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Bank stir hits crores of transactions in Uttar Pradesh

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Lucknow: Transactions worth hundreds of crores in public sector banks (PSBs) were hit on the second day of the bank employees strike on Tuesday. The situation is expected to be normal on Wednesday.

While many ATMs out of 990 run by various PSBs ran out of cash, other services like issuance of bank drafts and KYC registration among others were also hit.

People had a tough time because banks were closed on Sunday because of weekly off followed by strike on Monday and Tuesday.

An estimated 10,000 employees in 905 branches of various PSBs in the district took part in the two-day strike call by the United Forum of Banks Union against Centre’s move to privatise two PSBs in the country.

UFBU spokesperson Anil Tiwari claimed that more than 700 ATM’s of 990 in Lucknow were left with no cash by Tuesday evening. Overall, transactions of about 5,000 crore in Lucknow and 60,000 crore in UP were affected because of the strike, he added.

Vijayant Singh who holds an account in a bank at Sapru Marg said, ”Most ATMs are out of cash. I checked a lot of ATMs from Hazratganj to Aliganj either they do not contain cash or their shutter is down.”

“I have been waiting for the past two days to take out some cash. However, most of the slots have gone empty. I am in desperate need of cash as I have to go out on a business trip tomorrow. Why should common people suffer in the tussle between bank unions and government,” said Ashok Sakya in Hazratganj.

Many who had come for other official work at the bank were seen going back disappointed.

A senior officer at the headquarters of a nationalised bank in Hazratganj, said “Several services like ATM slots, KYC registrations, demand drafts have been affected. The situation is expected to return to normal from Wednesday.”

Assistant Manager of a bank Priyanka Mehra said, “We are managing the workload with the number of employees we have as of now. However, the ATM slots are not being filled time to time due to the strike. The situation will set to normal on Wednesday.”

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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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