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Rain, snowfall forecast in Kashmir
Srinagar: Rain and snowfall are expected in the Kashmir Valley during the next two days, the weather office said Sunday.
“We are expecting rain in the plains and snowfall in the higher reaches of the valley Dec 22-23,” a weather official told here.
“The night temperature has improved after more than a week though it continues to remain below the freezing point in the valley and Ladakh region,” he said.
The minimum temperature rose to minus 1.8 in Sunday against minus 4.4 Saturday.
The minimum temperature was minus 2.8 degrees Celsius in Gulmarg, minus 2.4 degrees in Pahalgam, minus 6 degrees in Leh and minus 9.6 degrees Celsius in Kargil town, he said.
In Jammu city, the night temperature was 4.5 Celsius. “The improvement in minimum temperatures happened because of cloud cover at night,” the official said.
The 40-day period of harsh winter known as ‘Chilla Kalan’ started here Sunday and will end Jan 31.
During the period, Kashmiris have to brave bitter cold. Even the maximum temperature hovers around zero degrees Celsius.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
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.