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We will act tough against Delhi Police: Chandy

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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government will take legal steps against Delhi Police if it doesn’t accept that it erred in raiding the Kerala House in Delhi to check if beef was being served there, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said on Wednesday.

Chandy told the media after a cabinet meeting that his government was waiting for a response from Delhi Police over its Monday raid that triggered a huge row.

The action by Delhi Police was not acceptable in any way, Chandy said, adding he had expressed the Kerala government’s anguish to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

“I have read their (police) response in the media and we will not accept such a response,” he said.

“We will wait for some more time, and if they do not own up their mistake, we will go forward with legal steps,” he said.

“The action by Delhi Police smacks of lack of respect to centre-state relations. Because of this, these relations have come under the scanner.

“It was a needless act because the rules are very clear that the authority to conduct an inspection is the animal husbandry official or a veterinarian.

“The police just do not have the authority to do what they did and that’s what has hurt us,” the chief minister said.

The Congress veteran said: “The law in Delhi is clear that no cow meat can be served. But there is no bar on buffalo meat. We make it very clear that buffalo meat will be served in Kerala House as long as the rule of law permits.”

On Monday, some 20 Delhi Police officers raided the Kerala House following a complaint that cow meat was being served in its canteen. Delhi Police insisted it was no raid and they had done no wrong.

But what Kerala House served was ‘carabeef’ or buffalo meat although it too is called beef in English.

Chandy said: “We feel the action was meant to create fear in the minds of people.”

He added that Delhi Police should have, before raiding the premises, given in writing to the Resident Commissioner at the Kerala House as the property belongs to the Kerala government.

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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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