Giving details, a senior police official said the men accidentally disturbed beehive causing a swarm of bees to attack them. Bag police station in-charge Kailash Chouhan told news agency PTI that a person died on Saturday, following which his funeral was held at Muktidham outside the village.

“When the villagers were returning after performing the last rites of the deceased, a swarm of bees attacked them,” he said, adding that the men received multiple stings on the face and other parts of the body.

The deceased was identified as Bondar Singh, who, according to reports, died on the spot due to bee stings, while four other villagers sustained injuries, the official said.

The injured persons were undergoing treatment at a hospital in Barwani, he said.

10 of family injured in bee attack

A similar incident was reported earlier this year in April when 10 members of a family sustained injuries in an attack by a swarm of bees near the Sinhagad Fort in Maharashtra’s Pune district. According to an official of the Pune Zilla Parishad, the family was visiting Bhavani Mata Temple in Sambrewadi area near Sinhagad Fort when they were attacked by bees.

“The incident took place around 6 pm. Information suggests that some of them fell unconscious after being stung by multiple bees. We were informed about the incident around 8 pm,” Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer Ayush Prasad had said at the time.

Prasad said that 10 members of the family were injured in the attack and were rushed to the Shreyas Hospital at Sinhagad Road for medical attention.

(With PTI inputs)

Responding promptly to the incident, the police have registered a case after a video surfaced on social media platforms showing the group throwing a petrol bomb at the mosque. Fortunately, there were no reported damages to property or injuries.

The crime was captured on one of the CCTV cameras installed near the mosque. The footage shows the accused hurling a petrol bomb at the mosque and onto the road.

Watch Here

This is from Mukeripura, Indore.

Petrol bomb was hurled at a mosque on Friday night. pic.twitter.com/dhr9nozEiO

— Md Asif Khan‏‎‎‎‎‎‎ (@imMAK02) August 6, 2023

Based on a complaint by Jawahar Marg resident Mohammad Shabbir, cops registered a case against the unidentified accused.

In the complaint, Shabbir alleged that on Sunday morning when they reached the mosque for morning prayers, they found broken glass shards inside the mosque and its premises and some burn marks on the wall.

They checked the CCTVs and found out about the vandalism.

Police have initiated the probe and further details are awaited.

Earlier, two religious places in the Taurau area were attacked by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants who hurled Molotov cocktails at them, reported news agency PTI.

Following the incident, security in the region was intensified in Haryana’s Nuh district. Reportedly, the incident took place on Wednesday night at nearly 11:40 pm and no one was injured, but, both the mosques suffered some damage.

As soon as the police got the information about the incidents, Nuh Superintendent of Police Narendra Bijarnia rushed to the spot and controlled the situation. The fire brigades rushed to the mosques and the fire was doused, said the report by PTI.

According to the officials, a bangle shop in Palwal district’s Minar Gate market was also set on fire by unidentified assailants. Mobile internet has been suspended in several areas of Nuh in the wake of the ongoing clashes that erupted in the district on Monday.

The presence of the big cat was captured by one of the CCTV cameras installed on the campus as it entered Jagran Lakecity University. In the CCTV footage, that has surfaced on the internet, the tigress can be seen near the university’s gate.

Watch The CCTV Footage Here

भोपाल ब्रेकिंग, कलियासोत में जागरण लेकसिटी के ऑफिस के पास जा पहुंचा #बाघ तड़के सुबह

लगातार बाघ की मूवमेंट बढ़ती हुई

पास में ही गार्ड सोया हुआ था, जान बचाकर भागा वहां से pic.twitter.com/6pHzCCKS11

— Laxmi Narayan Malviya (@LNMalviya6) August 5, 2023

Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Alok Pathak stated that the CCTV footage showed a tigress on the campus, which is on the outskirts of Bhopal.

The tigress – with the name tag T-123 – was also spotted outside the Vice Chancellor’s cabin at 4.53 am. This caused panic among the workers there, who fled the scene.

The tigress also has 4 children with whom she often roams in Bhopal city’s Kaliyasot area. The children of T-123 are 8 months old and are widening their horizon, according to officials.

Just a few days back, the tigress was also captured in a photograph at the Motherbull Farm. During this encounter, she was forced to retreat by a group of cows after she had attacked one of them.

Few days ago, a video capturing what appeared to be a ‘tiger’ dashing across the Railway Ghat section in Maharashtra’s Lonavala has sparked panic among the local residents. The video also showed a man walking on the tracks who quickly ran for safety upon spotting the wild creature.

However, the big cat calmly crossed the railway tracks without causing harm. The video has been circulating on the internet, with netizens clarifying that it’s not a ‘tiger’ but a leopard.

Spot the
In the Ghats…#lonavala #pune #mumbairains pic.twitter.com/3km5ixvPUE

— Lonavala Tourism (@LonavalaTourism) August 4, 2023

Lonavala Tourism, who initially shared the clip, also clarified that the “leopard was spotted at 7 in the morning.”

The news is being reported from the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh where the Income Tax department has served a tax notice of approximately Rs 7 crore to a government teacher in Pathkheda village who died 10 years ago. It was when the family of the deceased teacher Usha Soni filed a complaint that the case made it to the news.

The family of Usha Soni alleged that they were informed by the Income Tax department that Usha’s “Permanent Account Number (PAN)” details were misused by a company in 2017-18 and the notice pertains to that transaction involving an amount of Rs 7 crores against her name.

