According to the police, the accused waylaid the victims' truck at Barkhad village in Seoni Malwa area at around 1 am and stopped it using a tractor trolley.
The weather office has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall today in eight states along West Coast, Central and Peninsular India. The flood situation is expected to worsen further with water flowing above the warning level at 22 river sites.
In the last two decades, forest and biodiversity conservation in the country has meant ruthless and unjust evictions of the people and communities living in their midst