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Baba ka Dhaba back from where it was started due to financial crisis amid Covid-19
Baba ka Dhaba’ became an overnight sensation on social media last year. But as the pandemic continues its destruction, life seems to have come full circle for the dhaba owners Kanta Prasad and wife Badaami Devi. Footfall dried up at the new restaurant the duo had opened after an outpouring of donation forcing the husband-wife to return to their old dhaba where it all started.
After the video made by YouTuber Gaurav Wasan showing their hardships went viral, people donated generously to Prasad. The dhaba continued to see a queue of well-meaning customers who wanted to encourage the octogenarian.
Soon, Prasad opened a new restaurant from all the money he collected, built a new floor in his house and pared debts. He also bought smartphones for himself and his children. But the duo closed the new restaurant in February and returned to their old dhaba, stated a report in Hindustan Times.
Prasad said he invested Rs 5 lakh in the restaurant and hired three workers. Monthly expenditure was Rs 1 lakh, including Rs 35,000 for rent, Rs 36,000 for salaries and Rs 15,000 electricity, water bills as well as for ingredients. The average monthly sales never crossed Rs 40,000, said the dhaba owner. Prasad said that of the Rs 5 lakh investment, they managed to recover only Rs 36,000 from the sale of chairs, utensils and cooking machines.
He said, moreover, the fourth COVID-19 wave forced them to close their old dhaba for 17 days, pushing them to penury again. “Our daily sales have come down from Rs 3,500 before the lockdown to Rs 1,000 now. The income is not sufficient for our family of eight,” said Prasad to the daily.
Now, the old dhaba is back to its original Indian fare including rice, pulses, and two vegetables, a step down from the expanded menu of Indian and Chinese food.
“All our money is gone. Our children are unemployed and we are old and cannot run the dhaba anymore. We hope the government will help us in some way,” said Prasad’s wife Badaami Devi.
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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.