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Holy men, activists to march to Delhi for Yamuna

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Mathura/Agra: Spiritual leaders and activists have decided to march to New Delhi to press the central government to take urgent steps to save the polluted Yamuna.

The decision was announced after a series of meetings and interactive sessions with stakeholders in this region through which the Yamuna flows.

The activists want the Narendra Modi government to take prompt measures to cleanse the Yamuna of pollutants and ensure uninterrupted flow of water round the year.

A similar march to New Delhi was undertaken in November.

Ramesh Baba of Barsana, a respected ascetic, said it was high time the central government did something concrete and implemented the decisions it has already announced.

Some holy men accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of going back on its words to save the Yamuna, one of the rivers revered by Hindus but now in a pitiable condition.

“Even after so many marches and rallies, the union government has not responded to our demands, and Yamuna continues to remain dry and polluted for most part of the year,” Braj Bachao Samiti’s Rhais Qureshi said.

Activists are particularly angry with BJP MP Hema Malini who they said had done nothing for the Yamuna despite making promises before the May 2014 general election.

The Yamuna flood plains were also being encroached upon by the land developers, the drains all the way from Faridabad in Haryana to Mathura in Uttar Pradesh discharging industrial effluents, the activists say.

River activists said the initiative taken by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to start a daily Yamuna ‘aarti’ to bring people back to the river had been widely appreciated in Mathura, Vrindavan and Agra.

“This will surely help mobilise public support for the cause of Yamuna, as we have seen in Agra where the Yamuna aarti has been going on since April 1,” said Devashish Bhattacharya of Agra’s River Connect Campaign.

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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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