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‘Case against Himachal CM politics of vendetta’

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Shimla: A day ahead of the apex court hearing challenging a court order granting relief to Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh in an alleged disproportionate assets case, the Himachal Pradesh cabinet on Sunday said it was “politics of vendetta”.

The politics of vendetta and vengeance unleashed by the BJP against the chief minister would never succeed, a statement by the 11-member cabinet said.

They, in a joint statement, said the state government under the leadership of Virbhadra Singh was strong and stable and would complete its full five-year term.

“Virbhadra Singh enjoys full support of the Congress and people of the state and the dirty designs of the BJP to destabilise a democratically-elected government would fall flat,” the statement said.

The ministers said the BJP was misusing the central investigating agencies against Virbhadra Singh to smear the image and reputation of one of the tallest political leader in the state and destabilise the Congress government led by him.

The CBI moved the Supreme Court on October 15 to challenge a Himachal Pradesh High Court order granting relief to Virbhadra Singh and his wife and protecting them from arrest in the alleged disproportionate assets case as the agency sought their custodial interrogation.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also filed a petition in the apex court to seek transfer of the case against Virbhadra Singh from Himachal Pradesh to Delhi, where a similar case is pending against him.

An apex court bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Arun Mishra said the plea would be heard on the opening day after the Dussehra holidays as Additional Solicitor General P.S. Patwalia mentioned the matter before the court in the morning and sought early hearing.

The high court order of October 1 has virtually stalled the investigation process, he said.

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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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