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72.54 percent turnout in 3rd phase of Jharkhand panchayat polls
Ranchi: The third phase of polling in panchayat elections in Jharkhand on Saturday witnessed a 72.54 percent turnout, an official said.
Polling took place in 70 blocks in 22 districts. There were a total of 44.63 lakh voters and 14,098 polling stations open from 7 am to 3 pm.
“The overall polling percentage in the third phase was 72.54 per cent with Deoghar district recording the maximum turnout at 81 per cent while Simdgea was the minimum with 61.22 per cent,” said State Election Commissioner Shiv Basant.
The third phase seals the fate of 35,469 candidates contending for 14,098 posts of members of Gram Panchayat, 1,142 posts of Mukhiya, 1,404 posts of members of Panchayat Samiti and 138 posts of members of Zilla Parishad.
Panchayats in India have three tiers: Gram panchayat, Block panchayat, and District pachayat.
Around 50,000 security personnel were deployed to ensure peacefull polling. The fourth and final phase of polling will be held on Dec. 12.
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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story
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.