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Nitish Kumar to resume ‘janata durbar’ from Feb 1

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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to restart his popular ‘janata durbar’ (people’s court) from February 1 to hear the complaints of the state people.

The ‘janata durbar’ was discontinued last year in view of the model code of conduct for the assembly elections and remained suspended through October and November during which polls were held, Atish Chandra, an official at the Chief Minister Office, said.

“He is now likely to hold the first durbar in his third term as chief minister on February 1,” Chandra said.

The janata durbar, to be held at Nitish Kumar’s official residence here, would be made more transparent and will provide more help to the people, officials said.

Widely seen as the brainchild of Nitish Kumar, the practice started in April 2006, about five months after he first came to power.

There was no past example of any regular programme in Bihar of a chief minister interacting directly with the common man.

It was an instant hit with hundreds of people from the different parts of the state, particularly rural areas, thronging to the chief minister’s residence in the hope that their grievances would be personally heard and redressed by the chief minister.

Nitish Kumar did seem to be acting on people’s complaints, often immediately ordering the officials concerned, particularly the police, to take action in a matter.

Encouraged by the response to the initiative in the state capital, the chief minister then started to hold similar janata durbars in district headquarters.

A senior ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator considered close to Nitish Kumar said the people’s grievances were an eye-opener for the government.

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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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