Bhopal: Prohibitory orders were imposed in a part of Neemuch city in Madhya Pradesh after a dispute between two groups over the installation of an idol near a dargah, which led to tension in the area, officials said. On Monday night the two groups indulged in arguments and pelted each other with stones, following which the police lobbed teargas shells to disperse them, they said. Later, Additional District Magistrate Neha Meena ordered the imposition of Criminal Procedure Code Section 144 (prohibiting a gathering of five or more people) in the Neemuch city police station limits. Four cases were registered and nine people rounded up so far, Neemuch's Superintendent of Police Suraj Kumar Verma told reporters, adding that a police officer suffered injury to the knee in the incident.He said some people placed an idol (of Lord Hanuman) near the dargah, which led to an argument between the two groups gathered at the spot, falling under the Neemuch city police station area.The police then told members of the two groups to come to the police control room for a discussion, but some people allegedly started hurling stones, damaging some motorcycles, the official said. There was no report so far of injury to any citizen in the incident, he said. Later, adequate police force was deployed in the area and residents were asked to stay at home, he said. The official said members of the two groups gathered at the spot as it is a mixed population area. The police lobbed teargas shells to disperse the crowd, he said. The official also said that the police will examine the CCTV footage of the area and take action against those involved in stone-pelting. Asked if any religious place was damaged in the incident, he said the area's videography was being done to ascertain it.—PTI

Prohibitory orders were imposed in a part of Neemuch city in Madhya Pradesh after a dispute between two groups over the installation of an idol near a dargah, which led to tension in the area, officials said.

Sec 144 in MP city after idol placed near dargah leads to tension

Madhya Pradesh

Damoh: &nbsp;A 15-year-old boy drowned while taking bath in a river with his friends in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, police said on Tuesday. Two of his friends were rescued after the three of them, all residents of Devra Jamsa village, entered the Vyarama river and got trapped in the deep waters on Monday afternoon, Gaisabad police station in-charge Arvind Singh Lodhi said. The deceased was identified as Abhay Patel, he added.—PTI

  A 15-year-old boy drowned while taking bath in a river with his friends in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, police said on Tuesday.

Teenage boy drowns in MP river; 2 rescued

Shahdol: &nbsp;A 54-year-old school teacher was killed after being run over by a train while he was chasing a man who took away his mobile phone in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place at Shahdol railway station late Sunday night. The deceased, Manoj Nema, worked as a teacher in a private school. He was travelling to Sagar in the Durg-Ajmer train on Sunday night when an unidentified man asked for his mobile phone for making an urgent call to someone, Government Railway Police's assistant sub-inspector Jethu Singh said. However, when the train slowed down before stopping at Shahdol station, the accused started running away with Nema's phone, he said. Nema then started following him, but slipped on tracks. He got hit by the train and died, the official said.The police later arrested a suspect, identified as Rajendra Singh, resident of Kheri village in Shahdol, and recovered a mobile handset from him, the official said, adding that further probe into the case is on.—PTI

  A 54-year-old school teacher was killed after being run over by a train while he was chasing a man who took away his mobile phone in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Tuesday.

Teacher chasing phone thief run over by train in MP

Khandwa:&nbsp;Two friends drowned while swimming in the Narmada river backwaters in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, police said on Monday.On Sunday evening, they went with their families to Sant Singaji Samadhi Sthal, which is located in the river backwaters and is secured by walls on all sides, they said.The two friends Abhishek Kushwaha (23) and Vikas Phoolmali (25) decided to swim and ventured into the deep waters where they got trapped and drowned, Beed police post in-charge Ramprasad Yadav said. Their family members raised an alarm following which police rushed to the spot, located some 40 km from the district headquarters. The relatives with the police's help later traced the duo and pulled them out, he said. The two were taken to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead. The bodies were handed over to the relatives after the postmortem, he said. A case was registered in connection with the incident, he added.—PTI

Two friends drowned while swimming in the Narmada river backwaters in Madhya Pradesh's Khandwa district, police said on Monday.

2 friends drown in Narmada backwaters in MP

Rajgarh: A group of people allegedly threw stones at the wedding venue of a Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district, following which the marriage procession was taken out under police protection, an official said on Monday.Five people were arrested in connection with the incident which took place in Piplayia village on Sunday night, he said.Some influential people from the village, mostly members of the Dangi community, allegedly hurled stones at the wedding venue as they were against the Dalit groom coming to their village with the 'baraat' (celebratory procession), Jirapur police station's inspector Prabhat Gaur told PTI.The police rushed to the spot and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the protesters. They also stopped the groom's side marriage party members, coming from Patanpur village, for some time en-route to bring the situation under control, he said.The groom's wedding procession was then taken out under police security and the marriage was later solemnised peacefully, the official said.A case was registered against 40 people, including 18 unidentified persons, under relevant sections of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and the Indian Penal Code, he said.Five people have been arrested so far, he added.—PTI

A group of people allegedly threw stones at the wedding venue of a Dalit man in Madhya Pradesh's Rajgarh district, following which the marriage procession was taken out under police protection, an official said on Monday.