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Kochi Metro to be completed in record time: Chandy

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Kochi: The Rs.5,180 crore Kochi metro project, which is expected to resolve travel woes in the commercial capital of Kerala, would be completed in record time, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Thursday.

Chandy made these comments after taking part in the board of directors’ meeting of Kochi Metro Rail Limited here. He also went around the construction site.

“In the next 100 days, the coaches of the metro would be ready,” he said.

The project will run 25 km from Ernakulam district’s Alwaye town to Petta.

State Minister for Power Aryadan Mohammed, who is in-charge of the project said the project would be operational in 2016.

It is being managed by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, with principal advisor E. Sreedharan overseeing the project.

The central government’s share of funds is close to Rs.1,000 crore, with the rest coming by way of loans which the state government has availed from funding agencies.

Sreedharan later told media persons that the Kochi metro project could start in two months, if the state government has the will.

“The state government should take into confidence the union urban ministry for obtaining the required sanction. If the state government is determined, the work can begin in two months’ time,” said Sreedharan.

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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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