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Balochistan: This speech has got a cancer patient arrested

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Police in Gwadar have arrested Yousuf Mastikhan, a 77-year-old Awami Workers Party (AWP) worker who is a cancer patient, on charges of sedition for delivering a speech “against state institutions” at the ongoing protest in the city located in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Friday Times reported.

An FIR was registered against Mastikhan in which the complainant alleged that he heard the AWP worker deliver an inciting speech against the state, armed forces, and intelligence agencies.

The complaint quoted Mastikhan as saying that Balochistan was forcibly made part of Pakistan in 1947 and that the state considered the people of province to be “slaves”, the report said.

According to the FIR, Mastikhan alleged that Pakistan has been stealing gas from the province since 1953, it added.

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) also condemned the arrest of AWP worker saying: that he “has done nothing more than demand that the state give Gwadar’s residents the civil, political and economic rights to which they are entitled”.

Rights activists also expressed concern over the arrest of the politician.

One social media user said: “Really concerned about his health as he is aged and an advance staged cancer patient”.

Another user wrote that there was anger in all of Balochistan over the arrest of the leader, adding that protests will be held against civil society and progressive political movements, the report added.

Protests have been ongoing in Gwadar for over a month, with protesters asking for basic rights including access to potable water; elimination of unnecessary check posts on the coastal highway from Jiwani to Karachi; immediate lifting of restrictions on border trade; and transportation of food items from Iran among others things.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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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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