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UP Police guns down one of the accused for murderous assault on police in Kasganj
Uttar Pradesh police on Wednesday morning encountered a suspected liquor mafia operative Elkar Singh, brother of Moti Singh, who is the main accused in a case of murderous assault on a police raiding party in a Kasganj village on Tuesday evening.
Elkar was shot dead in a police encounter on Wednesday morning at Nagla Dhimar village under Sidhpura police station of Kasganj district. The main accused, Moti Singh, and a few others are absconding and a search operation is being conducted to nab them, stated Manoj Sonkar, the superintendent of police (SP), Kasganj.
A police constable died and a sub-inspector was severely injured in an attack in Kasganj district’s Nagla Dheemar village on late Tuesday. They had gone there to paste a court proclamation order at the house of a man with an extensive criminal record.
The police identified the deceased constable as Devendra Singh. Sub-Inspector Ashok Kumar Pal, who was severely injured, is undergoing treatment at a hospital. He is in a critical condition, according to doctors.
The two policemen, posted at the Sidhpura station, had gone to the village to paste the court order at Moti’s house, said Additional Director General (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar. Moti is allegedly involved in the operation of an illegal liquor manufacturing unit and is named in 11 cases.
The police suspect that the two were hit with sticks and other objects. In the evening, they were informed that Kumar, seriously injured, was lying on a bridge at the village. A police team went to the spot, and also recovered Devendra Singh’s body in a nearby field.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 50 lakh for the constable’s family, and a government job for a dependent. The chief minister has also demanded strict action against the accused, directing the police to invoke the stringent National Security Act (NSA).
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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.