Six vehicles including five cars and a truck caught fire after ramming into each other on the Agra-Mumbai national highway at Ganesh Ghat in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district, said the police.
The prime suspect, his nephew Bashir Azam, was arrested after a manhunt by the police. The weapon used in the crime was also recovered. The deceased was identified as Kabir Azam, a 54-year-old widower. He worked as an auto driver, the police said.
During the raid, the police successfully attached narcotic substances Ganja worth Rs 50,000 and Charas worth Rs 50,000 from the possession of the accused person and also attached a motorcycle, the police said.
As per the police, the accused juveniles revealed in the interrogation that they murdered Azad because the deceased had tried to sexually assault one of the accused juveniles on various occasions.
A 20-year-old woman, who was pursuing her graduation from Delhi University and whose mother works in the Intelligence Bureau, allegedly died by suicide in her room, according to the police.
Delhi's Patiala House Court on Saturday extended the police custody of Mahesh Kumawat, the sixth accused in the Parliament security breach case, by 13 days.
Expressing concern over the police crackdown on Baloch protesters in Islamabad, Pakistan President Arif Alvi and caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar announced measures to improve the law and order situation in Balochistan, Dawn reported.
A policeman was killed after a fast-moving trailer hit his motorcycle in the Kemari district of Karachi on Friday, ARY News reported, quoting the police.