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Road caved in posh area of Lucknow: No injuries reported
Lucknow: In yet another case of unauthorized digging, a big part of busy road at Neelgiri area of Lekhraj caved in and formed a 7ft deep pothole. Commuters and local residents of Neelgiri area continued to face traffic trouble on Saturday as well with the stretch out of bounds due to repair work.
According to local residents of the area, the road started crack to around 1:30PM on Friday after a tractor passed by at the road. However, just after five minutes the surrounding area of the road started to crack and quickly started to fall. As per Jal Sansthan officials, the pothole is 49ft long, 19.6ft wide and 7ft deep.
Jal Sansthan officials said that the road has been caved in due to illegal digging conducted by a private telecom operator for laying broadband wires. Jal Sansthan executive engineer BK Srivastava said, “We have lodged an FIR against the private contractor responsible for damaging public property. After laying the wires, the private player used substandard construction material to repair the road which led to the mishap.”
As per Jal Sansthan officials, the repair work has already started and it will take about three days to completely restore the road and the traffic to resume. Commuters who witnessed the incident said that a big accident could have happened and demanded strict action against the responsible.
Tanay Chandwani a commuter said, “Due to the festival season, traffic on the route has already increased and with the stretch out of bounds for public use, we are facing heavy traffic snarls in and around Lekhraj Market.”
Aviral Khanna resident of the area said, “The Jal Sansthan officials have assured us that the road will be repaired by Monday. However, i think that wont be possible looking at this huge crater. I wish no one gets injured while driving on the route especially on Holi.”
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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.