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A paternal grandfather is among three persons arrested in connection with the kidnapping of his two-year-old grandson, a relative of Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Devendra Patel, for a ransom of 1.5 kgs of gold, officials said here on Friday.

The child, who is son of Yogendra Patel (nephew of MLA Devendra Patel), was kidnapped from his home in Paloha village under Begamganj tehsil in Raisen district on Thursday morning and subsequently rescued late in the night by police from Tamia town in Chhindwara district, approximately 200 km away.

Superintendent of Police of Raisen district Pankaj Pandey alleged that the main accused, Arvind Patel, is the child’s paternal grandfather.We constituted 11 police teams for tracing the child and based on clues, we zeroed in on Tamia in Chhindwara district from where the kidnapped boy was recovered from the house of Arvind Patel’s friend,” Pandey said.

Upon his rescue, the child was safely reunited with his family members.

According to the police officer, the kidnapping was meticulously planned by Arvind Patel and his relative Rakesh Patel, and executed with the help of a third accomplice. The trio had demanded a substantial 1.5 kgs of gold as ransom from the child’s family for his release.

Police have seized a van and a motorbike used by the accused in the kidnapping and all the three were being questioned.

The child disappeared from his house at around 11 am on Thursday and police immediately treated it as a case of kidnapping and launched a search operation which involved sniffer dogs and drones in the surrounding areas to locate the child and his abductors.We constituted 11 police teams for tracing the child and based on clues, we zeroed in on Tamia in Chhindwara district from where the kidnapped boy was recovered from the house of Arvind Patel’s friend,” Pandey said.

Upon his rescue, the child was safely reunited with his family members.

According to the police officer, the kidnapping was meticulously planned by Arvind Patel and his relative Rakesh Patel, and executed with the help of a third accomplice. The trio had demanded a substantial 1.5 kgs of gold as ransom from the child’s family for his release.

Police have seized a van and a motorbike used by the accused in the kidnapping and all the three were being questioned.

The child disappeared from his house at around 11 am on Thursday and police immediately treated it as a case of kidnapping and launched a search operation which involved sniffer dogs and drones in the surrounding areas to locate the child and his abductors.

The Madhya Pradesh man, whose body was recovered from a deep gorge 11 days after he and his wife went missing during their trip to Meghalaya, was allegedly murdered with a machete, police officers said, as the crime sent shockwaves across the northeastern state. 

A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Meghalaya Police probing the case on Tuesday said the “dao” (machete) that was allegedly used to kill the man and his mobile phone were recoveWe have recovered the victim’s phone and also the weapon that was used to carry out the crime. The weapon was a ‘dao’,” East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police (SP) Vivek Syiem said. “It is a clear case of homicide. The person was murdered, there is no doubt about that.” 

The victim, Raja Raghuvanshi, and his wife Sonam from Indore were on their honeymoon when they went missing on May 23. The couple arrived in Nongriat a day earlier and were last spotted checking out of Shipara Homestay. Their rented scooty was found abandoned at Sohrarim a day after they went missing.

On Monday, Raja’s body was found, with the help of a drone, inside a deep gorge below the Weisawdong Parking Lot at Riat Arliang. The whereabouts of Sonam remain unknown, police said. red from near the spot where the body was foundSonam Raghuvanshi is yet to be found. Tomorrow, we will resume our search in the same area and in the adjoining areas. The gorge extends quite a distance – nearly one to two kilometers – and it’s aligned with the current site of recovery. Our priority right now is to find Sonam,” the SP said. 

The victim’s family demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), even as police said they have registered a murder case. 

“We demand a CBI probe in the case. His (Raja) body was found 25 kilometers away from where the vehicle (a rented scooty) was parked. We suspected that he was kidnapped (and taken to Weisawdong falls). It is not possible for my  brother and his wife to die by suicide. The local police are not ready to listen to us when we say it is a case of kidnapping, looting and murder,” the victim’s brother Vipin Raghuvanshi said.

A massive scam in the Madhya Pradesh Police constable recruitment exam in 2023 has come into the limelight, where a gang replaced pictures of the students on their Aadhaar cards.

The investigation began in October last year during the physical test round held in Morena district, when a police officer noticed that biometric data and photographs of a few candidates had been updated multiple times. This triggered a detailed inquiry, leading officials to trace the Aadhaar histories of those candidates.

Ahead of the written exam, several candidates had changed their Aadhaar photographs and fingerprints.The “solvers gang”, which provided proxy candidates, took the exam in their place and cleared it. When the results were released, the original candidates got their Aadhaar updated again to reflect their real identity. Their role was limited to helping candidates clear only the written examination – the physical test had to be cleared by the actual candidate themselves.