According to reports, this is not the first case of this kind, and a person who was working on a monthly salary of Rs 5,000 at a shop was served an Income Tax notice of over Rs 1.25 crores.

He of course was left startled.

Usha Soni died in 2013 while the Income Tax department issued a notice of Rs 7 crore of the assessment year 2017-18 against her name. The family members suspect that the PAN of the deceased has been misused by someone.

A senior official also said that the accused had allegedly inserted a hard object in her private parts. However, the official said that it can be confirmed only after the victim’s medical examination report is received, news agency PTI reported citing police sources.

“I am not denying that a stick or some other object was inserted into the 12-year-old’s private parts by accused Ravindra Kumar Ravi and Atul Bhadoliya. But this is something that can only be confirmed in a medical report. We are still awaiting her medical report. Yes she was bleeding and doctors are monitoring her health,” Satna Superintendent of Police Ashutosh Gupta told PTI over the phone.

“Her body bore bites and injuries which pertain to sexual assault,” he said. Asked about the condition of the girl, the SP said a panel of doctors treating her said her condition was “okay” at his point of time. “We are taking legal action against the accused,” Gupta said.

The accused, both aged 30, were on Friday produced in a local court which sent them in 14-day judicial custody, Gupta said. The duo was booked under IPC sections 376 (punishment for rape), 376DB (punishment for gang rape on woman under 12 years of age), 366A (procuration of minor girl), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 34 (common intention) and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police said.

In a related development, a press statement issued by the Maa Sharda Devi Mandir Management Committee, Maihar, bearing the signature of its administrator, stated they have sacked Ravi and Bhadoliya, employed with them, forthwith after a criminal case was registered against them. “Their indecent act has tarnished the image of the temple,” said the statement.

CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan responds

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed the police to take strict action against the accused and provide best of possible medical treatment to the girl.

“I have received information about the rape in Maihar. My heart is full of pain, I am distressed. The police have arrested the criminals. Instructions have been given to the administration to make arrangements for proper treatment of the girl.  No criminal will be spared, strictest action will be taken,” Chouhan said.

मैहर में बेटी के साथ दुष्कर्म की जानकारी मिली है, मन पीड़ा से भरा हुआ है, व्यथित हूं।

मैंने पुलिस को निर्देश दिए हैं कि कोई भी अपराधी बचना नहीं चाहिए
पुलिस ने अपराधियों को गिरफ्तार कर लिया है ।

प्रशासन को निर्देश दिए हैं कि बेटी के समुचित इलाज की व्यवस्था की जाए ।

कोई भी…

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) July 28, 2023

Condemning the incident, Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath said the victim was subjected to an inhuman attack that was reminiscent of the 2012 Nirbhaya case of Delhi. The gruesome 2012 episode, commonly known as the Nirbhaya case, involved rape and fatal assault on a 23-year-old woman in the national capital which caused nationwide outrage and triggered protests.

Such incidents with sisters and daughters have become a routine affair in Madhya Pradesh and it proved that Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s government has failed to provide them security, Nath claimed in a tweet. He demanded best medical treatment and a financial assistance of Rs 1 crore for the girl.

As per the complaint, policemen at Nanpur police station allegedly handed over less quantity and inferior quality of silver to some tribal families who had filed a complaint about the theft of the precious metal from their homes.

Tainsingh and Kailas Tomar approached the Nanpur police on January 21 last year complaining about the theft of silver from their homes. The police recovered the white metal on April 24, 2022, after arresting a gang of four; a PTI report said quoting police sources.

Impure silver, less quantity given back

As per the report, the complainants then approached the police station through their lawyer and later submitted a court order for getting their valuables back, following which the Nanpur police handed over 2 kg of silver to Tainsingh and 1.5 kg to Tomar on July 18 this year. However, the duo claimed that the silver handed to them by the cops is not only less in quantity but also of inferior quality.

“We got suspicious after seeing the silver as it looked new and did not resemble the one that was stolen. We took the silver to a jeweller to check its authenticity and were shocked to know that it was impure,” the two tribal men told newsmen, according to the PTI report.

The two approached the office of the superintendent of police (SP) and demanded that they be given their original silver. Acting on the complaint, SP Hansraj Singh directed Jobat sub-divisional officer of police Neeraj Namdeo to probe the matter, said an official.

Police launches probe

“We have recorded initial statements and will soon complete the probe. Whoever is found guilty in the matter, action will be taken against them,” the senior official said.

‘Cops stole our gold’

The latest accusation comes amid an SIT probe against four cops from Sondwa police station for allegedly stealing 240 British-era gold coins from a tribal family that had stumbled upon the antique items while digging at a site in Gujarat and hidden them at their home in Alirajpur district.

All four police personnel, including the Sondwa police station house officer and three constables, have been suspended, Superintendent of Police Hansraj Singh told news agency PTI.

Asked how the tribal family got the gold coins, the SP said the complainant claimed they had stumbled upon the coins while digging in Gujarat.

A case of theft has been registered against the four personnel under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, he said.

The FIR, however, named only one constable while three other police personnel are named as unidentified accused.

(With PTI inputs)

Speaking to reporters at the Bouna village in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district, Thomas rebuked her daughter’s choices, saying that the 34-year-old married woman has abandoned her two minor kids and ruined their future.

