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Goa opposition raises doubts over en masse Army voting

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8 years ago

February 11, 2017

Panaji:Opposition political parties here have claimed that the BJP in Goa had forced the Indian Army jawans to cast votes in favour of the saffron party in the February 4 state polls.Leaders of the Congress and Goa Forward claimed that jawans from the 3 MTR camps located in Navelim in South Goa and the 6 TTR in Ponda voted in unprecedented numbers.They also said their party’s respective candidates were not allowed to canvas in the military cantonment areas.
“Over 700 army jawans were suddenly registered as voters from the three MTR military cantonment area. This kind of voter registration and voting is unprecedented… This is nothing but a surgical strike on fair election processes in the state,” Congress state president Luizinho Faleiro and the party’s candidate from Navelim on Saturday.”The reason for our doubt is that there was no verification about whether the army jawans were registered in their home states. They were just given voter cards,” Faleiro said, adding that a similar surge in voting was also noticed in Ponda constituency, where the 6 TTR regiment is based.”I was not even allowed to campaign or meet the registered voters in the army cantonment area,” Faleiro said, adding that a complaint had been made to the Election Commission.Goa Forward, a regional political party, has also claimed that increased army voting in Navelim, should be probed by the EC.

“How is it possible that over 600 army jawans are registered as voters on the last day of filing nominations? The booth level officers were not even allowed in the army cantonment areas to verify the identity of the voters,” Goa Forward spokesperson Prashant Naik told a press conference on Saturday.The BJP has, however, dismissed the allegations as baseless and complaints from political parties who were unnecessarily trying to politicise the issue.”Congress tries to politicise every issue. They should not do it. Army personnel have voting rights and if they exercise their right, then no one should object,”Savoikar “In fact, they should be proud that army personnel exercised their rights,” Savoikar added.Nearly 83 per cent voters cast their ballot in the February 4 elections in the state. Counting of votes in Goa, as well as other four poll-bound states would be held on March 11.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

Published

2 years ago

May 5, 2022

Aaj Ki Khabar Desk Team

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.