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Odisha to crack down on onion hoarders

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Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Sunday asked district collectors to crack down on hoarders following a public outcry due to the skyrocketing prices of onion and pulses.

The Food Supply and Consumer Welfare (FS&CW) department officials have been asked to form special squads and swoop down on hoarders and black marketers, said an official.

FS&CW Minister Sanjay Dasburma said the district collectors have been asked to maintain a strict vigil on the hoarders and implement the Essential Services Act strictly in the state.

Citing reason for the increasing item of the products, he said that while Odisha depends on other states for onion and dal, around 35 percent production has decreased across the state resulting high rise of the products.

He said they would fix a rational price of dal in the state after consulting various stakeholders that would serve the interest of consumers.

Onion and pulse price have been soaring constantly at the retail market across the state for over last one month due to inadequate supply from out of state depots against the heavy consumer demands daily.

Onion is being sold at Rs.60 a kg while dal is priced at Rs.150 in the state, said Sudhakar Panda, state traders’ association secretary.

Meanwhile, the supply department officials have been asked to maintain a strict vigil on the retailers so that they display the receipts of the rate bought from the wholesaler and earn only a profit range of Rs.2-3 over the wholesale rate instead of thrusting a monopoly on the daily market.

 

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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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.

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