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Partial shutdown in Bihar over acquittals in Dalit massacre
Patna: Road and rail traffic in Bihar was partly hit Friday during a shutdown called by the CPI-ML to protest against the acquittal of 24 people in the massacre of 22 Dalits in 1999.
The shutdown was called in Arwal and Jehanabad districts over the killings in Shankar Bigha village.
Hundreds of activists of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist squatted on rail tracks, halted several trains at the Jehanabad railway station, officials said.
Road traffic was affected in both the districts as activists blocked national highways, police said.
Markets and business establishments in Jehanabad and Arwal towns remained closed as thousands of party workers and supporters protested to enforce their strike.
Outlawed Ranvir Sena men had allegedly killed 22 Dalits Jan 25, 1999, in Shankar Bigha village in then Jehanabad district. The Sena was a private army of landed upper caste Bhumihars. Arwal district was announced after the massacre.
The victims were Dalit landless agricultural workers.
Shankar Bigha is located near Lakshmanpur-Bathe where the Ranvir Sena killed 61 agricultural workers belonging to backward communities in December 1997.
Last year, the CPI-ML had launched a signature campaign to protest against the acquittal of dozens of accused in four caste massacres in Bihar.
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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.