‘She’s dead to us’

“The way she ran away, leaving her two children and husband behind…. she did not even think of her children. If she wanted to do this, she should have divorced her husband first. She is no more (alive) for us,” Anju’s father said, according to news agency PTI.

Asked whether he will appeal to the Indian government to bring her back, Thomas said he would do no such thing.

“I pray…to let her die there,” he added.

Asked if Anju had converted to Islam, as reported by Pakistan-based media outlets, Thomas said he does know anything about that but reiterated that her decision has cost the two kids their futures and ruined a functioning family.

Ruined future of her children

“What will happen to her children, her husband? Who will take care of her children 13-year-old girl and five-year-old boy? She has ruined the future of her children and the husband. Who will take care of her kids….We will have to do it,” Thomas said.

The elderly father reiterated that he wasn’t on speaking terms with his daughters and only spoke to her mother, his wife.

“I don’t know how she got the passport, when she got the visa,” he said.

Asked about speculation in some quarters that there could be something more to the incident as his village is close to Tekanpur town where a major unit of the Border Security Force (BSF) is stationed, Thomas rejected the suggestion vehemently.

“No one raised any such issue with us. Only you (media) are raising this question. My kids have no criminal tendencies. I am ready to have any probe in the matter,” he said.

On Monday, Thomas had described his daughter as “mentally disturbed and eccentric.”

Anju is now Fatima, wife of Nasrullah…

Earlier in the day, a report said that Anju married, 29-year-old Nasrullah, a Pakistani man she befriended on Facebook and fell in love with. Anju reportedly converted to Islam before tying the knot with Nasrullah and has taken the name Fatima.

Professionally shot videos shared by Pakistan-based twitter handles showed Anju and Nasrullah holding hands and roaming around in the picturesque valley of Pakistan’s Upper Dir district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

अंजू और नसरुल्लाह का Pre wedding shoot भारत और पाकिस्तान में वायरल हो रहा है #AnjuNasrullah #AnjuinPakistan pic.twitter.com/Y3hdiEHMMx

— Kavita Raj Sanghaik (@KAVITARAJ5) July 25, 2023

Anju has converted to Islam and married her Pakistani lover Nasrullah in Pakistan. Her new name is Fatima.#AnjuNasrullah #AnjuNasrullahLoveStory pic.twitter.com/3O4bCRRqew

— Raajeev Chopra (@Raajeev_Chopra) July 25, 2023

Video: Indian girl #Anju with her Pakistani friend Nasrullah Khan in his home district Dir pic.twitter.com/jJJaCmxq1U

— Naimat Khan (@NKMalazai) July 25, 2023

She had been staying at Nasrullah’s home in a village of Upper Dir district. Anju and Nasrullah tied the knot in a local court of a district and sessions judge amid tight security.

4 days ago, 35-year-old Anju, who came from India, got married to 29-year-old Naseerullah from the village of Deer Bala. After accepting Islam, she changed her name to Fatima.#Anju #AnjuNasrullah pic.twitter.com/Z82CWUghmt

— Siddhant Anand (@JournoSiddhant) July 25, 2023

“Nasrullah and Anju’s marriage was solemnised today and a proper nikkah was performed after she converted to Islam,” senior officer at Moharrar City Police Station in Upper Dir district Muhammad Wahab told news agency PTI.

(With PTI inputs)

How The Official Was Arrested?

Sanjay Sahu further added that a man from Barkheda village had complained that the government official was seeking a bribe. After he received the money, the patwari spotted the SPE team and swallowed the bribe money. “He was rushed to a hospital where doctors said he was fine,” Sahu said.

Why The Official Swalloed Bribe Money?

After a thorough probe, the Lokayukta Jabalpur team arrested Gajendra Singh while he was accepting a bribe at his private office in Bilhari. After his arrest, the official tried to swallow the bribe money, attempting to hide the evidence.

A case has been registered against the government official and further probe was underway, the SP said.

Notably, the action on the official was initiated after he demanded money from a man from Barkheda village for solving a property dispute.

Similar Cases In The Recent Past

However, this is not the first case when such an incident was reported. Earlier in a similar manner, two Delhi Police head constables were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly demanding bribe to allow e-rickshaw charging and parking in Delhi’s Mangolpuri area.

In this regard, the CBI earlier had received a complaint on July 10, lodged by an e-rickshaw charging shop operator located at LSC Market, K Block in Mangolpuri.

As per the complaint on July 7, Head Constable Bhim from the Mangolpuri police station threatened the complainant, trying to disrupt their business operations, confiscate e-rickshaws, and demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 in exchange for granting permission to park and charge e-rickshaws in front of the shop.

However, the CBI caught the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe and the whole incident was captured on CCTV footage from a camera installed outside the police station.

Last week, another such incident was reported in Jharkhand where a team of the Hazaribagh Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught a government official while accepting a bribe in her first posting. Identified as Mithali Sharma, the government official was posted as an assistant registrar of the cooperative department in Jharkhand’s Koderma eight months ago.

The government official was arrested by the Hazaribagh ACB on July 7 after the video and photos of her accepting the bribe went viral on social media and sparked widespread criticism.

After her arrest, the ACB team took Mithali Sharma to Hazaribagh for further proceedings, while an investigation into the incident is underway.

