Man kills wife, daughter over property dispute in MP
Seoni (MP):A man allegedly killed his wife and daughter after hitting them with sharp-edged stones over a property dispute at Dhanora near here, police said on Wednesday. Accused Bhagirath Yadav (45) attacked his wife and four daughters last night. He killed his wife Surja Bai (40) and one daughter Archana (18) on the spot, while injuring three other daughters Anjana (15) and twins Rinki and Pinki (both 9) in the melee,” Seoni Superintendent of Police R P Singh said. However, Yadav’s son Anshul escaped unhurt as he hid himself in the nearby bushes. Singh said as soon as police was informed about the bloodshed, they reached the spot and rushed the injured to the district hospital. The victims told police that two days ago also, their father tried to kill them with an axe but they escaped. The accused wanted to sell off two acre land and the same was being opposed by family members, police said. Bhagirath has been arrested and booked on murder charge. Bodies of the deceased have been sent for post mortem, police added. (PTI)
22-yr-old youth arrested on charges of murdering mother
Bengaluru:A 22 year-old youth has been arrested on the charge of murdering his 60-year-old mother as she refused to give money for repairing two wheeler on September 17 last. Police said the arrested Girish Gahan had asked his mother to give Rs 10,000 for repairing his two wheeler. When she refused he tried to snatch gold chain from her neck. But Mylavathi fell unconscious after sustaining head injury and Girish strangulated her to death. To make it murder for robbery, he stole the chain and mobile phone only to throw them in a drainage later. On receiving a complaint from the victim’s daughter Yogitha Anandan, police took into custody Girish Gahan who confessed to having murdered his mother. (UNI)
12 candidates hurt in stampede at Army recruitment rally
Gwalior:More than a dozen candidates were injured in a stampede following a violence by candidates after some dispute during an Army recruitment rally at a large ground here on Wednesday, police said. A huge number of candidates thronged the ground since morning and were running for test. The trouble started when the authorities did not allow some candidates to take part in the test. Reacting to the incident, some candidates got involved in a brawl with the organiser and set some army vehicles on fire and started pelting stones. This triggered the panic and that led a stampede-like situation thereby injuring over 12 of them. The injured were admitted to hospital. As the situation was going out of control, police rushed to the spot and wielded lathi to disperse the mob. The situation was brought under control after a few hours, sources said. The shops and markets were closed and additional forces were deployed at the railway station soon after the incident. Brigadier Sunil Gupta cancelled the recruitment following the stampede and violence. (UNI)