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Bird flu: Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake cordoned off

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Chandigarh: Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake was cordoned off early Thursday after a sample from a dead duck tested positive for the H5N1 (avian or bird flu) virus.

Police and paramilitary personnel with masks on their faces were stationed at the lake complex since early Thursday to cordon off the indexentire area.

Scores of morning walkers who throng to the lake every day and other visitors were kept away from the lake complex.

Police officials at the lake told that the complex would remain out of bounds for all visitors for at least two to three days.

Wildlife and animal husbandry department officials are likely to start culling of the ducks and geese at the lake to curb an outbreak of bird flu in the city.

Over 30 ducks and geese at the lake had died under mysterious circumstances in recent days. The Sukhna lake has nearly 250 ducks and geese which are a star attraction for visitors.

The presence of the H5N1 virus was confirmed in a sample from one dead duck by the Bhopal-based National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases () Wednesday.

Ducks and geese have been dying for the past 10 days and officials initially thought the deaths could be due to food poisoning or over-feeding.

“At present, there is no assessment regarding any outbreak of bird flu in Chandigarh. The situation is, however, being very closely monitored,” a spokesman of the Chandigarh Administration said.

While claiming that there was “no alarm or alert issued for the general public”, the authorities ordered the lake area where the ducks and geese reside to be fenced.

“The movement of the ducks and geese has been restricted,” the spokesman said.

“The public are requested not to panic and cooperate with the administration,” the spokesman added.

The Sukhna Lake is in an upscale, high-security area of Chandigarh – the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana and a union territory.

The residences of the Haryana and Punjab Governors, senior officers and other influential people are located close to the lake complex.

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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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