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Tripura supplies power to Meghalaya, Mizoram for Christmas

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Agartala/Aizawl: In a reciprocal gesture, Tripura is supplying power to Meghalaya and Mizoram to ensure that the people in the two Christian-dominated states celebrate Christmas without any disruption, a minister said here Monday.

“We have started supplying 15 MW of power to Mizoram and 20 MW to Meghalaya from Sunday and it would continue till Jan 2,” Tripura Power Minister Manik Dey told.

A Mizoram state electricity department official said in Aizawl that with the additional power supply from Tripura, Mizoram would have sufficient power during its most important annual carnival.

Mizoram and Meghalaya supplied 15 MW and 20 MW electricity respectively to Tripura during the Durga Puja festival. As a mutual gesture, Tripura is now supplying power to both the Christian-dominated states for Christmas.

Christmas is the major festival in three Christian-dominated northeastern states of Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya, where over 80 percent population is Christian.

Meanwhile, tight security measures were made across Mizoram to ensure that the people celebrate Christmas and New Year peacefully.

“Mizoram Police would conduct foot patrolling and intensify surveillance in the sensitive areas till the Christmas and New Year festivities are over,” police spokesman C. Laldina said in Aizawl.

Mizoram Police have already opened several helplines, he said.

Laldina said ban on firecrackers would be strictly enforced during the festive season and executive magistrates would also be on duty in various areas to enforce the government order.

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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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