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Articles by Shruti Tomar
Neemuch attack accused says was drunk, trying to find out where Jain lived
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker Dinesh Kushwaha was arrested on Saturday after a video clip of him slapping 65-year-old Bhanwarlal Jain and demanding his Aadhaar card surfaced on social media
Published on May 23, 2022 12:30 AM IST
Minor rape victim killed by kin in MP, say police
The minor girl, who was raped by a villager earlier this month, was forced to consume poison by her uncle and cousin, a senior police officer said, suspecting it to be a case of hate crime
Updated on May 22, 2022 12:38 AM IST
Jain man dies in Madhya Pradesh after attack in anti-Muslim hate crime
A video purportedly showed a man slapping the 65-year-old mentally ill man repeatedly and asking whether he was a Muslim
Updated on May 22, 2022 01:08 AM IST
Shruti Tomar / Mustafa Hussain
Madhya Pradesh: Man thrashed for not showing Aadhar card, found dead
A video of the incident went viral on social media after the man went missing from Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district.
Updated on May 21, 2022 02:55 PM IST
Shruti Tomar and Mustafa Hussain
Police arrest Muslim leader for Neemuch violence, recommends NSA
Ghulam Rasool Pathan was arrested after chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the district officials to take strict action against those who were trying to create tension, and to resolve the matter swiftly.
Updated on May 19, 2022 06:30 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh couple, granddaughter killed on suspicion of black magic: Police
The accused allegedly slit the throats of the MP couple and their minor granddaughter on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday while they were sleeping on the terrace of their home
Published on May 18, 2022 12:43 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Guna firing: Third accused killed
Police superintendent Rajeev Mishra said that the accused was spotted in Guna’s Ruthiya area before he was killed
Published on May 17, 2022 10:49 AM IST
Dalit wedding attacked despite police security in Madhya Pradesh, 5 arrested
Rajgarh superintendent of police Pradeep Sharma said the mob also blocked the road leading to the wedding venue by placing stones to prevent the procession from reaching there.
Updated on May 17, 2022 02:29 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
2 poachers linked to killing of 3 cops shot at as they tried to flee: MP police
Two poachers who were arrested on Saturday after a gunfight in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh were injured while trying to flee from police custody on Sunday, police said, adding that two policemen were also injured in the incident.
Updated on May 16, 2022 05:16 AM IST
Two poachers killed after they gun down three policemen in Madhya Pradesh
Guna superintendent of police Rajeev Mishra said acting on a tipoff about blackbuck poaching in the forest, 3-4 police teams reached the spot around 2.45 am. “They nabbed three poachers, but suddenly four poachers on motorbikes opened fire at the police team,” he said.
Updated on May 15, 2022 02:29 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
3 cops, 1 hunter killed in clashes between two groups over poaching of blackbucks in MP
Preliminary investigation revealed that one of the poachers, Naushad Mewati, who was killed in the cross-fire, along with six others had killed four male blackbucks, a female blackbuck and a peacock on Friday night to serve the meat at the marriage feast of his niece.
Published on May 14, 2022 09:57 PM IST
MP: Mob beats up truck driver for hitting minor; throw him into burning vehicle
The mob gathered in no time after the accident and thrashed him. They also torched his vehicle and threw the driver into the fire, according to the police.
Updated on May 15, 2022 08:25 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
3 cops shot dead by blackbuck poachers in Madhya Pradesh, 1 poacher killed
Police recovered two decapitated carcasses and five heads of blackbucks. A peacock carcass was also found on the spot.
Updated on May 14, 2022 04:15 PM IST
Girl, 14, turns down his offer to be friends. Class 9 boy slits her throat, flees
BHOPAL: A class 9 student in Bhopal is on the run after he allegedly slit the throat and wrist of a girl, one year his junior at school, after she turned down his proposal to be friends, police said
Published on May 13, 2022 12:53 AM IST
Mob sets house, bikes, shop afire in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh
Rajgarh Police superintendent Pradeep Sharma said an argument over a land dispute escalated into the mob attack
Published on May 12, 2022 11:03 AM IST
'Was stressed', says Madhya Pradesh cop accused of killing boy asking for money
Datia police superintendent said the policeman initially told investigators someone put the child’s body in the car’s boot but came around after CCTV showed the boy talking to him.
