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Goa CM appeals to FTII students to defer IFFI protest

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Panaji: Hours before the inauguration of the 46th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here on Friday, Goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar appealed to the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) students to not dampen the party by staging their protest at the festival inauguration venue.

Speaking to IANS, Parsekar said he was willing to talk to the FTII students, who have threatened to protest at the IFFI inauguration venue, the Dr. Shyama Prasada Mukherjee indoor stadium on the outskirts of Panaji when the event kicks off later on Friday.

“They should not dampen the spirit of the festival, especially when the state is so decked and geared up for IFFI,” Parsekar said.

“If required, I can speak to them. I will request them to defer their protest… We can speak about this to the central government, which is like a father to all of us,” he added.

FTII students had staged a 139-day strike from June 12 this year, in protest against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the institute’s director, claiming he was unfit for the position.

After the appointing authority union ministry for Information and Broadcasting stuck to its guns and did not cancel Chauhan’s appointment, the students pulled off the strike on October 29, but also insisted that their protests would continue, saying that IFFI, the country’s largest international film festival and one which is organised by the central government, would be a venue for their protest.

“We will gather outside the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Goa University, Taleigao where the opening ceremony for IFFI is scheduled to take place,” Kislay Gonsalves, spokesperson for the FTII students told IANS.

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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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