May 6, 2022: The police in Rajasthan presented a bizarre explanation before a court hearing a murder case. The police said that a monkey fled with the evidence collected by them in the case. The stolen items included a murder weapon (a knife), from the police custody, according to a report in Times of India.

According to the police, in September 2016, a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health centre. After the body was found, the deceased's relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Police arrested two persons in connection to the case. The police had produced both of them in the court of the Additional District Judge on the charge of murder. But when the time came to produce the evidence in court, police said that a monkey stole the murder evidence.

Police said the knife, which is the primary evidence, was taken away by the monkey. The bag had 15 other important pieces of evidence connected to the case.