Friday, 28 February 2014
Parrot helps solve murder case that puzzled police
Neelam Sharma, wife of the editor of a Hindi daily newspaper, was killed in her home in Agra, 200 km from New Delhi, together with her pet dog. The police had no initial leads on the murder, until the parrot, named Hercule, provided a key clue.
Vijay Sharma, Neelam’s husband, picked up on the fact that whenever his nephew visited, Hercule would start screeching. The parrot would even respond when the nephew’s name ‘Ashutosh’ was mentioned in conversation. Sharma alerted the police to his suspicions, who interrogated the newly found suspect. Ashutosh confessed, telling the police he had entered the home with an accomplice in order to steal money and valuables and had been caught in the act by his aunt. Afraid that she would recognise him, he stabbed her to death. He also stabbed and killed her dog, which wouldn’t stop barking.
Unfortunately for him, he didn’t take the parrot into account. Hercule had kept his mouth wisely shut during the murder, only to open it later to reveal the truth.
•Text courtesy Independent (London).
Friday, 21 February 2014
Terror attacks won’t stop us –1 GAME
1 GAME Founder, Philip Obaji on
Wednesday assured that no act of
terrorism will stop the organization’s
humanitarian work.
Obaji said the recently introduced 1
GAME: Off The Streets project in Borno will continue as designed, despite continued terrorist attacks on
communities in the state, with the
most recent occurring last weekend in Baga and Izghe villages in Kukawa and Gwoza Local Government Areas.
At least 106 people were killed in both villages after gunmen attacked
residents on Saturday night, the police and witnesses said.
The attack came days after gunmen
killed 43 people in two separate
incidents near Maiduguri.
Speaking on the attacks, Obaji said:
“it's a despicable attack on innocent
people and the entire 1 GAME
Movement joins in utterly condemning the act.”
"1 GAME remains committed to
supporting the people of Borno State in their struggle to stop the abhorrent
actions of terrorist groups, and as such would continue its programs geared towards combating violence and ignorance in the state through
education."
Obaji said he's had many messages and declarations of support and solidarity for the ongoing Off The Streets project to keep running.
The 1 GAME Campaign introduced Off The Streets in December 2013. The initiative is a community project
working for Almajiri children in Borno
State who are facing challenges of
exclusion from school, ignorance,
recruitment into insurgent groups,
neglect and abuse.
The project supports these children by catering for them through the provision of food and clothing and at the same time prepares them for western education through its mentoring program.