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Goa lawmakers discuss bikinis vis-a-vis tourism

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Panaji: Goa’s lawmakers on Thursday discussed the relevance of bikinis to tourism, with ruling and opposition benches swapping comments on whether it was proper to promote Goa as a beach tourism destination with bikini-clad women on the official tourism website.

Defending the use of bikinis on Goa’s beaches and other water bodies, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said: “I want to tell the house, that as a tourism minister, I have never said no to bikinis.

“Bikinis have to be worn in specific areas. You cannot wear a bikini to a supermarket or a temple. They (tourists) wear a bikini to a beach or a swimming pool.”

Parulekar said this in response to a point made earlier by independent legislator Vijai Sardesai, who had alleged, that while ministers of the BJP-led coalition government vehemently opposed use of bikinis in Goa, the state tourism website had images of bikini-clad women on them.

“Before travelling to this place, people normally research on websites. One of your ministers says we do not want bikinis, but the website says bikinis,” Sardesai had said.

Goa is one of the most popular beach tourism destinations in India, especially with European tourists, who enjoy the state’s beaches and the mild winter sun from late October to March, which coincides with harsh winter in Europe.

In August last year, ministers like Sudin Dhavalikar and Deepak Dhavalikar in the BJP-led coalition government have however demanded a ban on bikinis claiming the beach wear is against Indian culture.

A ruling legislator of the conservative Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Lavu Mamledar, had also said bikinis were an impediment to India become a superpower, because it was anti-Indian culture.

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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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