Police said that the youth were stopped from smoking cigarettes by the victims at a petrol pump near Khatamba in Dewas.
Efforts were on to nab the six absconding accused, he said. The incident was the fallout of a minor dispute, the official said without elaborating.
An audio clip of his purported conversation with the teacher offering her suitable transfer and other relaxations has surfaced on social media.
According to police, the girl died under mysterious circumstances though the exact cause will be known after postmortem.
The accident took place between 10:30 pm to 11 pm when the bus was on its way to Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.
Purportedly a video of the incident has gone viral on social media. As per reports, a student from the senior girl’s hostel slapped a sweeper posted in the home guard office over the incident.
State Urban Development and Housing Minister Bhupendra received the award on behalf of the state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ‘Indian Urban Housing Conclave’ in Rajkot in Gujarat on Wednesday.
Inspector General (IG) Chambal range Rajesh Chawla confirmed the news.
Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra told reporters on Thursday that mobile phones and other devices which the accused was using were also seized after he was nabbed on Wednesday.
He then hit his own head with a stone when he saw other police personnel approaching him following the incident on Monday evening, the official said, adding that the man was arrested.
The boy claimed the cop told him that the matter could have been resolved if the video was not shot.
Officials of the concerned departments including the Damoh district administration were present during the meeting.
Eight cheetahs were reintroduced into KNP on September 17 in a function by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, heralding the return of the big cat into the country 70 years after going extinct.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present on the occasion.
Dhar, Betul, Morena, Ratlam, Ujjain, Khandwa are among the worst hit districts from the spread of this disease, the officials said.
He made the announcement on Wednesday evening while addressing the SC/ST Mega Business Conclave and Expo organised by Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI).
The bodies of the 18-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl were found on the road in Itwa village under Saleha police station limits on Monday, an official said.
The man was a habitual drinker and this often led to quarrels with his wife, Kotwali police station in-charge Apaala Singh said.
As per a complaint lodged by the victim’s family, the girl joined the madrasa in September and while imparting lessons, the accused teacher allegedly touched her appropriately in a room.
Jaiprakash Dubey had ferried one of the accused, a woman, in his three-wheeler to Navi Mumbai on June 2 and after striking a conversation, she told him she had US dollars for exchange, the police official said.
Priest Kunjbihari Sharma, a resident of Kota in Rajasthan, was beaten up by the host of the event and the latter’s two sons on Thursday night, Chandannagar police station in charge Abhay Nema told PTI.
The incident occurred on Sunday evening on the railway track between Nariaoli and Sagar railway stations, said Motinagar police station in-charge Gaurav Tiwari.
The canines would writhe in pain due to this act of cruelty, the official from Sanyogitaganj police station said.
Traditional Garba dance events are organised during the nine-day Navratri festival which started from Monday.
A special court here had last month closed the 2005 case of alleged pension scam at the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) as the MP government did not give sanction to prosecute BJP general secretary Vijayvargiya and others for 17 years.