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Mamata right that whole party cannot be a thief: Madan Mitra

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Kolkata: Senior Trinamool Congress leader Madan Mitra, who is an accused in the Saradha scam, on Thursday endorsed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s assertion that “individuals can be thieves, but a party cannot”.

“She has said the right thing,” said Mitra, while coming out of a city court, when asked for his response to her remarks at a public meeting in Howrah district on Monday.

Banerjee, also the Trinamool supremo, had said: “If someone gets money in hand, that individual may be a thief. Individuals can be thieves, but a party cannot.”

Behind bars for his alleged complicity in multi-crore rupee scam, the former state minister’s judicial custody was extended till December 17 by a court here on Thursday.

Arrested and indicted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Mitra, was presented before the court of additional chief judicial magistrate which extended his judicial custody by 14 days.

The Calcutta High Court had on November 19 cancelled the senior Trinamool lawmaker’s bail that was granted by a lower court on October 31.

Following the cancellation of his bail, Mitra had surrendered before a court.

Arrested on December 12 last year, Mitra stepped down as state transport and sports minister on November 18, a day before the high court eventually cancelled his bail.

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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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