Naxal attack: Rs 10 lakh each for jawans’ kin
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh each for the kin of the three jawans from the State who were killed in the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. The Government directed the collectors of Satna, Morena and Anuppur districts to perform the last rites of the martyred jawans with full State honours. The directives in this regard were issued by MP Chief Secretary Antony DeSa to the three collectors via video- conferencing, official sources said. DeSa also directed them to provide compensation of Rs 10 lakh each to the kin of the slain jawans. The three jawans from MP- Manmohan Singh Parihar of Semri village in Satna district, Nahar Singh of Sethra Badai village in Morena district and Shobhnath Rathore of Harri village in Anuppur district were among the 16 people killed yesterday in a Naxal ambush on a security patrol in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, sources added.
Youth held for allegedly raping friend’s wife
Indore: A youth was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping his friend's wife while she was alone at her residence in Pavanpuri colony here. The 25-year-old accused identified as Milan Devda, had allegedly raped the 23-year-old wife of his close friend on March 9 after intimidating her, they said. The woman later informed her husband about the offence. Based on the complaint filed by the victim, police registered a case and arrested Devda on charge of rape, they said.
4 nabbed for stealing gold, silver jewellery
Khandwa: Four persons were arrested here for allegedly stealing silver and gold jewellery after police recovered the ornaments worth Rs 20 lakh from three of them. Acting on a tip-off, police last night nabbed three persons-Hansraj Banjara (21), Rakesh Namdeo (30) and Suresh Banjara (23), and recovered 39.11 kg silver and 90 gram gold jewellery stolen by them, Moondi police station in-charge Ajit Patel told reporters.Based on the inputs provided by the three, police on Wednesday caught one Khaju Khan for his involvement in the theft. Khan will be produced in a court soon for remand, Patel said, adding that other persons of the gang involved in the theft would also be arrested soon.
Air intelligence unit set up at airport
Bhopal: Income Tax Department, Bhopal has set up an air intelligence unit at Bhopal airport for monitoring of private chartered planes and helicopters. Besides, Sub-Nodal Officers have been deployed at Khajuraho, Gwalior, Ujjain, Satna and Rewa for monitoring of cash and other material.
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Bhopal
lokayukta Police on Wednesday filed a charge-sheet against former Health Director, Dr Yogiraj Sharma and five others in the Rs seven core drug kits purchase scam in Madhya Pradesh.The charge-sheet, running into 3700 pages, was filed in the court of special additional sessions Judge, Sanjay Salgaonkar. The scam took place in 2006 when Sharma was health director. Under the scheme, several drug kits were purchased for Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) health workers under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). Besides Sharma, Ashok Nanda, head of IPS School here, and employees of one of his firm, Satyendra Sahoo and Yogesh Pateria, and employees of Karnataka Anti-Biotic limited, MK Nagendra and Deepak Naigaonkar are also named in the charge-sheet. A complaint was filed with lokayukta police in this regard in 2009, which later probed the matter.
IndoreThe presence of a leopard in Ralamandal Sanctuary here for a second time in a month has led the forest authorities to restrict the entry of visitors in the reserve area. last month, the forest officials had caught a leopard from the sanctuary and released it in the Choral forest area. However, forest guards recently discovered pugmarks of another leopard which had killed a blue bull. Following this, entry of visitors in the reserve area has been restricted to avoid any harm to them, Ralamandal Sanctuary's Superintendent Ashok Kharate told. As a precautionary measure, the entry of visitors in the sanctuary has been limited to between 10 AM and 3 PM, he said. The forest guards have launched a hunt to catch the big cat and set up cages with dogs as bait, Kharate said.