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Himachal reels under intense cold wave
Shimla: An intense cold wave tightened its grip on Himachal Pradesh Sunday with Keylong recording a freezing minus 10.6 degrees Celsius, though there was no fresh rain and snowfall across the state.
Popular tourist spots like Shimla, Kufri, Narkanda, Fagu, Kasauli, Dalhousie and Manali have been experiencing long sunny days for almost a week.
However, the in most of the towns remained close to or below sub-zero.
State capital Shimla shivered at 1.9 degrees Celsius, a fall from Saturday’s three degrees.
Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded a low of minus 0.4 degree Celsius, while it was two degrees below the freezing point in Manali, 4.6 degrees Celsius in Dalhousie in Chamba district, and 4.2 degrees Celsius in Dharamsala, a Met department release said here.
Most of the high-altitude areas in the district experienced extremely cold conditions, with mercury remaining five to 10 degrees Celsius below the freezing point.
Weather department officials, however, said the state would not see any snow or rain till the New Year’s eve Dec 31.
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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.