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Forward Bloc veteran Ashok Ghosh laid to rest with full honours

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AshokKolkata:Freedom fighter and West Bengal’s senior most Left leader Ashok Ghosh was laid to rest on Sunday with full state honours at the Netaji Subhas Ashram in Purulia district, as per his last wish, in a casket he had got made for his own last rites.

The 92-year-old bachelor, who was state secretary of the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) for 65 years at a stretch – a feat which many feel is unparalleled in the world – died here on Thursday in a private hospital following multi-organ failure.

“Ghosh was laid to rest at 3.30 pm at a spot in the ashram in Suisa that he had himself chosen. He had also got a carpenter to make the 7 feet 3 inch wooden casket and kept it in the state party headquarters.

“Alongside the casket, there was also a letter where he expressed his earnest desire to be buried despite being a Hindu. A champion of secularism through his life, he has bridged Hindus and Muslims even in his death,” said Forward Bloc leader Naren Chatterjee.

AWhen the AIFB leaders unlocked the casket, they found some money which the letter said was to be used to meet the cost incurred for the last rites.

As the bugle played the last post, police personnel reversed arms and gave a gun salute to Ghosh, who took over as state AIFB secretary in 1951.

Besides hundreds of Forward Bloc supporters, state minister Moloy Ghatak and Left Front chairman Biman Bose were present.

Born on July 2, 1923 in Chinsurah of Hooghly district, Ghosh joined India’s freedom movement early in the 1940s after being deeply inspired by Netaji’s political philosophy and revolutionary ideals.

He participated in the Quit India movement of 1942 and was imprisoned for three years.

In 1948, GhoshAbecame national convenor of AIFB, founded by Bose, and took over as its West Bengal unit secretary in 1951 – retaining the post till his death.

He was also the party’s all-India financial secretary.

In independent India, Ghosh participated in Goa freedom struggle, movement against proposed unification of Bihar and Bengal, and was one of the spearheads of the food movement of 1959. He played a leading part in the formation of the Untied Front which formed two governments in the state in 1967 and 1969.

One of the architects of the Left Front, he almost always had a big say in formulating the policies of the coalition which ruled Bengal from 1977 to 2011.

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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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