Giving details about the arrest, an ACB officer stated that Sharma had conducted a surprise inspection at the Koderma Vyapar Sahyog Samiti and found some discrepancies there during the inspection. She also demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the authorities there for not taking action against them, the official said.

Rameshwar Prasad Yadav, a member of the organization, filed a complaint with the ACB DG after being asked to pay the bribe by the official .

Then the ACB team carried out an investigation into the allegations and confirmed that Mitali Sharma had demanded Rs 20,000 from the committee. Later, a case was registered, and a trap was set up.

As per the plan on July 7, the surveillance team arrested Sharma red-handed while she was accepting Rs 10,000 as the first installment of the demanded bribe.

The video, which has gone viral on social media platforms, was reportedly shot over two years ago in May 2021, police said. In the viral clip, the victim can be seen with his hands tied behind his back as he begs for mercy from his tormentors.

The video shows the victim with his hands tied behind his back and his pants pulled down, being repeatedly punched and slapped by the assailant. He was also allegedly forced to pick up a shoe with his mouth.

Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

A disturbing incident took place in Piprahi village of Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh in which a young man was brutally attacked by the husband of the village sarpanch. @MPPoliceOnline pic.twitter.com/eEND95hHR8

— Haq ali (@ahaq84958) July 23, 2023

A property dispute seems to be the prima facie trigger behind the crime, a police officer said.

“On seeing the video, we have arrested the prime accused Jawahar Singh (55), a member of the Gond tribe, and his two accomplices,” Rewa Superintendent of Police Vivek Singh told news agency PTI.

He said the video, which started doing rounds of social media last week, was recorded in May 2021 at Piprahi village under the Hanumna police station limits in Rewa.

According to the police, the prime accused is a tribal while the victim belongs to an upper caste.

The police officer said the prime accused is employed as a clerk at a government school and is the husband of a village sarpanch.

“He kidnapped the other man, stripped him half naked, tied his hands behind the back, punched him, and made him pick up a shoe by his mouth,” the SP said.

An FIR has been registered against Jawahar Singh and two others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code on Saturday. A local court remanded the trio in judicial custody.

A flurry of brutal incidents

Madhya Pradesh has been in the eye of the storm recently due to several incidents of assault against people belonging to the lower strata, including the infamous Sidhi pee-gate case where a man was seen urinating on a tribal youth.

A disturbing video emerged earlier this month from a village in the state’s Narmadapuram district where three young men were stripped half-naked and brutally thrashed with wooden sticks by a group of people for allegedly “misbehaving” with villagers.

मध्य्प्रदेश(नर्मदापुरम): गांव के कुछ लोगों से बदतमीजी करने के आरोप में अमजद अली, सौरभ नागंवशी और पिन्नु नागवंशी नामक युवकों को लोगों ने बांध कर पीटा, पैर तोड़े। पुलिस ने बताया कि 6 लोगों के खिलाफ़ 6 धाराओं में मामला दर्ज़ कर नोटिस दिया गया है।@KashifKakvi pic.twitter.com/rGAdbz3RLC

— Ashraf Hussain (@AshrafFem) July 15, 2023

The viral video shows the three men lying on the ground, half-naked on their belly, while around half-a-dozen men viciously beat them with wooden sticks without mercy.

Earlier, the the infamous Sidhi urination incident swirled up a sea of outrage across the country.

Another shocking video, which emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar city earlier this month, showed a theft-accused man being stripped naked and then viciously assaulted with pipes and wooden sticks by a group of unidentified men.

#सागर– युवक को निर्वस्त्र कर बेरहमी से पीटने का वीडियो सोसल मीडिया में वायरल,सागर का बताया जा रहा है वीडियो,पीड़ित और आरोपी युवको की पहचान नही हुई,
पुलिस के पास अभी तक कोई शिकायत भी नही पहुंची है…!!
मोतीनगर थाने मे अज्ञातों के खिलाफ FIR की कवायद..@SPSagarmp #sagar #viralvideo pic.twitter.com/qDGpExeqbx

— Journalist Parasram (@SahuParsram1) July 9, 2023

The viral video showed the victim sitting down naked against a wall and holding out his hands while the men hit his appendages with wooden sticks and pipes. The victim’s clothes are seen lying next to him.

(With PTI inputs)

All four police personnel, including the Sondwa police station house officer and three constables, have been suspended, Superintendent of Police Hansraj Singh told PTI.

Queried how the tribal family got the gold coins, the SP said the complainant claimed they had stumbled upon the coins while digging in Gujarat.

A case of theft has been registered against the four personnel under section 379 of the Indian Penal Code, he said.

The FIR, however, named only one constable while three other police personnel are named as unidentified accused.

When asked about this, Singh said the suspension is based on “reasonable confirmation”.

“Besides, we want the ongoing inquiry to be impartial and fair and ensure no one influences it,” Singh said.

He said a complaint was lodged by one Shambhu Singh claiming that four personnel of Sondwa police station came to his house in Baijda village on July 19.

“They thrashed the complainant’s wife and took away 240 gold coins buried in the house,” the SP said quoting the First Information Report.

The family named only one policeman in the FIR on July 20 but they named three others, including the inspector, on July 21, the SP added.

The complainant claimed he had stumbled upon gold coins when he and his family members were working as labourers in Gujarat, he said.

“They hid the coins under the ground in their house in Alirajpur district,” Singh said.

Alirajpur Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Shraddha Sonkar investigated the complaint after which the four policemen were suspended and FIR was registered.

