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Rajasthan shivers, fog delays many trains
Jaipur: The desert state of Rajasthan continued to shiver in the grip of a cold wave Monday as dense fog affected normal life and led to delays in train services, officials said.
Mercury plummeted to a record low of 3.4 degrees Celsius in state capital Jaipur, while city of lakes Udaipur was cold at 3.2 degrees.
Churu was the coldest in the plains at 0.6 degrees, three degrees below normal.
Mount Abu, the only hill station in the state, was shivering at 0.5 degrees.
At least 16 trains were running late up to 14 hours. Two trains were cancelled, while departure timings of the Ajmer-Jammu Tawi Express and the Sri Ganganagar-Delhi Express were changed.
Sri Ganganagar recorded a low of 3.1, Alwar 2.5, Pali 3.8 and Pilani 4.4 degrees.
A weather official said the cold wave conditions would continue for a few more days, but the temperature may rise a bit in the next two days.
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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.