FOUR held for demanding dowry
Satna: Four people, including a bride groom, were arrested for demanding dowry during a marriage ceremony in Sagma village, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Pradeep Shinde said a controversy cropped up when the bride groom Bhaiyadeen Saket was demanding a motorcycle as even the bride was sitting in the podium last night. Seeing her would be husband's greed, the bride refused to marry him and lodged a complaint with the police. On the basis of the complaint, police arrested Bhaideen, his father Rambhajan and two others.
Boy kidnapped, Rs 25 lakh ransom demanded
Rewa: An unidentified ruffian kidnapped the son of a Chemist when he was playing outside his house in Baikunthpur area here, police said on Sunday. Prakash Chandra Gupta's son Yash (12) was kidnapped by the man who came on a bicycle last evening. The kidnapper lured the boy and took him on his cycle. After the incident, the boy's kin lodged a complaint to police. Meanwhile, the kidnapper called the boy's father this morning and demanded a ransom of Rs 25 lakh. He threatened to kill the boy, if Gupta failed to provide the amount. Police constituted three teams to locate the boy through the kidnapper's cellular phone location.