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Karnataka villagers protest relocation for second time

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protestPanaji:Villagers of Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district have written to President Pranab Mukherjee and the Prime Minister’s Office to stop and reconsider the extension of national highway 17, saying many people would have to relocate for a second time due to the coming up of a central government project.

The residents claimed that a number of people were relocated to lands along the highway during construction of Indian Navy’s “Project Seabird” two decades back and some had not even received compensation for the land acquired at that time.

“As common people we believed the assurances of the central government and gave up our land for the country when ‘Project Seabird’ was started 20 years ago,” Madhav Nayak, spokesperson for the affected villagers of Karwar who have formed a citizen’s committee, told reporters in Panaji.

“But until now, only a few families have received compensation. There are a large number who, after 20 years, still await compensation. Over 200 families now face the threat of losing land,” he said.

The letter to President Mukherjee and the PMO says that “… with great difficulty the land-losers are somehow struggling to resurrect their life which they have lost under the guise of ‘Project Seabird’. But now the same land-losers are being targeted for the second time, now with NH-17, by issuing notification under the National Highways Act”.

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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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