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Intense cold, dense fog cripples life in UP

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Lucknow: Inclement weather and dense fog continued to cripple life in Uttar Pradesh for the sixth day Tuesday, delaying more than 100 trains and leading to the death of at least 24 people since Monday.

While the state government said there were no casualties due to intense cold, sources said at least two dozen people have died since Monday, taking the toll to more than 150.

Both rail and air traffic continued to be hit by fog. Several road accidents were reported from many parts of the state.

Northern Railway officials said that more than 100 trains, including Chandigarh Express, Shatabdi Express between new Delhi-Lucknow, Gomti Express, Gorakhdham Express, Punjab Mail, Kashi-Vishwanath Express, Himgiri Express and New Jalpaigudi Express, were running late.

A Jet Airways flight was cancelled Monday and with the visibility not showing much improvement Tuesday, airport officials told that the situation was unlikely to improve.

According to sources, five people died in Balrampur, three in Barabanki and two each in Shrawasti and Sitapur. Ten people died in Ghazipur, where an unprecedented cold wave has swept the region for the past 10 days.

“The administration at all the 75 districts have been asked to coordinate with local NGOs and ensure that there is no paucity of shelter homes and other essential things for the homeless and the destitute,” a senior official told IANS.

Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan said Rs.16.35 crore has been released by the state government for distribution of blankets while Rs.3.27 crore has been released for bonfires at every tehsil level.

The Met Office has forecast that the cold wave conditions would continue for a few more days. Varanasi, Jhansi, Agra, Lucknow, Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Bareilly areas have recorded below normal temperatures.

Churk remained the coldest region in the state with a minimum of 0.6 degree Celsius, while the minimum temperature in Lucknow Monday was 7.4 degrees Celsius and the maximum was 12.3 degrees Celsius.

Najeebabad recorded a low of 2.5 degrees, Saharanpur was 4.4 degrees, Meerut 3.2 degrees and Agra had a minimum of 4.7 degrees Celsius Monday.

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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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