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Print journalism lot more responsible than TV journalism: Parrikar
Panaji : Print journalism is a lot more responsible than TV journalism, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday.
“Written journalism is a lot more responsible than televised journalism. In the same way, written documentation and writing is a lot more serious than a televised documentary,” Parrikar said at the foundation stone laying ceremony of a library in the state capital.
“When the TV medium first came on the scene, people believed that seeing is believing. Some people still do not know that TV footage can be doctored. Everything can be changed. You can even implant a person in it, without the person actually being present there. You must have seen it happen with photographs,” Parrikar said.
Referring to news and information circulated on Whatsapp, the former Goa chief minister also said that people should be cautious before absorbing information via the social media platform and also learn the ability to “read between the lines”.
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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.