On Sunday, former Alirajpur MLA and Madhya Pradesh BJP vice president, Nagar Singh Chauhan, and others gheraoed Sondwa police station for two hours.

He demanded the four policemen be booked on the charge of looting instead of theft and gold coins be recovered.

They threatened to call for a bandh in Sondwa if the four police personnel are not arrested by Tuesday.

The superintendent of police said arrests would be made based on evidence.

He said the complainant brought one of the gold coins to the police which weighed 7.98 gm. The British-era coin, dating back to 1922, was 90 per cent pure gold.

“They brought one of the coins to us yesterday (Saturday) saying that it was from the lot that was stolen,” the SP said.

He said a team has been sent to Gujarat to investigate the ruins from where the complaint claimed to have got the gold coins while digging.

Tribal men and women from Alirajpur, Jhabua and other districts in MP often travel to Gujarat and Rajasthan to eke out a living.

(Only the headline has been reworked by India.com staff. Copy comes from a syndicated feed)

A video of the incident doing the rounds on social media shows an elated group of men beating on drums while a DJ plays loud music in the background and a bulldozer tears down the man’s house in presence of local administration officials and the police.

मध्य प्रदेश के उज्जैन में सोमवार को बाबा महाकाल की सवारी के दौरान बोतल से पानी पीकर सवारी पर थूकने का वीडियो वायरल हुआ। आरोप में तीन लोगों को गिरफ्तार किया गया। अब पुलिस कार्रवाई के तहत आरोपियों के घर बुलडोजर लेकर पहुंची है। किसी का घर घर रहा। कोई ढोल नगाड़े बजा रहा। pic.twitter.com/DrLWrH0G8I

— Bhadohi Wallah (@Mithileshdhar) July 19, 2023

According to the police, illegal portions of properties of three persons nabbed by the police for allegedly ‘spitting’ water on a religious procession in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain were demolished on Wednesday by civic officials.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Akash Bhuria told news agency PTI that local authorities demolished the illegal parts of the properties of three accused located at Daba Road, Tanki Chowk and near Gold Bakery, adding that the the list of the accused was given to the Ujjain Municipal Corporation after a case was registered against them by the cops.

“The corporation found illegal constructions in their houses, which were removed after making announcements to allow the residents to remove their goods,” Bhuria said.

Police had registered a case under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for disturbing communal harmony against the trio in connection with the ‘spitting’ water incident that occurred on Monday.

Bhuria said two of the three accused were produced in a court on Tuesday and sent to a juvenile home, while the third accused was remanded in judicial custody.

According to the complaint, some people, who were part of the procession of Baba Mahakal Sawari’ on Monday, saw a few youngsters standing on the balcony of a building and spitting water on them.

Later, those part of the procession shot a video of the youngsters and lodged a police complaint, Bhuria had said. Earlier, the incident led to a protest by Hindu outfits at Kharakua police station.

With PTI inputs

A video of the shocking incident which has gone viral on social media, shows the Dalit woman being assaulted with shoes and slippers and dragged through the mud by the accused men even as some elders and others try to intervene and stop the assault.

A woman sarpanch belonging to the Dalit community was allegedly dragged in the mud and beaten up with shoes by three men in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh.
pic.twitter.com/JxTB57SD0l

— Ahmed Khabeer احمد خبیر (@AhmedKhabeer_) July 19, 2023

According to the police, an FIR, under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered against the attackers based a complaint lodged by the sarpanch of Pahadi village panchayat.

Tendua police station in-charge Manish Jadon told news agency PTI that police have launched searches and efforts are underway to nab the accused men, adding that incident took place on Sunday evening in Kharai village of the district.

According to the FIR, the sarpanch’s elder son had gone to Kharai, where one of the accused intercepted him and asked him to get a paper signed by his mother. When the sarpanch’s son refused, the accused allegedly beat him up, the FIR said.

Later, the sarpanch was heading to the police station to lodge a complaint against the accused for the attack on her son, when three men intercepted her, the complaint stated. They allegedly threw her in mud, dragged her and beat her with shoes, it said.

Viral videos of violence rock Madhya Pradesh

A spate of violent incidents of assault against people belonging to the lower strata, have rocked Madhya Pradesh recently. The infamous Sidhi pee-gate case where a man was seen urinating on a tribal youth was one of such incidents that brought the issues in the spotlight and evoked outrage from various sections of the society.

Last week, another disturbing video emerged from a village in the state’s Narmadapuram district where three young men were stripped half-naked and brutally thrashed with wooden sticks by a group of people for allegedly “misbehaving” with villagers.

मध्य्प्रदेश(नर्मदापुरम): गांव के कुछ लोगों से बदतमीजी करने के आरोप में अमजद अली, सौरभ नागंवशी और पिन्नु नागवंशी नामक युवकों को लोगों ने बांध कर पीटा, पैर तोड़े। पुलिस ने बताया कि 6 लोगों के खिलाफ़ 6 धाराओं में मामला दर्ज़ कर नोटिस दिया गया है।@KashifKakvi pic.twitter.com/rGAdbz3RLC

— Ashraf Hussain (@AshrafFem) July 15, 2023

A video of the incident, which went viral on social media platforms, showed the three men lying on the ground, half-naked on their belly, while around half-a-dozen men viciously beat them with wooden sticks without mercy.

