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My conscience is clear: Chandy on sexual favours allegations

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Thiruvananthapuram:  “Pained” at charges that he sought sexual favours in the Rs.6 crore solar panel scam, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Thursday said his “conscience is clear”.

Biju Radhakrishnan, prime accused in the scam, while testifying before the judicial probe committee, said on Wednesday that he had given Rs.5.50 crore as bribe to Chandy.

He also said he was in possession of a video showing Saritha Nair, the second accused in the scam, in a compromising position with Chandy and another video of Nair, again in a compromising position, with two cabinet colleagues of Chandy.

The Left opposition led by senior CPI-M legislator E.P. Jayarajan raised the issue in the house on Thursday.

To this, Chandy responded: “My conscience is clear. I will not fall a victim to blackmail politics and I will walk with my head held high… it (the allegations) has pained me. I have done nothing wrong.”

He said the judicial commission was probing the scam which surfaced in 2013 and that he will take legal steps against the fresh allegations.

Chandy said there is no truth in the accusations made by Radhakrishnan, an accused in a murder case and in 58 other cases of cheating.

“Radhakrishnan is angry towards my government because we started a probe into the murder of his wife in which he (Radhakrishnan) is an accused,” Chandy said.

Soon, Labour Minister Shibhu Baby John was also on his feet and said he was hurt when his name was dragged in the scam.

“Yesterday, when my name came, it hurt me… I wish to place on record that if it’s proved that I have ever met this person (Saritha Nair) or even made a telephone call, I will resign as minister and quit public life,” he said.

When Speaker N. Sakthan disallowed an adjournment motion, the entire opposition was up in arms and trooped near the speaker’s chair, shouting slogans. The Speaker then adjourned the house for the day.

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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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