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wanted dacoit lalit patel killed in encounter

Satna: The Madhya Pradesh police have killed a wanted dacoit in an encounter in the district's Pukharwar forest area. lalit Patel (23), who was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head, was gunned down by the police last evening. "We laid an ambush in the Pukharwar forest after getting specific input about Patel's movement. He fired at the police team. In the retaliatory firing, Patel was killed on the spot," Satna's Superintendent of Police Rajesh Hingankar said. Police recovered a 315-bore rifle, live cartridges, some clothes and a bag from the spot, he said. last month, Patel allegedly burnt alive three persons in the district as he suspected them to be police informers, another police official said. The three charred bodies were recovered in the first week of July from two villages in Satna, he said. The dacoit was also suspected to be behind the abduction of a school headmaster in the district last month, police added.

 cm participates in Shrawan Maas’s last sawari

Bhopal: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached Ujjain to participate in Shrawan Maas’s last sawari of Baba Mahakaal on Monday on the auspicious festival of Rakshabandhan. Urvashi Jain, Kanishka Parihar and others of Mission Taranga met Chouhan at helipad. They informed Chouhan that they are distributing Tiranga visiting door to door and are apprising people to hoist flag according to the Flag Code. Chouhan told the students that he will tweet his message. Minister for Energy Paras Jain, Chairman Ujjain Development Authority Jagdish Agrawal, Mayor Meena Jonwal, MP Chintaman Malviya, MlA Mohan Yadav and other Public Representatives accorded welcome to Chouhan at the helipad.

man arrested for invovling in 3 theft cases

Bhopal: Gautam Nagar Police has arrested a miscreant involved in three thefts and recovered sharp edged weapon, one stolen scooter, two mobile phones worth Rs 60,000 from his possession on Monday.

The nabbed accused was identified as Taufeeq Khan of housing board colony Nishatpura and confessed stealing of two mobiles phones on August 5 and scooter was stolen around a week ago from Berasia road. The accused tried to escape vehicle checking at JP Nagar trisection but was nabbed and later confessed the crimes.

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