Overview
- Police in Madhya Pradesh say the 25-year-old father killed his wife on Saturday during a dispute in a forest under Haidargarh limits, then rode into the Begumganj belt and left his two-year-old son near a stream.
- Officers launched an overnight search across the Raisen–Vidisha border and, at dawn on Sunday, found the child weak, hungry and dehydrated but alive.
- Teams from multiple stations used torches, drones and dog squads as they combed dense terrain known for wildlife in what authorities described as a high‑risk area.
- Police arrested Rajendra Ahirwar, who, according to officials, confessed and now faces murder and abduction charges under BNS as the investigation continues.
- Doctors at Begumganj hospital stabilised the boy and handed him to relatives, with reports differing on how far and how long he walked alone through the forest.