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Questioned on shut Panchayat office, MP collector threatens to slap a man

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BHOPAL: A district collector threatened to slap a person when he dared to ask him a question.

This happened in front of TV cameras, when the collector was speaking to media in Khargone.

Collector Ashok Kumar Verma was speaking about campaign to make panchayats Open Defecation Free (ODF).

Suddenly, a person asked him, how the panchayat office that was shut for two years, opened for the first time when he (Collector) came for a visit.

'Do saal se panchayat nahi khule, aapke aane se khuli, aisa kaise" (for two years Panchayat was shut, you came and it opened, how is that...", he asked.

This question infuriated Verma, who shot back. "Do jhapad denge theek ho jaaoge...", said the collector when he had TV mikes on in front of him. 


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Carbine used to fire at jeweller was robbed from UP MLA's gunman

CHHINDWARA: The carbine that was used to fire at a jeweller and later others in Chhindwara in MP, belonged to a UP legislator's gunman and had been looted.

This has been revealed during the course of investigation. The jeweller has survived and the shooter has been arrested. However, it was found that he had got it from the gunman of a UP MLA, sometime ago. 

The incident had occurred in Chhindwara. An armed man carrying the submachine gun stormed into jeweller's showroom, shot him in the stomach. When others came, he fired in the air. He tried to run away but because motorcycle couldn't start, he failed to escape and was overpowered by the crowd.

The injured jeweller is undergoing treatment. The goon was carrying a machine gun, carbine. The accused, Sandeep Kumar, had fired thrice. He had ntered Durga Shree jewellers, carrying the carbine. asking jeweller to hand over ornaments.

When the jeweller refused Sandeep Kumar began firing, one of the bullets hit the victim, Sohan Tamrakar, 32, in the stomach.The goon ran out and kicked the bike but after multiple attempts bike didn't start and people with lathis attacked him.

He was caught and handed to police, later. Now, he is being quizzed and a team is arriving from UP to ask about the procurement of the looted carbine. Investigation is on in the case. 

[January 18, 2023 NewsBits.in]

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