Tag: madhya pradesh

  • Vultures smuggling racket probe: Egyptian vultures sourced in all probability for being offered to unique species fans

    Through Categorical Information Provider

    BHOPAL: The continued probe into the rustic’s first vultures smuggling racket busted on board a Mumbai sure educate in Madhya Pradesh on January 19, has printed that the extremely endangered Egyptian vultures have been sourced from the Anwarganj space of Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur town.

    A father-son duo hailing from the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested in reference to the alleged inter-state racket.

    Whilst 60-year-old Fareed Sheikh was once arrested from the Mumbai sure educate at the side of seven Egyptian vultures on January 19 at Khandwa railway station of MP, his son Shamim was once arrested 5 days again. Shamim informed the investigators that the vultures have been stuck from the Anwarganj space of Kanpur, which in all probability properties buffalo slaughterhouses and centres the place the animal cover is peeled for the leather-based business.

    The inflow of the Egyptian vultures is prevalent within the Anwarganj space, from the place males engaged for lengthy in catching birds, stuck those vultures and equipped them via intermediaries to the courier, Fareed and his son Shamim.

    No longer best have been vultures given to them for being dropped at Malegaon resident Hashim at Manmad railway station of Maharashtra, however turtles sourced from UP have been additionally smuggled to Maharastra at the identical educate. Whilst the Egyptian vultures have been seized from Fareed Sheikh on January 19, the turtles that have been hid in some other trainer of the similar educate the similar day remained untraced, resources aware about investigations in Khandwa district confided to The New Indian Categorical.

    Regardless of efforts to track the turtles, investigators couldn’t monitor them any place in Maharashtra until Lokmanya Tilak Terminal station, which was once the terminating level of the involved educate.

    The investigators, performing on inputs generated right through quizzing of the arrested father-son duo have carried out raids at a couple of puts in Maharashtra and UP, however the remainder individuals of the racket, stay untraceable up to now.

    Number one knowledge generated from the arrested duo means that the Egyptian vultures seized from the educate on January 19 weren’t being taken for being slaughtered or for feeding on useless poultry as claimed by means of the arrested.

    As a substitute, the uncommon vultures may have been destined for investors dealing in unique species. Such investors promote those uncommon species to unique species fans (who stay those as pets) at top costs. The potential for those being offered in another country (together with the Center East) can’t be dominated out, however the rest concrete may just come to the fore, best when the remainder gamers of the racket are nabbed from Maharashtra and UP, claimed investigators.

  • Dozens of cows discovered lifeless in gaushala allegedly run by means of BJP employee in Bhopal’s outskirts

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    BHOPAL: A probe has been ordered by means of the Bhopal district management into the demise of dozens of cows in and round a gaushala (cowshed) run by means of an alleged BJP employee Nirmala Devi Shandilya at the outskirts of the Madhya Pradesh capital.

    A crew of officers led by means of Bhopal district collector Avinash Lavaniya visited the Gausewa Bharti Gaushala within the Berasiya space and carried out an in depth inspection there. The district collector ordered an in depth probe into the demise of cows in and across the gaushala, the post-mortem of the cow carcasses and likewise directed the Berasiya building block officers to take over the involved gaushala.

    A case was once registered u/s 269 and 270 IPC, (negligent act more likely to unfold an infection or illness) towards the pinnacle of the gaushala on the Berasiya police station by means of the SDM-Berasiya at the directions by means of the collector.

    Locals and cow vigilantes protested out of doors the gaushala over the demise of cows, difficult strict motion towards the ones working the cowshed. 

    Importantly, the Gausewa Bharti Gaushala is being run for the remaining 20 years within the Berasiya space by means of alleged BJP employee Nirmala Devi Shandilya, who claims to had been the Berasiya Block president up to now.

    Cow vigilantes and right-wing Hindu outfits activists reached the spot after coming to learn about cow carcasses strewn everywhere in the gaushala and adjacent land. Visuals from the spot confirmed cow carcasses crammed within a neatly within the gaushala and cow carcasses and skeletons strewn throughout out of doors the gaushala.

    “We call for stern motion towards the gaushala and its proprietor and a probe to test the potential of the gaushala being indulgent in cow pores and skin and bones industry,” native VHP chief Janak Singh Rajput demanded. 

    Native resident Ghanshyam Gupta alleged that the gaushala head was once working a racket that killed cows after which traded within the cover and bones of the lifeless cows.

    Every other resident Raju Dhakad alleged that the nefarious industry of killing cows and buying and selling their stays was once occurring for years on the gaushala. “Every time citizens complained towards her and the gaushala, she used her political affect to get villagers and citizens booked by means of police in false circumstances. Round 500-700 cows have died on the gaushala,” Dhakad alleged.

