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Akhilesh Yadav in soup over Lokayukta issue

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cmLucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav found himself in a soup on Friday over the appointment of Justice Virendra Singh as the state’s Lokayukta.

This happened after Swamy Prasad Maurya, Leader of Opposition in the assembly, who was member of the selection panel, wrote to Governor Ram Naik denying that Justice Singh’s name was ratified by the panel comprising him, Akhilesh Yadav and Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court D.Y. Chandrachud.

Maurya, in his letter to the governor, has categorically stated that Justice Singh’s name was not okayed by the panel.

Maurya’s letter added a new twist to the ongoing controversy surrounding the appointment of the new ombudsman in the state as the Supreme Court, after initially naming Justice Singh, has stayed his swearing-in after a public interest litigation (PIL) was filed before it.

The chief justice of the Allahabad High Court had earlier written to the governor, making the same point.

Naik has taken a serious note of the new angle and has sent copies of the letter to Justice Chandrachud, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and chief secretary Alok Ranjan for their views on the matter.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s state unit spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak told IANS that it was now clear that the chief minister has not only lied to the governor but had also misled the apex court.

“While the chief minister and the government are clearly on the wrong side, it is also questionable that why Maurya did not speak till now and only bared the truth after being nudged by BSP supremo Mayawati,” the BJP leader said.

Maurya belongs to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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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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