Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh Police detained three accused on January 17, for raping a minor girl and dumping her body into the Chambal river in Gwalior district. "The accused raped her following which she threatened to register a complaint with the police. Fearing this the accused killed her," said SP Amit Sanghi. The search operation is still on and the truck has been seized. However, the body is yet to be recovered. 

To win a bet of Rs 2,000, an elderly man, 60-year-old-pannalal drank drain water.  The bet was given by the sarpanch of Jamwati village, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh.  bet was made over the statement of Pannalal, that he would have drank drain water for Rs 1,000.  Hearing the statement, youths and sarpanch offered him Rs 2,000 to drink the water, on January 13, which went viral on January 16.

In a viral video, a Madhya Pradesh Cop was seen asking a man to clean her trouser. Reportedly, the man spread mud over the female officer, while taking a reversing his motorcycle. Angry over the same, the cop asked the man to clean her trouser and when he was done cleaning, she slapped him and walked away. The incident, reported in Sirmaur Chowk, Rewa, went viral on social media platforms. 

Niraj Bishnoi, who is allegedly the mastermind behind the creation of the 'Bulli Bai' app, has been suspended from his engineering colleges based in Madhya Pradesh. Reportedly, the 21-year-old was a B Tech student of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Bhopal campus. He is the fourth arrested person who has been associated with the app. Notably, the app was being used to list Muslim women for auction. 

Religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj was arrested from his rented residence in Madhya Pradesh, on December 30. He has been charged under a sedition case for making derogatory remarks against Mahatma Gandhi. "On the basis of evidence, Section 153 (1)(A), 153 B 1(A), 295 A, 505 (1)(B) have also been included," said Chhattisgarh Police. Meanwhile, MP government alleged that Maharaj was arrested without informing Madhya Pradesh police.