    Nirmala, then again, denied allegations of citizens and cow vigilantes. “Other people depart their sick and debilitated cows right here, the carcasses you might be seeing are of cows who’ve died because of sicknesses. Those cows do not belong to our gaushala however have been left right here by means of outsiders. The villagers are focused on my gaushala as a result of I have stopped playing and bootlegging right here. I am able to stand any probe or case within the topic,” she mentioned.

    In the meantime, the previous CM and Congress’s Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh tweeted over the problem, difficult that the gaushala head Nirmala Devi Shandilya be booked for the killing of cows and the potential of the cows’ pores and skin and bones being illegally traded by means of the gaushala head be probed. A probe must even be executed to investigate what number of grants did the gaushala get from the federal government up to now.

    In the meantime, when wondered about Nirmala Devi Shandilya’s affiliation with the BJP, the ruling birthday celebration’s two-time sitting MLA from Berasiya seat Vishnu Khatri mentioned, “So far as I do know she hasn’t ever held any put up within the native birthday celebration unit and has additionally by no means been given any duty by means of the birthday celebration organisation. She is not an lively employee of the birthday celebration, neither has she ever contested any polls at the BJP image. BJP is the arena’s greatest political birthday celebration with crores of contributors. She may simply be a number one member and not anything else.”

  • India’s first geo park to return up in MP’s Jabalpur district

    By way of PTI

    JABALPUR: The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has authorized the putting in place of the rustic’s first geo park at Lamheta village at the banks of the Narmada river in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh, native MP Rakesh Singh mentioned on Sunday.

    He mentioned the GSI has sanctioned Rs 1.30 crore to organize an in depth mission file of the geological rock formations in 5 acres within the Lamheta village, situated 20 km clear of the Jabalpur district headquarter, the place the park will arise.

    The estimated price of this mission is Rs 35 crore and there’s a provision to sanction further price range if required, as the realm across the upcoming geopark will probably be evolved, Singh advised journalists.

    A geopark is a unified space that advances the safety and use of geological heritage in a sustainable means and promotes the industrial well-being of the individuals who reside there.

    “This website online is already there within the UNESCO geo-heritage tentative listing for the conservation of the herbal heritage. A number of dinosaur fossils have been discovered within the Narmada valley, in particular within the Bhedaghat-Lameta Ghat space of Jabalpur,” Singh mentioned.

    In 1828, the primary dinosaur fossil was once accrued from the Lameta Mattress through Indian Civil Carrier (ICS) officer William Sleeman, he mentioned.

    “It’s for the primary time within the nation that such an initiative is being taken for the conservation of the rock formations of geological importance,” Singh added.

    “A science centre will arise at Bhedaghat, additionally within the Jabalpur district, identified for white marble rock formations and a well-known vacationer hotspot, at the price of Rs 15.20 crore, to be shared through the Centre and the state,” Singh mentioned.

    “The science centre would make clear fashionable science, together with medical theories of quite a lot of subjects similar to meals, water and soil,” he added.

    “This mission will probably be unfold on seven acres of land that has already been transferred through the Jabalpur district management to the MP Science and Generation Council,” Singh mentioned.

  • Madhya Pradesh court docket sentences seven to lifestyles in prison for surroundings ablaze, killing 4 of circle of relatives

    Via PTI

    SHIVPURI: Seven other people have been sentenced to lifestyles imprisonment through a court docket in Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh for killing 4 individuals through surroundings them ablaze, an respectable stated on Sunday.

    As in line with the criticism of Rameshwar Rathore, a resident of Maniyar beneath Shivpuri Kotwali police station limits, his sister Laxmi’s husband Ramlakhan Rathore, spouse’s mother and others began a blaze in a room by which his siblings and oldsters have been dozing within the intervening night time of April 15 and 16, 2015.

    His criticism filed the following day stated his sisters Laxmi and Saraswati, brother Mahesh and mom Gita died within the blaze whilst father Jagdish survived.

    Further Public Prosecutor BD Rathore stated Laxmi’s husband Ramlakhan, brother in regulation Ramveer, spouse’s mother Kamlabai, sister-in-law Durgesh and 3 others have been booked for homicide and dowry harassment fees.

    The seven have been sentenced to lifestyles imprisonment and fined Rs 6,000 every on Saturday, with the demise declarations turning into the primary foundation of the decision, APP Rathore knowledgeable.

