SIT arrests irrigation dept’s engineer
Gwalior: The Special Task Force (SIT) arrested an engineer of irrigation department Ram Naresh Choudhary who had paid Rs4.5 lakh to make his son a doctor. The present posting of the engineer is at Narwar and he has been arrested. The police are interrogating him to get the information about the PMT scam network and other people involved in it. In this connection Gaurav Choudhary who had taken admission in the GR Medical College by passing the PMT examination paying Rs4.5 lakh was arrested. He told the police that the arrangement of money was made by his father Ram Naresh Choudhary an engineer in the irrigation department. Ram Naresh Choudhary was arrested from Narwar. The SIT in-charge Additional SP Virendra Jain said that in the interrogation with the father-son duo some new information can be revealed. The police also arrested relatives of Santosh Chaurasiya studying in Delhi for medical study and Saurabh Bhadauria of Bhind to create the pressure on them. They are main ring leaders of the PMT scandal who arrange for solvers. The police claimed that both of them would be soon arrested.
Dual murder case reported in AAMI village
Gwalior: The residents in Aami village in Gwalior district are living under fear after the dual murder case was reported in the village. The villagers are avoiding talking about the murders. The police are actively searching the accused who have absconded with their families, after the murder. The police have searched every relative of the accused in the city and the village of Datia but could not get their trace so far. Two cousin brothers were killed in village Aami under Panihar police station area over a land dispute of the family. Jagmohan Singh Yadav and Shyam Sunder Singh Yadav cousin brothers were shot dead in the family dispute. The police have registered a case against 4 persons including Mukesh Yadav. As a matter of precaution the police force is deployed in the village. The dead body was handed over to their family members after examinations. The police have raided Nayagaon and Gangamalanpur and 4 places in the city including Janrasi, Datia and Badoni. According to the information Mukesh Yadav has used his licensed rifle of 315 and his brother and father has used illegal arms in the murder.
CM visits Radhakrishna temple on janmashtami
Bhopal: On the occasion of Janmashtami, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan offered worship at Radhakrishna Mandir in Barkhera area here on Monday. Chief Minister Chouhan also participated in the procession of lord Krishna taken out by Yadav community. Chouhan participated in Aarti in lord Krishna’s image in the temple. He also placed with religious rites the image of laddoo Gopal the childhood stage of lord Krishna in the chariot of procession. Chouhan extended greetings of Shri Krishna Janmashtami to large number of devotees present on the occasion. The Chief Minister prayed for progress and prosperity of the State and it’s people. He called for cooperation of all for making Madhya Pradesh even better and ensuring people’s welfare. MP Alok Sanjar, MlAs Rameshwar Sharma and Surendranath Singh, Om Yadav and large number of people were present on the occasion.
lOK SABHA SPEAKER INAUGURATES CRUISE BOAT
Indore: lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan inaugurated the ‘Malwa Queen', a cruise boat, in the Pipliya Pala pond situated in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Regional Park here on Monday. Built at a cost of Rs80 lakh, the boat was launched by the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (MPTDC). On the occasion, the lok Sabha Speaker said that it was a matter of pride for citizens of Indore that an 80-seater cruise boat was launched in the city. “Now it is the duty of every citizen to ensure cleanliness in the pond to enjoy a cruise boat ride,” she said.
Mahajan also expressed concern about a Union Environment Ministry report citing Indore among the most polluted city in the country. "I have written a letter to Union Environment and Forest Minister enquiring about the parameter according to which Indore is considered as polluted and what help his Ministry would extend in reducing pollution levels," she said. Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration and Development Minister Kailash Vijaywargiya, Tourism and Culture Minister Surendra Patwa and MPTDC Managing Director Raghvendra Singh, among others, were present on the occasion.
2 HElD FOR lURING PEOPlE TO CHANGE RElIGION
Indore: Two people were arrested by the police for allegedly luring people to change their religion by offering them with jobs and other facilities. The arrested two were identified as Roshan alias Orru (28) and Alwin Paul (20), Hiranagar police station in-charge Basant Mishra told reporters here on Monday. They were arrested last night along with controversial literature, he said. They were caught by local residents Prithviraj Salunkhe as well as his associates and handed over to the police. Allegedly, they promised people jobs, interest free loans, free treatment in hospitals and also other facilities if they embraced Christianity, he said. Mishra said that a case has been registered against them under relevant sections of Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act 1968, Mishra said.
5 KIllED, 25 HURT as bus collides with van
Indore: Five passengers of a bus including a woman and a girl were killed and 25 others injured on Monday when it collided with a van and overturned near Gvalu Ghat, 30 km from here. The Sanawad-bound bus from Indore collided with the van head-on and later overturned, Deputy Superintendent of Police JD Bhonsle said. The deceased were identified as Dhananjay Mishra (40), Naren Pathak (55), Govardhan Malviya (55), Kaushalya bai (53) and Pooja (12). The injured were admitted in various hospitals; the condition of two was said to be serious.