Updated on May 12, 2022 11:47 AM IST
Bhojshala dispute: Madhya Pradesh HC issues notice to Centre, ASI and state govt
As per the arrangement made by the ASI on April 7, 2003, Hindus perform puja in the Bhojshala premises every Tuesday, while Muslims offer namaz in the complex on Fridays.
Published on May 11, 2022 11:39 PM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Release of water from Rajasthan washes away nestlings of Indian skimmers
Jaipur/Bhopal: The release of water from Rajasthan’s Kota Barrage has inundated the Chambal’s riverine islands downstream and washed away nests, nestlings, and eggs of birds, including endangered Indian skimmers
Updated on May 11, 2022 03:53 PM IST
Sachin Saini/Shruti Tomar
Acquitted after 13 yrs, life begins at 36 for former medical student
The acquittal came 13 years after he was wrongly convicted by a trial court for murdering his girlfriend.
Updated on May 11, 2022 08:25 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
When MP government scrapped new community forest provision in 3 weeks
Tribal activists told the MP government that the FRA has a provision of community rights but the government formed a committee under Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj and Gram Swaraj Act 1993 without mentioning anything about FRA
Updated on May 10, 2022 08:20 AM IST
Man who triggered Madhya Pradesh fire that killed 7 arrested, say police
Shubham Dixit, alias Sanjay, a 28-year-old resident of Jhansi, was arrested from Lohamandi hours after the incident
Updated on May 09, 2022 03:22 AM IST
Indore fire that killed 7 started by man over a breakup, arrested: Cops
The fire in the Indore building claimed seven lives and injured nine others on Saturday. Police arrested the accused on Saturday night from Lohamandi.
Updated on May 08, 2022 04:26 PM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
Indore: 7 die in fire after man sets ex-partner’s scooter ablaze
According to the police, accused Shubham Dixit alias Sanjay stayed in the same building and moved out after the woman broke up with him a few weeks ago.
Published on May 08, 2022 01:38 AM IST
7 killed as fire breaks out in 2-storey building in Indore
The fire broke out in the wee hours of Saturday in a building in Indore’s Swarn Baag Colony. Nine people have been rescued so far. Some people jumped from the building to save their lives.
Updated on May 07, 2022 10:48 AM IST
Woman abducted, gang-raped in MP, 2 minors among accused: Police
The two accused were also nabbed from the spot, said Gurjar, adding that the woman has been sent for a medical examination.
Published on May 07, 2022 12:17 AM IST
SC cancels bail over celebratory posters
A three-judge bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, justice Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli called the celebration of bail a brazen act by the accused, Shubhang Gontia, a member of the ABVP, the student wing of the BJP
Updated on May 07, 2022 06:34 AM IST
Shruti Tomar and Monika Pandey
In MP’s Sagar, 20-year-old woman gang-raped by 4 including two minors
Bhopal: A 20-year-old woman was abducted and gang-raped by four people including two minors in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar on Thursday night, police said
Published on May 06, 2022 05:29 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh minister says no Bajrang Dal link in lynching of two tribals
Home minister Narottam Mishra said primary investigation revealed that the meat recovered from the possession of the deceased was beef
Updated on May 06, 2022 07:05 AM IST
MP demolition drive: Authorities face charges of doing away with due process
Madhya Pradesh revenue minister Govind Singh Rajput said the authorities have been serving notices and acting as per the law
Published on Apr 29, 2022 04:12 PM IST
Kamal Nath replaced as MP leader of opposition
Party functionaries familiar with the matter said Nath had sent in his resignation earlier in the day.
Updated on Apr 29, 2022 05:55 AM IST
Shruti Tomar, Bhopal
