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UP’s Dudhwa National Park opens after a six-month break
The Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh opened on Thursday after a six-month break, an official said.
The park is a huge attraction for both domestic and foreign tourists and is overbooked in the winters.
Every year, the park closes for the public from May 15 and opens again on November 15.
The state government over the past few years has paid a lot of attention to its upkeep and there has been major makeovers.
The new Tharu huts are a big attraction for people who want to spend a night or two in the wild.
Known for its biodiversity, the park draws over 500 species of birds during the winter months, the official added.
Siberian birds migrate to Dudhwa in winters, after travelling almost 14,000 km, wildlife expert Umesh Gupta told .
Other than rare bird species, tigers, leopards, rhinoceros, crocodiles, elephants, porcupines, wild boars and bears are also present in the national park which offers jeep safaris.
The Dudhwa National Park was established in 1977 and covers an area of 490.3 km.
Besides the Kaziranga National Park in Assam, the rhino population here has also become a great draw.
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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.