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Gujjars’ sit-in for reservation hits train, bus traffic

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Jaipur: Rail services were hit as thousands of Gujjars continued to sit on the railway tracks in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district for the second day on Friday demanding five percent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. Road traffic was also affected.

The sit-in at Pilu Ka Pura area in Bharatpur district affected the movement of at least 50 trains, including those on the Delhi-Mumbai section. The state roadways also cancelled some buses on the route where the Gujjars were holding their protest.

“The state government has sent us a letter for holding talks with a cabinet committee. Our leaders will decide on the future course of action after talking to the protesters,” Himmat Singh, spokesperson of the Gujjar Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, told IANS on the phone.

Gujjars in Rajasthan are demanding the reservation under SBC (special backward class) category.

“We want five percent reservation under the SBC category and that should be within the upper limit of 50 percent reservation,” Singh said.

Gujjars had staged violent protests between 2006 and 2008 to demand reservations, in which at least 67 people lost their lives and hundreds of others were injured. “We are open for talks with anyone…. I strongly feel that talks can resolve all issues,” Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria told reporters here.

“The matter is before the court and I can assure them that the state government will do its best to resolve the issue at the earliest,” said Kataria.

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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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