Madhya Pradesh

Satna (MP), Jun 28 (PTI) A BJP leader and his supporters allegedly attacked the chief municipal officer of a civic body in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh Friday, leaving him seriously injured, just two days after party MLA Akash Vijayvargiya was arrested for assaulting an official with a cricket bat.

Ramnagar Nagar Panchayat president Sushil Patel and his supporters allegedly attacked the civic body's chief municipal officer D Soni and a few corporators, police said.

Jabalpur (MP), Jun 28 (PTI) Two murder accused were injured when some persons opened fire on them on a court premises in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh Friday, police said.

Seven persons were arrested following the attack.

The incident took place at Patan, 21 km from here.

Rewa, Jun 27 (PTI) A 25-year-old man from Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh who went missing four years ago is reportedly lodged in a jail in Pakistan, the police said Thursday.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs recently got in touch with state police to verify his details, the official added.

The photo and other details provided by the Union ministry matched with the profile of Anil Kumar, the missing man, Rewa Superintendent of Police Abid Khan told PTI.

Narsinghpur (MP), Jun 25 (PTI) A five-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped by an unidentified person in Madhya Pradesh's Narsinghpur, a police official said Tuesday.

The girl is severely injured and is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Jabalpur, he added.

"Some nomad families are staying on a plot near the bus stand under Ganj police station limits. The five-year-old girl belongs to one of these families. She was raped on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday," Narsinghpur Superintendent of Police Gurukaran Singh said.

Indore, Jun 26 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya, the son of senior party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, was caught on camera assaulting a municipal corporation officer on Wednesday with a cricket bat during an argument over a demolition drive in Ganji compound area.

When contacted, the SSP of Indore, Ruchi Vardhan Mishra, said an FIR will be registered in the case and if needed, the MLA could be arrested.

Bhopal, Jun 24 (PTI) Monsoon Monday hit the eastern and southern parts of Madhya Pradesh and was likely to cover more parts of the state in the next 48 hours, IMD Bhopal Office Duty Officer Gurudutt Mishra said.

He told PTI that Balaghat, Mandla, Chhindwara and Khandwa districts of MP experienced monsoon rains as well as parts of Jabalpur, Indore and Ujjain divisions in the last 24 hours.

Mishra said heavy rainfall is expected in Ratlam, Jhabua, Alirajpur, Dhar, Barwani, Ujjain, Agar-Malwa and Indore districts in the next 48 hours.

Indore, Jun 22 (PTI) A 21-year old woman who married a man from a different caste was Saturday shot dead allegedly by her teenage brother in a village in Indore, police said.

Bulbul had an inter-caste marriage with Kuldeep, both residents of Rawad village here, some six months back and it had enraged her family, Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Ramkumar Rai told PTI.

Bhopal, Jun 20 (PTI) A man was Thursday arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping and impregnating a 13-year old girl here, police said.

The accused was identified as Shivraj Yadav (45), a vendor, police said.

The incident came to light after the girl's family members found that she was pregnant, T T Nagar Police Station in-charge Virendra Chouhan said.

Bhopal, Jun 20 (PTI) A court here Thursday sentenced BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh minister Harendrajit Singh Babbu to one year's rigorous imprisonment in a two- decade old case of assault on a police constable.

Judge Suresh Singh found Babbu guilty under IPC section 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharge of his duty). The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him.

He was, however, granted bail after the ruling.

Morena (MP), Jun 14 (PTI) A 40-year old man has been arrested in Morena in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly raping, blackmailing and threatening a minor girl, a senior police official said Friday.

The accused, Murari Das, a resident of Barsana near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, recites scriptures at functions, the official said.