  • Madhya Pradesh guy amongst 3 held with over Rs 23 lakh ‘unaccounted’ money in poll-bound UP

    By means of PTI

    NOIDA: The police in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar district have seized over Rs 23 lakh “unaccounted money” from 3 males, together with a Madhya Pradesh resident, in separate incidents, officers mentioned on Sunday.

    The seizure comes amid heightened safety tests throughout Noida and Higher Noida — which proportion borders with Delhi and Haryana — because of the approaching meeting polls within the state, starting February 10.

    “Officers of the Sector 39 police station and the Static Surveillance Group (SST) intercepted a automobile round 11.30 pm on Saturday. The automobile occupant used to be discovered wearing Rs 20 lakh in money however may just now not provide paperwork or ample reaction in regards to the massive amount of money,” a police spokesperson mentioned.

    The occupant has been known as Syed Kausar Abbas, a resident of Hyde Park society in Noida Sector 78 whilst the automobile is registered in Delhi, the police mentioned.

    One after the other, officers of the Beta 2 police station officers and the SST intercepted two automobiles in Higher Noida early on Sunday, getting better over Rs 3 lakh unaccounted money from their occupants.

    “Pramod Chauhan, a resident of Wajidpur in Noida, used to be held after Rs 2.94 lakh used to be present in his automobile, registered in Gautam Buddh Nagar. Within the different incident, Saurabh Parmar, a resident of Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, used to be discovered with 88,000 money in his Mahindra Scorpio. Each may just now not provide paperwork or ample reaction in regards to the money,” the police respectable mentioned.

    The automobiles were impounded in all 3 instances whilst the occupants had been launched after wondering and felony court cases were initiated to determine if the money is connected to the approaching polls, in keeping with officers.

    The police in Gautam Buddh Nagar have to this point seized round Rs 2 crore unaccounted money and impounded over part a dozen automobiles over identical fees.

  • Enforcement Directorate begins probe in Madhya Pradesh’s Shradha Saburi Chitfund rip-off

    Via IANS

    BHOPAL: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has began probing chitfund rip-off of Rs 80 crore touching on a Madhya Pradesh-based funding corporate, its administrators and different individuals together with Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha chief Abhishek Bhargava, the son of state Minister Gopal Bhargava.

    3 individuals together with the adolescence BJP chief are the alleged accused within the case.

    The ED had written to Raisen Police of Madhya Pradesh handy over the replica of the FIR, rate sheet and different related paperwork in order that they might continue with the investigation.

    Round 400 traders maximum of them retired officers and girls have been allegedly cheated to the track of Rs 80 crore at the pretext of doubling their cash. The sufferers are from Bhopal, Raisen, Sagar and different within sight towns.

    The accused have been the board participants of Shradha Saburi Commodities Non-public restricted.

    “The sufferers approached the involved police stations in Bhopal, Sagar, Raisen alleging that they invested within the corporate which had promised to double their cash in a brief span of time. However not anything took place they usually have been cheated in their hard-earned cash,” stated a supply.

    Vasant Upadhyay, the executive of Shradha Saburi Commodities Non-public Restricted, too had filed an software sooner than a Periods Courtroom in opposition to the board administrators at the foundation of which a non bailable warrant used to be issued in opposition to the entire accused together with the adolescence BJP chief. Later the court docket granted him bail. He used to be requested by way of the court docket to furnish a bail bond of Rs 50,000 and a hard and fast deposit of Rs 20 lakh.

    Abhishek Bhargava had stated that he used to be being framed and allegations in opposition to him have been false. He actually demanded a CBI inquiry into the subject. He stated that he had no wisdom concerning the corporate with which he used to be being connected to. He even threatened to finish his lifestyles by way of self immolating if fees in opposition to him are confirmed. He stated that he’s being centered as he’s the son of a minister.

    The primary arrest within the case used to be made in 2015. The one who integrated Commodities used to be positioned below arrest by way of Raisen Police. He used to be previous working an organization within the title of Actual Bazar, later he arrange Shradha Saburi Commodities Non-public Restricted. As according to police, he has been residing in Raisen for over thirty years whilst at the beginning hailing from Ghazipur of UP.

    In 2016, arrest warrants have been issued in opposition to 3 board participants and in 2017, the court docket order used to be challenged sooner than the Jabalpur Prime Courtroom which allowed the transfer in opposition to the decrease court docket.

    Now, the ED has began probing the subject, they are able to summon the alleged accused to sign up for the probe in coming weeks. The central probe company will file their statements.

  • Tiger discovered lifeless; leopard dies throughout rescue in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh reserve

    By way of PTI

    UMARIA: A tiger used to be discovered lifeless, whilst a leopard died whilst being rescued in Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, an legitimate mentioned on Saturday. The carcass of a tiger used to be discovered within the buffer house of Dhamokhar vary on Friday and the leopard died within the core house of Panpatha vary of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, the legitimate mentioned.

