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Valley freezes, Jammu shivers
Srinagar: Cold wave continued across Jammu and Kashmir Friday as night temperatures remained several notches below the freezing point in the Valley. Also, Jammu city recorded the season’s lowest temperature.
“The minimum temperature was minus 4.2 degrees Celsisus in Srinagar, it was minus 5.6 degrees Celsius in Gulmarg and minus 7 degrees Celsius in Pahalgam today (Friday). Night temperature dropped to minus 14.2 in Leh town while Kargil recorded minus 13.6 degrees,” an official of Met department told here.
“The night temperature in Jammu city dropped to season’s lowest so far at 3.8 degrees,” the official said.
The official also said cold wave conditions would continue across the state till Saturday as the weather is expected to remain dry during this period.
Most water bodies in the Valley, including the Dal Lake in Srinagar city, were partially frozen Friday morning.
Water taps in the city were also frozen as people were seen burning small fires around water pipes to de-freeze them.
Parents cautioned children not to venture outside on bare feet as chilblain is a common winter ailment that affects children in Kashmir.
Kashmir is passing through the 40-day long period of harsh winter known as the ‘Chilla Kalan’. The period starts Dec 21 and ends Jan 31.
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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.