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‘Captain’ Vijaykant may find the sailing in Ulundurpettai rough

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Actor-turned-politician and DMDK founder A. VijaykantVillupuram (Tamil Nadu) : The non-descript small town Ulundurpettai in Villupuram district with agriculture and trading as its main economic activity has now turned into a star assembly constituency.

The reason? Actor-turned-politician and DMDK founder A. Vijaykant is contesting from the Ulundurpettai.

Sensing the challenge, the PMK, which is fighting the polls on its own, projecting former union minister Anbumani Ramadoss as its chief ministerial candidate, changed its Ulundurpettai contestant.

The PMK has fielded its spokesperson and advocate K.Balu while the DMK has put up G.R.Vasanthavel after its ally, Muslim party MMK, decided against contesting from the seat allotted to it.

The sitting legislator, R. Kumaraguru of the AIADMK, is seeking re-election.

What seems to be in favour of the opposition parties is the general feeling that the two Dravidian parties – the AIADMK and the DMK – that have represented them in the assembly have not done much for the constituency.

“There is not much of a change in the locality. While industries have come up in other places no major industry has come up here,” an owner of a small business outlet told IANS.

“Only real estate deals are happening here. People have moved out in search of better prospects,” another resident said.

The AIADMK party cadres are confident that Kumaraguru would romp home with ease based on the freebies and welfare measures implemented by the J.Jayalalithaa government.

But it is not going to be easy for Vijaykant, who has shifted from the nearby Rishivandhayam constituency given the strong opposition there.

PMK’s Balu told IANS: “People here know about Vijaykant and his performance and non-attendance in the assembly. He has not done much for the Rishivandhayam constituency.”
While there is no official word as to the reason for Vijaykant shifting his constituency, it is speculated that he is confident of winning the seat on the combined strength of Dalit party VCK and his own party.

In the 2011 assembly elections, VCK got over 61,000 votes whereas the DMDK did not field a candidate as it was part of an AIADMK-led alliance.

In the 2006 polls, the VCK got over 46,000 votes and the DMDK over 30,000. In both elections, the VCK came second.

In 2016, VCK is part of the People’s Welfare Front (PWF) comprising the MDMK and two Left parties and, in turn, has allied with the DMDK.

Further, the Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC) of G.K. Vasan is also allied with the front led by the DMDK and is expected to fetch some votes.

However, the Captain – the moniker by which Vijaykant is called by his partymen – may not find the sailing smooth this time.

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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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