Three persons were arrested for allegedly beating a man over charges of theft and attempting to meet some women in the Dodiya Khadi village in Madhya Pradesh's Shajapur, police said on Sunday. Mr Verma added that the man in his statement alleged the three persons started a quarrel with him without any provocation from his part and also accused him of being a thief.

Police on Wednesday arrested four men who were riding motorcycles with fake registration numbers and recovered over two dozen stolen smartphones from them. The four were caught near Flower Market in Sector 88 in Noida during a checking by officials from Phase II police station, the police said. A countrymade pistol and three daggers were also recovered from them, Ms Singh said.