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Educational institutions transforming into political platforms: Bengal governor

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K_N_Tripathi-official_photographKolkata: Amid the protests at the JNU and Jadavpur University, West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi on Wednesday warned that higher educational institutions were becoming ‘platforms of politics’.

Addressing an event here, Tripathi said the freedom of speech and expression was being misused to politically influence the governance of the educational institutions.

“Higher education institutions are becoming platforms of politics. Generations of unhealthy politics needs to be avoided. Educational institutions have been witnessing political and extraneous influences in the governance of educational institutions.

“This is being particularly done in the name of freedom to form associations and freedom of speech and expression, forgetting that these freedoms are subject to reasonable restrictions as provided in the constitution itself,” said Tripathi, the ex-offiicio chancellor of various state-run universities in the state.

The governor said the “autonomy of a university wasn’t unlimited but controlled by statutes”.

Tripathi’s comments come in the wake of the JNU row and the arrest of its student leader Kanhaiya Kumar.

Protesting against the government’s handling of the issue, a section of Jadavpur University students staged a protest where slogans were raised praising Afzal Guru, hanged for the terror attack on parliament, and seeking independence for Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Nagaland.

Tripathi’s comments were condemned by educationists.

“His comments are not that of a governor or a chancellor, rather that of a politician. It is really childish to say that students should refrain from politics. Most of our political leaders came from student politics,” said educationist Pabitra Sarkar.

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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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