Violence against police escalates in Madhya Pradesh: Five killed, over 600 injured since 2024
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a disturbing rise in violence against police personnel over the past 18 months, with five officers losing their lives and more than 600 sustaining injuries in various incidents across the state.
According to data presented by the state government in response to a legislative query, and cited by The New Indian Express on Thursday, a total of 461 attacks on police personnel were recorded between January 2024 and July 2025. Fatalities were reported from Chhindwara, Shahdol, Satna, Mauganj, and Seoni districts.
The injuries, which affected personnel across multiple ranks, were spread across various districts, with the state capital, Bhopal, registering the highest number of attacks—28 in total—across urban, rural, and railway divisions, resulting in injuries to 30 officers.
Rajgarh district followed with 26 cases, leaving 40 officers injured. A cluster of these attacks occurred in the Boda police station jurisdiction, where seven incidents were reported, including a major clash that left ten policemen wounded. The area includes villages inhabited by the Sansi community, which has been associated with criminal activities, the report added.
Indore, the state’s commercial hub, saw 23 attacks on police personnel, injuring at least ten. In Guna district, although 15 incidents were recorded, they resulted in a disproportionately high number of injuries—40 in total—primarily during raids on criminal hideouts.
Other districts with double-digit attack cases included Ujjain (14 cases, 20 injured), Shahdol (13 cases, 12 injured), Ratlam, Dhar, and Sehore (12 cases each), Panna (11 cases), and Bhind and Damoh (10 cases each).
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Gujarat voted for development & good governance, says Pradhan as BJP sweeps local body polls
New Delhi (PTI): Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said the people of Gujarat have reaffirmed their faith in the politics of development, stability and good governance as the BJP swept the local body elections by winning all 15 municipal corporations and 33 out of 34 district panchayats in the state.
Thanking the voters, Pradhan said the result is a testament to the people's unwavering trust in the BJP, the relentless hard work of the party workers and the strength of the organisation under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.
“The people of Gujarat have once again made it clear that their trust remains firmly aligned with the politics of development, stability and good governance. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of Gujarat for the support received by the BJP in the local body elections,” Pradhan posted on X.
“Under the guidance of the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Gujarat's Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, this result is a remarkable testament to the people's unwavering trust, the relentless hard work of the Gujarat BJP workers, and the strength of the organisation,” he added.
Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Gujarat for what he termed a "sweeping mandate" in the local body polls, saying the bond between the state and the BJP has grown even stronger.
Modi said people have voted for the politics of good governance, and assured that the party would work harder to take Gujarat to new heights of progress.
Though final results for 250 taluka panchayats and 84 municipalities were awaited, data from the State Election Commission (SEC) showed that the ruling BJP won most of these local bodies while some were bagged by the Congress, AAP and Independents.
Polling was held on Sunday for 15 municipal corporations, 84 municipalities, 34 district panchayats and 260 taluka panchayats.
The BJP emerged a clear winner in the municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Rajkot, besides the newly created municipal corporations of Navsari, Gandhidham, Morbi, Vapi, Anand, Nadiad, Mehsana, Porbandar and Surendranagar.
