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Remove encroachment from public land in Priyadarshini Vihar: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the DDA to remove illegal encroachment on public land at the Priyadarshini Vihar area of east Delhi within two weeks.
Tension had erupted on Tuesday when police and DDA officials tried to demolish an unauthorisedly constructed temple.
Justice Manmohan directed the DDA to demolish the encroachment from the area pursuant to a 2007 order of the high court in which a direction was given to demolish illegal encroachments including the temple.
The court asked the DDA and police to file a compliance report within two weeks while hearing a contempt plea on non-compliance of the 2007 order and posted the matter for November 16.
The court also slammed the police and DDA for its failure to take any action on illegal encroachment despite a lapse of eight years.
On Tuesday, residents of the area prevented police and DDA from entering the property for execution of the court’s order and also damaged several buses in protest.
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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.