Man killed 40 years ago found after fig tree grows from seed in his stomach
Skeletal remains of a missing Turkish man, who was murdered over 40 years ago, were discovered after a fig tree grew from a seed in his stomach.
The man identified as Ahmet Hergune was killed during the conflict between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in 1974. He had been taken into a cave with two others and a dynamite was thrown after them. The dynamite killed the three men and also blew a hole in the side of the cave which allowed light to seep in. This, in turn, allowed the fig tree to grow from the Hergune's body, according to reports in MSN.
In 2011, the tree was spotted by a researcher who became curious to know how the tree grew in the cave, especially in a mountainous area. While carrying out his research and digging around the tree, the researcher found a human body underneath. On digging further, police recovered a total of three bodies.
Hergune's 87-year-old sister, Munur Herguner, said: "We used to live in a village with a population of 4,000, half Greek, half Turkish. In 1974, the disturbances began. My brother Ahmet joined the Turkish Resistance Organization. On June 10, the Greeks took him away."
Hergune was believed to have had eaten the fig, and blood samples from Munur's family matched DNA fragments. "The fig remnants in my brother's stomach grew into a tree as the sun crept into the cave through the hole made by the explosion. They found my brother thanks to that fig tree," Munur added.
Launched in 1981, the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus has been searching for 2,002 people who disappeared on the Mediterranean island between 1963 and 1974.
Courtesy: www.khaleejtimes.com
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Shahi Idgah row: Deity was not party in 'compromise' between two sides in 1968, Hindu side tells HC
Prayagraj (PTI): The Hindu side in the Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah dispute submitted in Allahabad High Court Wednesday that the deity was not a party in the claimed compromise between the two sides in 1968 or in the court decree passed in 1974.
The counsel for the Hindu side also said that the claimed compromise was made by Sri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan, which was not empowered to enter into any such pact.
The object of the Sansthan was only to manage day-to-day activities of the temple and had no right to enter into such compromise, the Hindu side argued.
The submissions were made during the hearing of the suit seeking "removal" of the Shahi Idgah mosque adjacent to the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura.
The matter is being heard by Justice Mayank Kumar Jain on a plea moved by the Muslim side regarding the maintainability of the suit.
Arguments from the Hindu side will continue on Thursday.
During the earlier hearing, advocate Taslima Aziz Ahmadi, appearing for the Muslim side, had submitted before the court that the suit is barred by limitation.
As per Ahmadi, the parties had entered into a compromise on October 12, 1968. She had said the compromise has been confirmed in a civil suit decided in 1974.
The limitation to challenge a compromise is three years but the suit has been filed in 2020 and thus the present suit is barred by limitation, she had argued.
During the hearing on Tuesday, the Hindu side said the provisions of Waqf Act will not apply as the property in dispute is not a waqf property.
It said the suit is maintainable and its non-maintainability can only be decided after the leading evidence.