Yet another recent video from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar city showed a theft-accused man being stripped naked and then viciously assaulted with pipes and wooden sticks by a group of unidentified men.

#सागर– युवक को निर्वस्त्र कर बेरहमी से पीटने का वीडियो सोसल मीडिया में वायरल,सागर का बताया जा रहा है वीडियो,पीड़ित और आरोपी युवको की पहचान नही हुई,
पुलिस के पास अभी तक कोई शिकायत भी नही पहुंची है…!!
मोतीनगर थाने मे अज्ञातों के खिलाफ FIR की कवायद..@SPSagarmp #sagar #viralvideo pic.twitter.com/qDGpExeqbx

— Journalist Parasram (@SahuParsram1) July 9, 2023

The viral video showed the victim sitting down naked against a wall and holding out his hands while the men hit his appendages with wooden sticks and pipes. The victim’s clothes are seen lying next to him.

Earlier this month, a video showed a man urinating on a tribal youth in MP’s Sidhi district, triggering national outrage.

The accused, Pravesh Shukla, was arrested and booked under provisions of the stringent National Security Act, and his family’s house was also demolished.

(With PTI inputs)

Now another disturbing video has emerged from a village in the state’s Narmadapuram district where three young men were stripped half-naked and brutally thrashed with wooden sticks by a group of people for allegedly “misbehaving” with villagers.

A video of the incident, which has gone viral on social media platforms, shows the three men lying on the ground, half-naked on their belly, while around half-a-dozen men viciously beat them with wooden sticks without mercy.

In the shocking video, the three victims are seen writhing and squirming in pain as the mob continue to mercilessly rain down blow after blow upon them with large wooden sticks while other villagers watch and seem to encourage the attackers to continue the grisly beating.

मध्य्प्रदेश(नर्मदापुरम): गांव के कुछ लोगों से बदतमीजी करने के आरोप में अमजद अली, सौरभ नागंवशी और पिन्नु नागवंशी नामक युवकों को लोगों ने बांध कर पीटा, पैर तोड़े। पुलिस ने बताया कि 6 लोगों के खिलाफ़ 6 धाराओं में मामला दर्ज़ कर नोटिस दिया गया है।@KashifKakvi pic.twitter.com/rGAdbz3RLC

— Ashraf Hussain (@AshrafFem) July 15, 2023

According to the police, the incident took place on July 13 (Wednesday), in Javli village, some 20 kilometres from the Narmadapuram district headquarters. Makhannagar police station in charge Praveen Kumar told news agency PTI on Sunday that six people have been booked in connection with the incident.

The officer said the three men had allegedly “misbehaved” with the villagers which led to the assault.

“The three had allegedly misbehaved with the villagers. A complaint was filed in connection with the incident on Friday,” he said.

Spate of incidents: Sidhi pee-gate and beyond

The incident comes amid a sea of outrage over the infamous Sidhi urination incident and another shocking video, which emerged from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar city last week, showing a theft-accused man being stripped naked and then viciously assaulted with pipes and wooden sticks by a group of unidentified men.

The viral video shows the victim sitting down naked against a wall and holding out his hands while the men hit his appendages with wooden sticks and pipes. The victim’s clothes are seen lying next to him.

#सागर– युवक को निर्वस्त्र कर बेरहमी से पीटने का वीडियो सोसल मीडिया में वायरल,सागर का बताया जा रहा है वीडियो,पीड़ित और आरोपी युवको की पहचान नही हुई,
पुलिस के पास अभी तक कोई शिकायत भी नही पहुंची है…!!
मोतीनगर थाने मे अज्ञातों के खिलाफ FIR की कवायद..@SPSagarmp #sagar #viralvideo pic.twitter.com/qDGpExeqbx

— Journalist Parasram (@SahuParsram1) July 9, 2023

Earlier this month, a video showed a man urinating on a tribal youth in MP’s Sidhi district, triggering national outrage.

The accused, Pravesh Shukla, was arrested and booked under provisions of the stringent National Security Act, and his family’s house was also demolished.

In another incident reported last Wednesday, two Dalit men were allegedly beaten up by members of a minority community on June 30 on the suspicion that they molested and filmed some girls at Varkhadi village in Shivpuri district, according to the police.

Last Friday, another video surfaced showing a man being thrashed and forced to lick the soles of a person’s feet in a moving vehicle in Gwalior. Two persons were arrested in connection with the incident.

A day later, three men were arrested in Indore district for allegedly holding two tribal brothers, including a minor, captive and thrashing them following an altercation on a road, as per the police. A video of the incident went viral on social media platforms.

(With PTI inputs)

According to the police, the 19-year-old victim and her younger sister were allegedly abducted by the accused person on Friday afternoon in an area located under the Unav police station limits. The four accused then allegedly raped the elder sister and assaulted the younger girl.

Following the incident, the both sisters returned home, where the victim tried to commit suicide, police said. The younger sister later filed a complaint with the police, while the victim was admitted to a hospital in Jhansi in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Superintendent of Police (SP) Pradeep Sharma said.

“The complainant said she and her elder sister were abducted by four persons. The accused took them to a house, where they raped her elder sister,” the senior officer said on Saturday. The accused were booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 D (gangrape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 342 (wrongful confinement) and sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, Sharma had said.

Based on the girl’s complaint, an FIR was registered at Unav Police Station against four persons, and during investigation, the identities of the accused persons were revealed, police said.

