Authorities did not block mobile telephone services in Jammu and Kashmir during the Republic Day functions this year.During the past many years, cell phone operations had been suspended on January 26 and August 15, for security reasons.

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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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