Postman's bike set on fire in Dindori's Manikpur; case registered against villager Shankar Pandey

A motorcycle parked in the porch of a house was set on fire in Manikpur village, under Shahpura police station limits in Dindori district. Postman Kailash Prasad Jhariya has accused Shankar Pandey, a resident of the same village, of burning the bike. The incident is said to have taken place at around 8:45 pm on November 11.

According to Kailash Prasad, a dispute had taken place a day earlier, on November 10, between Pandey's nephew and Kailash's son. Villagers had mediated between the two sides and the matter had calmed down.

Kailash alleges that on the night of November 11, Pandey jumped over the boundary wall and reached the porch of his house. He then set the bike (MP 54 6276) on fire and tried to flee.

According to Kailash's wife, Sudama Bai, Pandey first came inside the house and asked about Kailash. He was told that Kailash was asleep. Following this, Sudama Bai said, the accused opened the bike's petrol pipe and set it alight.

Sudama Bai said that after the incident she woke her husband. Hearing the noise, people from the neighbourhood also gathered there. Police were then called by dialling 112.

On Thursday morning, Kailash went to the police station himself and filed a complaint. Police registered an FIR the same day. Station in-charge Anurag Jamdar said a case has been registered and a search is on for the accused.