Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal, Apr 28 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has found alleged "diversion" of crores of rupees and misappropriation of church assets as part of a money laundering probe against an arrested former bishop of the Church of North India (CNI) in Madhya Pradesh.

The former bishop, Dr P C Singh, was arrested by the ED last month from Jabalpur district of the state and is currently in judicial custody.

Burhanpur (MP), Apr 16 (PTI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, in an apparent reference to religious conversions, said on Sunday that missionaries take advantage of the situations wherein people feel that the society is not with them.

He was addressing an event here, where he dedicated to the people the samadhi of Govindnath Maharaj.

Indore, Dec 10 (PTI) A man was sentenced to imprisonment till the end of his natural life by a court in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday for repeatedly raping his 13-year-old daughter.

Special Judge Surekha Mishra sentenced the 32-year-old man under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act and also fined him Rs 6,000, a prosecution officer said.

The court also recommended that the rape victim be paid a compensation of Rs three lakh from the exchequer.

Barwani (MP), Dec 3 (PTI) A government school teacher has been suspended for attending the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district, an official said on Saturday.

Rajesh Kannoje, a teacher with a primary school under the state's Tribal Affairs Department in Kanasya, was suspended on November 25, a day after he took part in the yatra. The issue came to light after his suspension order surfaced on social media.

Bhind, Oct 23 (PTI) The body of a 16-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from her village four days back, was found in a field in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district on Sunday, police said.

According to police, the girl died under mysterious circumstances though the exact cause will be known after postmortem.

The class 11 student was allegedly kidnapped when she was returning from school on October 19. Based on a complaint lodged by her grandfather, police had registered a kidnapping case against an unidentified person.

Bhopal, Oct 16 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Sunday launch the Madhya Pradesh government's ambitious project to impart medical education in Hindi.

During the day-long visit to the state, the senior BJP leader will also lay the foundation stone of a new airport terminal in Gwalior, according to official information.

He will unveil Hindi medical textbooks at a programme at Bhopal's Lal Parade Ground around 12 noon. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will preside over the programme.

Shajapur, May 11 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar's daughter-in-law allegedly committed suicide at her residence in Shajapur district, an official said.

Savita Parmar (22), the wife of Devraj Parmar, took the extreme step by hanging herself around 9 pm on Tuesday at her home in Pochaner village, Avantipur Badodia police station in-charge Pradeep Vaskale said on Wednesday.

The reason behind the extreme step was not clear, he said.

Seoni, May 9 (PTI) A bandh called on Monday in Seoni city in Madhya Pradesh to protest against the killing of two tribals over alleged cow slaughter evoked a mixed response, with authorities saying the day passed off peacefully, while some videos circulating on social media showed minor stray incidents.

While many shops were closed, fuel pumps remained open during the shutdown call given by the Moolniwasi Adivasi Sangharsh Samiti and which was backed by various farmers' unions, officials said.

Datia, May 10 (PTI) A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by a distant relative during a marriage function in Madhya Pradesh's Datia district, a senior police official said on Tuesday.

The crime took place in Tiletha village on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday and the 24-year-old accused was later arrested, Superintendent of Police Aman Singh Rathore told reporters.

Some villagers informed personnel at the Goraghat police station on Monday morning that the body of a girl was lying in shrubs near a canal in the village, he said.

Bhopal, Apr 23 (PTI) A 20-year-old woman was allegedly molested by her two co-passengers in a shared autorickshaw here, following which police have registered an offence against three persons, including its driver, an official said on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Wednesday night, he said.

"The woman hired a shared auto-rickshaw to reach her home in Ashoka Garden area from the coaching class located in MP Nagar area," Aishbagh police station in-charge Manishraj Singh Bhadoria said.