After the incident, a large number of people staged a protest at the police station, following which the police registered a case.

The people were pacified and a copy of the FIR was given to them, he said.

The police have so far arrested one of the accused, an adult, and detained two minors while search is on for one more accused in the case, Unav police station in-charge Yadvendra Singh Gurjar told news agency PTI on Sunday.

The arrested include a local BJP functionary’s minor son, whose name has figured in the First Information Report (FIR) registered in the case, PTI reported.

Police have announced a reward of Rs 10,000 on the absconding accused, Gurjar said.

BJP assures action

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Datia district unit head on Sunday said appropriate action will be taken if the gang-rape victim names the party functionary’s son in her statement to the police.

Asked about the incident, BJP’s district president Surendra Budholia said the incident was unfortunate and the police were yet to record the victim’s statement.

“If the victim takes the name of the BJP office-bearer’s son in her statement to the police, then the party will serve a notice to him (local functionary). The party will then take further action,” Budholia said.

(With PTI inputs)

Sanjeev Burman, who runs an eatery, claimed that a fight broke out with his wife after he used two tomatoes to cook a meal. Burman said his wife got upset after he used the tomatoes in the meal without consulting her. She left home after the argument broke out between the two.

Burman had approached police, seeking help to find his wife. “She didn’t want me to add tomatoes. She left the home along with my daughter and boarded a bus. I have been looking for her for three days and given her photograph too to the police but they haven’t been able to find her,” Burman said, according to a report by NDTV.

Police said the woman left her home as she was “upset” and went to her sister’s place after a fight with her husband over the tomatoes. “Aarti left her home after an argument with her husband and went to her sister’s place in Umaria,” Sanjay Jaiswal, Station House Officer, Dhanpuri, Shahdol, said.

The Bhasma Aarti at Mahakaleshwar Temple has its own significance as it is the only Jyotirlinga amongst the 12 where the Bhasma is applied on the Shiv Linga. Hence, it is one of the main reasons why devotees from across the country flock to Mahakaleshwar Temple to attend the aarti.

Watch Bhasma Aarti Here

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: ‘Bhasma aarti’ performed at Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar Temple, on the first Monday of ‘Sawan’ month. pic.twitter.com/yNsF09AlQv

— ANI MP/CG/Rajasthan (@ANI_MP_CG_RJ) July 10, 2023

Notably, the month of Sawan is dedicated to lord Shiva. According to the Hindu calendar, it falls in the fifth month. All Mondays this month are considered auspicious for prayers and fasting by Lord Shiva devotees.

The Mahakaleshwar Temple was decorated and a large number of devotees were queued up since early morning to attend the Bhasma Aarti. The followers of Lord Shiva also offered prayers at different temples across the country dedicated to Bhole Baba.

Shri Mahakaleshwar Temple

Shri Mahakaleshwar of Ujjayini holds a significant place among the twelve renowned Jyotirlingas in India. The temple’s grandeur and magnificence have been vividly depicted in various ancient texts and Purans. Renowned poets, including Kalidasa, have eloquently praised this sacred abode in Sanskrit verses. Ujjain, once the central hub for calculating Indian time, regarded Mahakala as the distinct presiding deity of the city.

In Ujjain, the magnificent shrine of Mahakaleshwar stands tall, its shikhara reaching towards the heavens, presenting an awe-inspiring sight against the skyline. It invokes a sense of deep reverence and ancient grandeur. The divine presence of Shiva, the presiding deity of time, reigns eternal in Ujjain. The omnipresence of Mahakal permeates the lives of the city’s inhabitants, even amidst the bustling activities of modern life, establishing an unbreakable connection with the rich traditions of the past.

After a video of the incident went viral on social media, the police arrested Sumit Chowdhary, Jaipal Singh Baghel and Prem Singh Parmar on Saturday.

Tribal | Indore |

Two tribal brothers — Shankar Dabar & Antar Dabar — were kidnapped, brutally thrashed for seeking help after their bike skidded in the rain last night.

They managed to escape at 4 pm.

Police lodged FIR under IPC, JJ Act & sections of SC/ST Act.

Arrested. pic.twitter.com/hLqIZIfbTn

— काश/if Kakvi (@KashifKakvi) July 8, 2023

The incident follows the recent arrest of a man in Sidhi district after an old video where he was seen urinating on a tribal man went viral. The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Madhya Pradesh faced flak over the issue.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Aditya Mishra told reporters here on Saturday that an 18-year-old tribal man and his 15-year-old brother fell on a road after their motorcycle skidded in Rau police station area on Friday.

It led to an altercation with the accused, who allegedly took them to a security guard’s room and beat them up, the official said.

The victims were released on Saturday morning.

They were later admitted to a hospital where their condition was said to be stable, DCP Mishra said.

The accused were booked under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, he said.

If the involvement of more persons is found on the basis of the video, then appropriate action will also be taken against them, the official said.

(Only the headline has been reworked by India.com staff. Copy comes from a syndicated feed)

The shocking video, which has gone viral on social media, shows the victim sitting down naked against a wall and holding out his hands while the men hit his appendages with wooden sticks and pipes. The victim’s clothes are seen lying next to him.

