Overview

• In Jabalpur, two boys, ages 8 and about 10, died on September 24 after contact with an electrified structure inside a Durga Puja pandal, according to media reports.
• Preliminary findings by the electricity department point to illegally drawn power, and an SDM-led three-member team is probing the incident.
• The NHRC sent notices to the Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary and the Jabalpur Superintendent of Police seeking a detailed report within two weeks.
• In Jhabua, doctors treating three children with pneumonia confirmed burn marks consistent with branding; two are two months old and all are on oxygen, with one referred to Dahod.
• The commission issued two-week notices to District Magistrate Neha Meena and SP Padam Vilochan Shukla as police work to identify who carried out the branding and where it occurred.