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Social media being used to sully state’s image: Goa CM

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Panaji: Civil society activists who launched a movement demanding an impartial probe into the death of an activist Catholic priest are using social media to defame Goa, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said.

Parsekar also said that events like the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) and the Indian Super League (ISL) matches were being used to slander the image of Goa by those seeking justice for Fr. Bismarque Dias.

Fr. Bismarque’s body was found drowned in the Mandovi river in mysterious circumstances on November 7.

“It is an international film festival and raking such an issue creates national and international news. Such acts spoil the name of the state,” Parsekar said.

“People should think about this. I am sympathetic to Fr. Bismarque, but defying section 144 (CrPC) by using social media to gather crowds… how correct is this?” he asked.

Parsekar referred to Saturday’s silent protest march in Panaji in which over 100 persons, including senior citizens, were arrested.

The arrest took place a few hundred metres from the IFFI venue in the state capital.

Videos of the arrests as well as demand for a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the priest’s death were going viral on internet since Saturday.

Parsekar said that the protestors were trying to create international sensation by carrying out protest near an ISL football match stadium here. The match is scheduled to be held later this week.

“They are trying to do the same at the football match, they know it would be an international issue,” the chief minister said.

Parsekar said that he sympathised with the cause espoused by those seeking a thorough probe into Bismarque’s death. He said that Goa Police Crime Branch was entrusted with the investigation.

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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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