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Arunachal Governor’s wife escapes robbery bid, six held
Itanagar:Arunachal Pradesh Governor J.P. Rajkhowa’s wife escaped unhurt during an alleged highway robbery bid near Assam’s Guwahati while she was travelling to Itanagar, police said on Monday.
Six people were later arrested in connection with the incident.
Rita Rajkhowa was accompanied by her driver and a personal security officer provided by the Assam Police when the incident occured around 11.45 a.m. on Sunday.
“A white Swift D’Zire vehicle chased her vehicle near Sonapur town, with its passengers hailing it to stop. As the vehicle occupants were not known to her, she did not let the driver stop her vehicle and instead asked him to speed away.
“The miscreants tried to stop her by overtaking her vehicle two more times before she ordered her driver to enter the Jagiroad police station in Assam,” a Raj Bhavan statement said on Monday.
“She informed her husband on phone, after which the Arunachal Pradesh Governor requested the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh DGPs to look into the matter and provide security to her. She also filed a police complaint,” the statement said.
She was later escorted by policement of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh till the Raj Bhavan in Itanagar.
Later, the Assam Police arrested six persons, including three from Assam and two from Utter Pradesh.
“It seems to be a robbery bid. We are questioning them to ascertain the motive behind their action of chasing the vehicle,” a senior police official in Assam said.
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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.