A total of 9,67,118 applications were submitted for 7,411 posts in the recruitment exam. Of these, 6,52,057 candidates appeared for the written exam, which was held between August 12 and September 12 in 2023.The results were declared on March 7, 2024, with around 58,000 candidates qualifying for the next stage. The physical tests were conducted between November 18 and November 20, and 7,411 candidates were selected.

Not An Isolated Case

According to the investigation, several Madhya Pradesh districts, including Gwalior, Morena, Sheopur, Shivpuri, Shahdol, and Alirajpur, were part of an organised web.

Aadhaar centres in Bhitarwar, Morena, and Sheopur were found to be at the heart of the fraud, where biometric data was manipulated.

A single solver reportedly appeared for exams on behalf of six different candidates, and five of them cleared.The solvers, many from Bihar, charged anywhere between Rs 4 to Rs 5 lakh per student, with total deals often touching Rs 15 lakh.

Twelve people have so far been arrested, including solvers, fake candidates, and Aadhaar operators.

A medical aspirant reportedly took his own life upon realising that his exam marks were insufficient to secure admission. The tragic incident occurred in the Maharajpura police station area of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.

The 18-year-old student, preparing for the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) exam, was found dead after using his father’s licensed firearm, police said on WednesdayHe had been awaiting the release of the exam’s answer key, and when it became available around 7 p.m., his father asked him about his marks. The student appeared visibly distressed and withdrawn. When his father did not receive an answer, he went downstairs to check the results himself. In the meantime, the student entered his father’s room and shot himself with the licensed revolver. His father, a retired serviceman, later identified the student as Nikhil Pratap Singh,” said Dharmendra Yadav, investigation officer.

The officer confirmed that the young man had been struggling with the realisation that his performance did not meet expectations.

Conversations about his exam results and performance seemed to weigh heavily on him, ultimately leading to this tragic decision.

According to the official, Nikhil used his father’s firearm to inflict a fatal wound.

Family members rushed to the scene upon hearing the gunshot and immediately transported him to a nearby hospital, where doctors confirmed his passing. His body was later sent for a post-mortem.Reports indicate that Nikhil’s father had settled in Gwalior to support his sons’ education. He was actively involved in his son’s preparation for the NEET exam and frequently accompanied him to coaching sessions.

Officials stated that “no suicide note was found at the scene”.

The student’s elder brother is currently pursuing a B.Tech degree.

The authorities have registered a case and initiated an investigation to understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.Reports indicate that Nikhil’s father had settled in Gwalior to support his sons’ education. He was actively involved in his son’s preparation for the NEET exam and frequently accompanied him to coaching sessions.

Officials stated that “no suicide note was found at the scene”.

The student’s elder brother is currently pursuing a B.Tech degree.

The authorities have registered a case and initiated an investigation to understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.

In the wake of death of six persons after being bitten by an unidentified animal in Madhya Pradesh’s Barwani district recently, the forest department has intensified its search operation after local residents informed the authorities about sighting a hyena in the area, officials said on Wednesday.

Prima facie, the yet-to-be-identified animal that attacked the villagers was infected with rabies virus, although the investigation report is awaited to confirm it, they said,

An unidentified animal attacked 17 people in Limbai village and its surrounding areas in the early hours of May 5 when they were asleep outside their homes due to heat. Six of these 17 people died between May 23 and June 2. After being bitten by the animal, all the 17 people had been given anti-rabies vaccines, the officials said.

Talking to PTI, Forest Range Officer (Ranger) Vikas Jamre said, “People of Limbai village have informed us that a hyena was spotted in the surrounding areas. Pugmarks suspected to be of the animal have also been found there. After this, we have intensified our search operation.” Forty-five personnel of the forest department are involved in the operation to search the hyena within the 15-km radius of Limbai village. The forest boundary is about 4.50 km away from the village, he said.

“The suspected pugmarks of the hyena are being investigated. It has not been confirmed yet whether these footprints are of a hyena,” Jamre said.

Barwani’s Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Surekha Jamre said, “A 35-year-old man among those who fell ill after the attack by the unknown animal is admitted in the district hospital and his condition is stable. Remaining others are also fine.” The brain tissue of the person who died after being bitten and saliva samples of the surviving patients have been sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune to confirm whether they were infected with rabies virus or not, she said.

Dr Arvind Ghanghoria, dean of Indore-based Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, said, “We suspect that six people from Barwani district have died due to rabies. To confirm this, the brain tissue of a deceased person has been sent to a laboratory in Delhi for

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