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Light and sound show at Lucknow Residency to restart soon

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Lucknow ResidencyLucknow : The popular light and sound show at the Lucknow Residency, which fell on bad times some six years back, is likely to be restarted soon, officials said here on Wednesday.

Lucknow DM Raj Shekhar visited the Residency and General Wali Kothi late on Tuesday and told media persons that the much awaited light and sound show will recommence soon.

The Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN) has already been allotted Rs 5 crore by the state tourism department for setting up the lighting and sound instruments and the script, and the setup plan is awaiting the final nod from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

“A 19-minute short film and another shorter version of 10 minutes, both in Hindi and English, have been produced to popularise the History of Luckow and Residency, in particular,” the DM told IANS.

As of now, plans are afoot to screen the short films in the hall at ‘General Wali Kothi’ near Chhattar Manzil, he further said.

ASI has requested the district administration to promote this new project, especially among the school children.

The district authorities have also asked the ASI to develop ‘General Wali Kothi’ as the ‘Lucknow Photo Gallery’ as also the site for screening short movies.

The district tourism promotion board has agreed to fund upto Rs 10 lakh for developing the ‘Lucknow Photo Gallery’, Raj Shekhar added.

The Residency, also called the British Residency and Residency Complex, is a group of several building in a common precinct in the city. It now exists in ruins and was constructed during the rule of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II, who was the fifth nawab wazir of Oudh from January 21, 1798 to July 11, 1814.

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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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