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Oil price hike unjustifiable, says Jayalalithaa

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Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Monday termed the reason for fuel price hike as unjustifiable when there is no change in the international price of crude oil.

PMK founder S. Ramadoss accused the central government and the oil marketing companies of cheating the public.

The statements came as oil companies on Sunday hiked the prices of petrol and diesel by 36 paise and 90 paise respectively.

Jayalalithaa said it was unjustifiable to hike the fuel prices citing the exchange rate between Indian rupee and the US dollar and also the international prices of petrol and diesel when there is no change in the crude oil prices in the international market.

Citing the central government’s hike of the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs.1.60 and 40 paise per litre last week, Jayalalithaa said the hike in retail prices of fuel is not right.

She said it was unacceptable to decide the prices of fuel based on the exchange rate as the dollar prices would change depending the demand for it.

Demanding the rollback of the recent fuel price hike, Jayalalithaa urged the central government to change the manner of pricing oil.

Ramadoss said contrary to the claims of the central government and oil companies, the crude prices in the international market have come down from $44.72 per barrel to $42.41 on November 13.

Ramadoss said petrol and diesel were retailed at Rs.41.25 and Rs.29.30 per litre in 2004 when the international price of crude oil per barrel was $43.05. The current price of crude oil per barrel in the international market being $42.41, reduction in fuel prices is warranted.

Ramadoss said currently the petrol and diesel are sold at a price which is higher by Rs.20 per litre. This is clearly a burden on the people.

According to Ramadoss, instead of reducing the fuel prices on November 1, the oil companies hiked the petrol and diesel prices by 40 paise and Re.1 respectively.

Referring to the latest excise duty hike on fuel, Ramadoss said: “The oil companies then said they would bear the increased duty. But now they have increased the prices.”

“In totality, the central government and the oil companies have jointly cheated the people,” he said.

The central government owned Indian Oil Corporation on November 15 announced hike in petrol and diesel prices.

“The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and INR-USD exchange rate warrant an increase in prices, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,” Indian Oil said in a statement on Sunday.

The oil marketer said the price of petrol per litre from Monday will be Rs.61.06 in Delhi, Rs.66.39 in Kolkata, Rs.68.13 in Mumbai and Rs.61.38 in Chennai.

Diesel will cost Rs.46.80 a litre in Delhi, Rs.50.29 in Kolkata, Rs.54.04 in Mumbai and Rs.48.00 in Chennai.

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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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