Bharat Bandh: Normal life hit in MP
Bhopal, Sep 6: Normal life was partially affected in several parts of Madhya Pradesh on Thursday as several organisations staged protests as part of a countrywide agitation against the SC/ST Amendment Act.
Shops and business establishments remained shut in several areas. Vehicular movement was also affected. Petrol pumps were also closed in the state capital and other areas. Security has been beefed up and 35 areas are put on high alert, police said.
The administration has imposed prohibitive orders under section 144 of Crpc in Chhatarpur, Shivpuri, Bhind, Ashoknagar, Guna, Gwalior and Katni, sources said.
Several organisations have given a call for a 'Bharat Bandh' against the amendment of Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Gwalior-Chambal region had witnessed large-scale violence on April 2 during the Bharat Bandh called by scheduled caste groups in which four people were killed.
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Toddler killed, father injured in bomb blast in Manipur's Noney
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Imphal (PTI): A four-year-old boy was killed and his father injured in a bomb blast in Manipur's Noney district on Saturday, police said.
The incident happened in Taolingpung village in Khoupum when the toddler and his father were clearing bushes outside their house, they said.
The bomb, which was hidden in the bushes, went off when they struck it accidentally, police said.
The father, 40, is at present undergoing treatment at a hospital in Imphal, around 95 km from their village, they said.
A case was registered, and an investigation started to ascertain the origin of the bomb, police said.