    The reserve’s box director BS Annigeri mentioned that the precise reason for demise of the large cat shall be ascertained as soon as the autopsy document arrives. “The officers had on Thursday evening gained data {that a} leopard used to be trapped in a fence in Panpatha vary,” he mentioned.

    At the moment, the docs had been away in Nauradehi Sanctuary to escort an elephant translocated there, the legitimate mentioned. The leopard used to be wholesome, nevertheless it died whilst being launched into the woodland after the rescue, he mentioned, including that the animal may have died because of injury to the inner organs.

    Following autopsy, the carcasses of each animals had been disposed of as in line with the Nationwide Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) pointers.

  • Madhya Pradesh house minister directs DGP to document FIR in opposition to Amazon officers, proprietor

    Via PTI

    BHOPAL: Amid a row, the Madhya Pradesh govt has directed the police to sign up an FIR in opposition to officers of e-commerce massive Amazon and its proprietor for allegedly promoting merchandise, together with footwear, with the picture of the Indian nationwide flag, House Minister Narottam Mishra mentioned on Tuesday.

    Amazon confronted the ire of a bit of Indian social media customers over vending some merchandise, together with attire and meals pieces, that function pictures of the Indian flag, with some announcing that the usage of the tricolour in one of these method was once an insult and a contravention of the rustic’s flag code.

    “It has come to my realize that our nationwide flag is used on merchandise being bought by way of the web e-commerce platform Amazon. It’s insupportable that even it (the nationwide flag) has been used on footwear,” Mishra, who’s the state govt spokesman, instructed journalists right here. Prima facie, this can be a violation of the Nationwide Flag Code, he mentioned.”

    “I’ve directed Director Normal of Police (DGP) to document an FIR in opposition to Amazon’s officers and proprietor,” Mishra added. This isn’t the primary time that the MP’s house minister has directed the police to document an FIR in opposition to Amazon.

    Closing November, Mishra had ordered the submitting of an FIR in opposition to officers of Amazon over the suicide of a adolescence from MP who allegedly bought toxic sulphas (used as an agricultural fumigant and is toxic) drugs during the e-commerce web site.

    The police within the Bhind district had registered an FIR in opposition to unnamed officers of Amazon India after busting a gang that allegedly provided ganja below the guise of marketing stevia (a herbal sweetener) during the e-commerce portal.

    Amazon had on Monday mentioned it stays dedicated to take essential motion in opposition to dealers who will have indexed any non-compliant merchandise. Amazon.in is an internet market the place third-party dealers be offering merchandise on the market immediately to consumers, and as such is liable for making sure compliances related to the sale of those merchandise, it mentioned.

    “We require all merchandise introduced at the market to conform to appropriate rules and repeatedly take suitable motion on non-compliance. Amazon stays dedicated to taking essential motion in opposition to dealers who will have indexed any non-compliant merchandise,” the corporate mentioned.

  • Madhya Pradesh executive units the ball rolling to exchange redundant Urdu, Persian phrases with Hindi in police lexicon

    By means of PTI

    BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh executive has began the method to exchange with Hindi the Urdu, Farsi (Persian) and different non-Hindi phrases being utilized by the state police in quite a lot of court cases.

    Madhya Pradesh House Minister Narottam Mishra had final month introduced to exchange the phrases from different languages which don’t seem to be in use with Hindi within the police court cases.

    The Madhya Pradesh Police Headquarters issued a letter on Tuesday asking senior law enforcement officials from quite a lot of districts to publish ideas inside seven days about changing non-Hindi phrases within the legitimate lexicon.

    The directive stated {that a} Hindi phrase lexicon is to be ready in order that those phrases can be utilized in police court cases in long term.

  • Seven held with tiger and deer skins being utilized in ‘prosperity’ ritual in Madhya Pradesh

    By way of PTI

    BALAGHAT: Seven individuals had been arrested and skins of a tiger and a chital (noticed deer) had been seized from their ownership in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, an reputable mentioned on Tuesday.

    The accused had been doing some tantric ritual believing it will cause them to wealthy and convey prosperity, he mentioned.

    “On getting knowledge, a wooded area squad reached Changutola village and seized the hides of a tiger and a noticed deer. 3 individuals had been arrested from the spot and 4 others had been held later from the Chhindwara district in accordance with the tips shared by way of the arrested accused,” Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) of Woodland, Amit Patodi, advised newshounds.

    A case used to be registered below the Flora and fauna (Coverage) Act. Additional investigation is underway, he added.