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Kolkata flyover tragedy toll rises to 26

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kolkataKolkata : The toll in Kolkata’s flyover tragedy has climbed to 26 after two more bodies were recovered from the debris on Saturday, police said.

“Two more bodies have been extricated from the rubble,” a police officer told IANS.

They have been kept at the l, Kolkata, for post mortem.

Sixteen of the 67 rescued people were admitted in various hospitals, two days after the under-construction Vivekananda Road Flyover in north Kolkata’s market area Posta collapsed, crushing people and flattening vehicles.

About the reasons that caused the crash, the West Bengal government in a statement said: “It is apprehended that one cantilever pier no. 40 has shifted due to which two spans covering three piers were affected.”

Police have arrested three officials of the joint venture company — Hyderabad-based IVRCL Infrastructure — which was executing the flyover project.

Senior assistant general manager M. Mallikarjun, structural manager Pradip Kumar and assistant manager (administration) D. Majumdar were arrested on Friday after sustained questioning.

Earlier, police slapped stringent charges including murder against the company.

“The charges brought against the company include murder, attempt to murder and criminal conspiracy,” Joint Commissioner of Police Debashish Boral said.

A 23-member special investigation team (SIT) has been set up to probe the disaster. A police team is visiting company headquarters in Hyderabad to question its officials.

The chief engineer and an executive engineer of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA)- the state government unit in charge of the JNNURM project – have been placed under suspension.

The KMDA has ordered immediate inspection of the flyover to ascertain its safety and stability.

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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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