Indore Apr 18 PTI A scheduled caste organisation on Monday alleged that some influential people locked up a temple in Madhya Pradeshs Ujjain district to prevent a groom a police constable from entering the religious place Police said that the builders of the temple told them that it was shut following the death in the family of the temple priest Alleging discrimination by caste All India Balai Federation president Manoj Parmar claimed that the police constable Meherban Parmar wished to visit the Lord Ram temple on Sunday night during his marriage procession in Bardia village However the influential people of the village locked the temples gate to prevent him from entering the religious place he claimed Bardia village has a population of around 5000 and the temple is for the public Manoj Parmar said However Bhatpachlana police station in-charge Sanjay Verma said that the Rajput community in the village submitted some documents claiming that the temple was built by them and they have been maintaining the religious place for the last several years They informed that one person in the family of the temple priest has died and the temple is closed due to sutak Hindu belief of abstaining from worship for a specified period following the death of a family member he said Verma said the local administration will decide whether the public can visit the temple Police will take appropriate steps after the administrations decision he said PTI HWP ADU NSK NSK

Indore Jan 19 PTI Six passengers including three women were not allowed to board Air Indias Dubai-bound flight at the Indore airport on Wednesday after they were found infected with coronavirus a health official said As per protocol every passenger boarding the weekly Indore-Dubai flight has to undergo a rapid RT-PCR test at the airport On Wednesday 67 passengers were tested and the results of six passengers came out positive Dr Priyanka Kourav medical officer of the Madhya Pradesh health department told PTI She said that two of the six infected passengers are from Bhopal and four from Indore Of the six five passengers had received both doses of anti-coronavirus vaccines while a woman passenger is inoculated with four jabs of two different vaccines Kourav said All six passengers are asymptomatic They were sent back to their homes with advice to isolate themselves PTI HWP ADU NSK NSK

Indore Nov 20 PTI A poacher and four smugglers were arrested on Saturday with the leopard skin and eight nails in Madhya Pradeshs Indore district police said The estimated value of the seized items in the black market is Rs 70 lakh Additional Superintendent of Police ASP Puneet Gehlod told reporters that police arrested Champalal Kannauje 48 Shahrukh Khan 24 Ahmed Raza 21 Yasin Ali 56 and Salim Khan 50 from the Khudail area The accused are residents of Indore Dewas and Barwani districts The main accused Kannauje had killed the leopard a few months back with his gun in the forest adjoining Patharipala village in neighbouring Dewas district and removed its skin and nails He was looking for customers with the help of four smugglers the ASP said The accused disclosed that the leopard skin and nails are used in tantric rituals Gehlod said He said that Kannauje was earlier arrested in the Dewas district for allegedly poaching a deer and is currently out on bail A gun has been seized from Kannauje and a case registered against the five accused under the Wildlife Protection Act PTI HWP ADU NSK NSK

Indore Sep 20 PTI The Indore Municipal Corporation on Monday terminated services of seven temporary workers after a video clip showed them dumping idols of Lord Ganesh in a pond in an objectionable manner that caused outrage an official said Indore municipal commissioner Pratibha Pal terminated the services of seven temporary employees following the incident which occurred at the Jawahar Tekri pond the official said He said the IMC had collected idols of Lord Ganesh from various centres on the last day of the ten-day festival on Sunday for immersion at the select water sources After the video clip went viral several social media users expressed their anger and hurt Madhya Pradesh Urban Administration Minister Bhupendra Singh also said in a tweet that he has directed officials to take action in this incident PTI HWP ADU NSK NSK