Bhopal | Madhya Pradesh minister Jitu Patwari on December 25 claimed that the investigation of 2017 firing incident which killed 6 farmers in Mandsaur will be reopened.
Speaking to media, Madhya Pradesh minister and Congress leader Jitu Patwari said,” The Congress party before forming the government in Madhya Pradesh and said that those who fired at farmers in Mandsaur shouldn’t be spared.” Raising questions over the investigation process the minister asked,”People were killed but there’s no culprit, how is that possible? The investigation will be reopened.”
Jitu Patwari, Congress on Mandsaur incident in which 6 farmers died: We said before forming government that people who fired at farmers shouldn’t be spared. People were killed but there’s no culprit, how is that possible? The investigation will be reopened. pic.twitter.com/OTDALOJieK
— ANI (@ANI) December 25, 2018
Farmers across Madhya Pradesh held a statewide protest last year which led to violence in many parts of the state, especially in Mandsaur district. The Madhya Pradesh government in its report said that 5 farmers were killed in the police firing in Mandsaur after the protesting farmers, demanding loan waiver, had allegedly set ablaze 25 trucks and two police vans along the Mhow-Neemuch highway. The state government appointed commission investigating the incident in its report gave a clean chit to the cops involved in the incident.
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