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Two dead as inclement weather descends upon Uttar Pradesh
Agra/Mathura: The weather changed abruptly in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday evening with rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder, destroying crops.
In Firozabad, a farmer reportedly died of shock after the crop damage, but police said he died because of tension prevailing at home.
A Bajna village resident, Raghuvir (63), also collapsed on Sunday morning, not able to bear the loss to his standing crops.
Two people also died, struck by lightning, in Serab village of Pinahat town late Sunday evening. The dead were identified as Dharmendra and Sri Kishan, while three others sustained burns. The injured were admitted to a hospital.
Temperatures fell sharply as gusty winds with showers hit Braj region. In Mathura district, wheat, potato and mustard crops were destroyed, ruining hundreds of farmers.
In March, the area had received more than 80 mm of rainfall, which had caused considerable damage to crops.
The state government has not been able to compensate the farmers for the damage owing to untimely rain in mid-March.
Farmers in Etah, Mainpuri, Firozabad are still waiting for the survey, which would take stock of the damage, to be conducted. In Agra, so far, Rs.1.75 crores has been disbursed as compensation against the demand for Rs.12 crore.
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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.