Man sets house, himself on fire, dies
Gwalior: A mentally challenged person identified as Pappu alias Bhadur Kushawah has allegedly put his house on fire and later set himself in early morning on Sunday. The local people rushed him to the hospital for treatment where he was declared brought death. On receipt of information the fire brigade reached the spot and controlled fire. The fire has caused a loss of rupees one lack. According to the police Pappu living near Motijheel petrol pump in Purani Chawani put his house on fire at 4 am on Sunday. His family members were sleeping at the time of incident. The family members awoke and informed the police and fire brigade. Two vehicles of fire brigade reached the spot and control the fire. The police registered the case and sent the body for postmortem.
Tractor stolen
Gwalior: Some persons have allegedly taken away a tractor which was being used for carrying rubble from a crusher. The miscreants also allegedly tied the driver and set him free in the middle of a highway on wee hour of Sunday. later, the driver reached a police station and lodged a complaint against the miscreants. Police said Prakash Shahu, a resident of Semara village, was coming with his tractor No. MP07AA2484 to take rubble from Bilua based crusher at 2 am. At Kalayani village the miscreants intercepted the tractor with their Bolero car and tide him and put him in the Bolero. Miscreants separated trolley from the tractor and took away tractor. After that the miscreants left him on a highway near Sikroda village. He somehow reached the nearby police station and complained to the police. The police registered the case against unknown miscreants and started enquiry. The cost of the tractors stated to be Rs 3 lakh. The police claimed that Bolero vehicle was registered in the name of Garage. The TI Anatri Nirmal Jain said the some miscreants, looted a tractor and kidnapped the driver. The number of miscreants is stated to be three.
11-year-old dies of burns
Indore: An 11-year-old girl on Saturday died two days after she is said to have set herself on fire after allegedly being thrashed and threatened by a policeman. Assistant sub-inspector Prakash Jaroliya had allegedly beaten up Yasmeen (11) for riding his bicycle without permission. “The doctors at Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital tried hard to save Yasmeen, who had 100 per cent burn injuries, but could not,” Superintendent of Police RC Rajput said. Citing eyewitnesses, he said the ASI lost his cool when he saw Yasmeen riding his bicycle on January 29 in Sikandrabad colony. He thrashed her and threatened to file a case of bicycle theft against her and her family members and send them to jail. Rajput said that prime facie it appeared that the girl was too frightened by the threat, and set herself afire at her house. The police were waiting for autopsy report before initiating criminal proceedings against Jaroliya, the SP said. Jaroliya and his family members were untraceable and their house was found to be locked, he said. Rehana Bi, Yasmeen’s mother, however alleged that it was Jaroliya who set her daughter on fire. She herself was not at home at the time, she said.
Uk govt to help smart city project: CS
Indore: Madhya Pradesh Government has chalked out a plan to develop smart cities with help from the UK Government and multinational firms, Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa said on Saturday. “After the Modi Government announced plans to build 100 smart cities in the country, we are preparing ourselves to implement the project. We will develop smart cities with assistance from Britain,” Sa said in a seminar at IIM-Indore. Besides the British Government, assistance will also be sought from multinational firms like Cisco and Siemens to execute the ambitious project, he said. As part of “Vision 2018IJ, smart cities will be built at select places in the State under public-private partnership, the senior bureaucrat said.