Madhya Pradesh

Bhind, Madhya Pradesh: A disturbing incident has come to light in Bhind district where two sadhus were reportedly assaulted by a group of locals after failing to answer questions about Hindu scriptures. A video of the attack has gone viral, prompting police attention, though no formal complaint has yet been filed. Incident at Bypass Road According to reports, the two sadhus were begging along the Bhind Bypass Road when a group of bystanders allegedly became suspicious of their identity. The sadhus were asked several questions about figures from the Mahabharata and to recite verses from the Ramayana, but they were unable to respond. The situation escalated when the attackers asked the sadhus the name of Lord Shiva’s wife, a question they also failed to answer. Subsequent questions ...

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: The Bhopal Railway Police have arrested a man involved in a series of thefts on trains. The accused, Pranjal Dixit, a resident of Lucknow and a foreign-returned BTech graduate from Pune, was apprehended after stealing jewelry worth ₹7 lakh from a passenger on the Rajdhani Express. The victim, a woman traveling from Agra to Mumbai, reported that her handbag, kept beside her while she slept, was stolen during the journey. The stolen items included a gold chain, earrings, a ring, and ₹35,000 in cash, with a total value of approximately ₹3.4 lakh. She filed the complaint upon reaching Mumbai on January 20. Railway police reviewed footage from over 200 CCTV cameras before detaining Dixit on January 30. During questioning, he admitted to four thefts on trains and di...

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: Food adulteration has reached a shocking new level in Madhya Pradesh. Following the recent discovery of mustard contaminated with mud in Sagar, authorities in Gwalior have busted a large-scale operation producing fake cumin. Investigators found that cheap seeds, including fennel, were coated with cement and chemicals to mimic the appearance of cumin, then packaged in branded packets and supplied to the market. Police and the Food Safety Department raided a cold storage facility in Transport Nagar, Gwalior, recovering 46 sacks of counterfeit cumin. The facility manager and two others have been booked in connection with the case. How the Fake Cumin Was MadePreliminary investigations revealed that fennel seeds were coated with a mixture of cement and chemicals t...

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: In a bizarre incident in Bhopal’s VIP area, a speeding car crashed through approximately 50 feet of iron railing and plunged into the Ban Ganga drain near Raj Bhavan late Saturday night. Miraculously, all four occupants escaped unharmed. Surprisingly, even 24 hours after the accident, the car remained in the drain due to a jurisdictional dispute between Arera Hills and Shyamla Hills police stations. Eyewitnesses reported that the car, traveling at high speed, lost control and crashed directly into the deep drain. The four young men inside the vehicle survived without serious injuries, leaving onlookers astonished. However, the accident quickly became mired in bureaucratic confusion. Both Arera Hills and Shyamla Hills police initially argued over which jurisdic...

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh: In a chilling display of road rage, a retired soldier, Kalyan Kishore Kant Sharma, was brutally assaulted and dragged nearly half a kilometer on the bonnet of a car following a minor traffic collision. The horrifying incident, captured in a few seconds of video footage, has sent shockwaves across the city and gone viral on social media. According to police reports, Sharma, a resident of Adityapuram, was returning home with his family around 11 PM when his vehicle collided lightly with another car near DD Nagar Chowk. Eyewitnesses described the occupants of the other car as intoxicated and enraged, who immediately started attacking Sharma. When Sharma attempted to stop the attackers by standing in front of their car, the assailants ran their vehicle over him. ...

Rewa, Madhya Pradesh: Chaos erupted in the Civil Lines area of Rewa on Sunday when two young women, allegedly intoxicated, created a scene in the middle of a busy street. Eyewitnesses reported that the women were verbally abusing passersby, causing temporary traffic disruption on the Rewa-Satna main road. A video of their antics quickly went viral on social media, drawing widespread attention. Police investigations revealed that the incident was not entirely voluntary. The women, residents of Chirhula village in the Bichhiya police jurisdiction, were reportedly given excessive amounts of alcohol by a young man, who then stole their mobile phones and fled the scene. Civil Lines police arrived promptly to control the situation and ensured the safety of the women by sending them back ho...

Sagar, Madhya Pradesh: The recent appointments in the Sagar District Congress Committee have sparked a political storm after it emerged that individuals with criminal cases against them for raising provocative slogans like “Sirs and Heads Apart” have been elevated to key positions, including District General Secretary. The move, recommended by MP PCC Chief Jitu Patwari, has triggered sharp criticism from the BJP and raised questions about Congress’s internal disciplinary policies. According to sources, the controversy revolves around two newly appointed District General Secretaries, Firdaus Qureshi and Shahbaz Qureshi. Both had previously faced FIRs during a religious procession in Sagar on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi, where inflammatory slogans were raised, leading to police acti...

Mandla, Madhya Pradesh: In a horrifying incident rooted in superstition, a 19-year-old youth brutally murdered his friend’s mother in Sahajpuri village, Mandla, over suspicions of witchcraft and black magic. The shocking attack has left the local community in fear. The victim, identified as 55-year-old Phulkali Baiga, was attacked near her home around 7:30 AM on Sunday by Dilip Yadav, reportedly a friend of her son. According to police reports, the accused repeatedly struck Phulkali on the head and face with an axe until she succumbed to her injuries on the spot. Bichhiya Police Station in-charge Ranjit Singh Shyam told media that preliminary investigations indicate the murder was fueled entirely by blind superstition. The accused allegedly believed that the victim practiced black ma...

Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh: A section of the right-bank canal of the Bargi Dam on the Narmada River has collapsed, sending a flood of water into surrounding villages and agricultural fields. The breach has affected nearly half a dozen villages, causing widespread crop damage. Authorities have temporarily stopped water supply through the canal to contain the situation. The damaged section of the canal near Sagra-Jhapani allowed water to spill into nearby fields, submerging crops and impacting several farmers. District Collector Raghavendra Singh stated that administrative officers, police, and Bargi Dam officials reached the site immediately after receiving reports of the breach. The maximum water flow from the damaged canal was directed toward the Narrai Nala, but by evening, the situatio...