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Heavy security for Jharkhand’s panchayat polls

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Ranchi: laborate security arrangements have been put in place in the wake of a Maoist threat to disrupt the first of the four phases of panchayat polls beginning on Sunday, an official said.

It will be three-tier panchayat polls.

According to police sources, around 55,000 security personnel including troopers of paramilitary forces, Jharkhand Armed Police, the Indian Reserve Battalion and others have been deployed.

Maoist guerrillas have put up posters and banners threatening candidates and voters.

Polling will take place in 78 blocks of Jharkhand’s 24 districts between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.

The voting will take place for a total of 18,472 posts including that of zilla parishad member, panchayat samiti member, mukhiyas and gram panchayat members. A total of 36,967 candidates are in the fray.

According to state’s Chief Election Commissioner Shiv Basant, the total number of women candidates is 19,884. The total of voters in the first phase is 48.88 lakh including 23.48 lakh females who can cast their votes at 15,522 polling stations.

“Different shades of ballot papers will be used for electing each representative– white ballot paper for gram panchayat member, for mukhiya — pink ballot paper, for panchayat samiti member — green ballot paper and for zilla parishad member — yellow ballot paper would be used,” he said.

The total number of posts of gram panchayat members is 15,522, for mukhiya there are 1,243 posts, panchayat samiti members 1,552 posts and for zilla parishad members there are 155 posts.

 

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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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