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MP Farmer, Wife Drink Pesticides After Police Destroy Their Crops

When police bulldozed their crop, Ramkumar tried to stop them but he was beaten mercilessly in front of his screaming children.

 

Guna| A Dalit farmer and his wife drank pesticide in an attempt of Suicide after cops and revenue officials destroyed their crops. Images of the incident went viral on social media which showed the children of the couple holding on to the father who fell numb on the ground and crying inconsolably. The picture showed their mother lying on the ground a few meters away. Both of them were taken to a nearby hospital and are stable.

As per the officials, the land in Guna was reserved for construction of Model College. The 5.5 acre land was encroached upon by farmer Ramkumar Ahirwar and his wife Savitri devi. There had been previous attempt to clear the encroachment which remained unsuccessful.

The farmer couple however says they have been farming on the land for years now. When police bulldozed their crop, Ramkumar tried to stop them but he was beaten mercilessly in front of his screaming children. The video of the incident that has surfaced on the internet shows policemen raining blows and beating Ram Kumar with lathis. His wife tries to defend but she is also pushed.

Savitri Devi, who is now recovering in hospital said that the couple had taken a loan of 2 lakh rupees for farming. She asked, “Who will pay our debt? Will govt pay it? If our crop has been destroyed what can we do except killing ourselves?”

The incident led to widespread outrage against Madhya Pradesh BJP Govt. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan who already is called anti-farmers after the Mandsaur killing of farmers was slammed after the incident. Opposition leaders slammed the Shivraj Singh govt over the incident. Former CM of the state Kamal Nath said that the incident is example of police brutality and that the state is experiencing a “jungle raj”.

Meanwhile, the govt which has found itself cornered has suspended the SP and collector who ordered the encroachment clearance drive.

 

 

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