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Goa BJP MLA wants ‘matka’ gambling legalized
Panaji: Goa BJP legislator Vishnu Wagh on Tuesday demanded legalization of matka, an illegal but extremely popular form of gambling prevalent in the state and parts of western India.
While arguing that big-moneyed gambling in casinos was legal but matka was not, Wagh said gambling should not be viewed with a class bias.
“There should not be a class element when we look at gambling. We have to see if we can legalize matka,” Wagh said.
Matka is an illegal form of gambling which gained immense popularity in Mumbai in the 1970s. It functions six days a week, virtually like a lottery, where lucky numbers are generated twice every day.
Matka’s popularity stems from the fact that one can wager a bet of even Re.1.
The matka industry in Goa is pegged as a multi-crore industry. Goa also has four operational offshore casinos and nine onshore casinos.
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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.