#सागर– युवक को निर्वस्त्र कर बेरहमी से पीटने का वीडियो सोसल मीडिया में वायरल,सागर का बताया जा रहा है वीडियो,पीड़ित और आरोपी युवको की पहचान नही हुई,
पुलिस के पास अभी तक कोई शिकायत भी नही पहुंची है…!!
मोतीनगर थाने मे अज्ञातों के खिलाफ FIR की कवायद..@SPSagarmp #sagar #viralvideo pic.twitter.com/qDGpExeqbx

— Journalist Parasram (@SahuParsram1) July 9, 2023

One of the men is seen hammering the victim with his elbow.

A senior police official said that the cops have taken cognizance of the purported video after it surfaced on social media plat platforms and registered a case against the unidentified attackers seen in the clip, news agency PTI reported.

Superintendent of Police Abhishek Tiwari told PTI that an initial probe has revealed the video was shot in Dharam Kanta area under Motinagar police station limits.

अतिरिक्त पुलिस अधीक्षक श्री विक्रम सिंह द्वारा सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल वीडियो के संबंध में जानकारी दी गई…@CMMadhyaPradesh @JansamparkMP @mohdept @SPSagarmp pic.twitter.com/ryJJpOVwkR

— PRO JS Sagar (@projssagar) July 9, 2023

An FIR has been registered and the police are in the process of identifying the accused, Motinagar police station in-charge Manas Dwivedi said, according to PTI, adding that further details of the video and the case will be revealed after the accused are arrested and interrogated.

विभिन्न सोशल मीडिया ग्रुपो पर एक मारपीट का वीडियो वायरल हुआ है। वीडियो का समय स्थान एवं व्यक्तियों की पहचान स्थापित नहीं है एवं यह वीडियो मोती नगर क्षेत्र अंतर्गत एक प्रतिष्ठान के परिसर का होना अभिकथित किया जा रहा है। 1/3 @CMMadhyaPradesh @JansamparkMP @mohdept @SPSagarmp pic.twitter.com/f4AIIJ3nNy

— PRO JS Sagar (@projssagar) July 9, 2023

The video from Sagar is the latest in the spate of clips of such attacks in Madhya Pradesh that have surfaced on social media in the last one week.

Last week, a video showed a man urinating on a tribal youth in MP’s Sidhi district, triggering national outrage.

The accused, Pravesh Shukla, was arrested and booked under provisions of the stringent National Security Act, and his family’s house was also demolished.

In another incident reported on Wednesday, two Dalit men were allegedly beaten up by members of a minority community on June 30 on the suspicion that they molested and filmed some girls at Varkhadi village in Shivpuri district, according to the police.

On Friday, another video surfaced showing a man being thrashed and forced to lick the soles of a person’s feet in a moving vehicle in Gwalior. Two persons were arrested in connection with the incident.

On Saturday, three men were arrested in Indore district for allegedly holding two tribals brothers, including a minor, captive and thrashing them following an altercation on a road, as per the police. A video of the incident went viral on social media platforms.

(With PTI inputs)

The incident took place in Gurla village, nearly 30 km from the district headquarters. The village has a considerable number of members from the Dalit and Rajput communities, officials said.

Unhel police station in charge Krishan Lalchandani said that the girls filed a complaint in connection with the eve teasing incident following which five minor boys from the Dalit community have been detained by the police, according to news agency PTI.

The officer said that six individuals from the upper caste community, who allegedly thrashed the boys, were also arrested by the cops.

Giving details, the officer said that on Friday evening, some minor boys belonging to Dalit community allegedly passed lewd remarks at upper caste girls. However, no complaint was received by the police.

“On Saturday morning, some upper caste persons brought the Dalit boys to the police station after beating them, alleging they had teased girls from their community”, he said.

The official said the the girls also came to the police station and on the basis of their complaint, a case was registered against five boys under relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

He said the boys who were allegedly beaten up by the upper caste men, underwent a medical examination, following which another case was registered against five identified and other unidentified persons from an upper caste under provisions of the IPC and the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act

“The situation in Gurla is under control. We took out a flag march on Saturday evening. If needed, we will again take out a flag march on Sunday,” Lalchandani said.

Security would be withdrawn from the area after the tension fully subsides, he said.

According to the police, the incident took place on June 23 Gangtira village under Sohagi police station limits, around 65 km from the district headquarters. They said the victim, identified as Inderjeet Majhi, was allegedly thrashed with wooden sticks by the main accused, Deshpal Singh, his son Hari Om Singh, and others.

The Dalit man, who suffered injuries all over his body due to the vicious beating, was also garlanded with shoes and then paraded around the village. The accused also threatened to kill him if he approached the police.

A senior police officer said that case has been registered against three persons in connection with the incident.

Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Anil Sonkar said that following a complaint by Majhi, a case was registered on July 6 against accused Deshpal Singh, his son and nephew under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections, including 294 (obscene acts), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 355 (assault with intent to dishonour a person), and 504 (provoking breach of the peace), PTI reported.

However, no arrests have been made yet, he said, adding that Deshpal Singh had earlier filed a complaint against Majhi wherein he was accused of assaulting Singh, his son and nephew on June 23.

Following the complaint, Majhi was detained by the police and there he revealed that the three men had had accused him of theft and then thrashed and forced him to wear a garland of shoes the previous day.

Majhi also showed the picture of the incident which had been widely shared on social media, the officer said, adding that a case has been registered against Deshpal Singh and two others and the police are searching for them.

(With PTI inputs)