Guna farmer couple attempt suicide after MP police destroy crops; Kamal Nath lashes out

In a shocking incident, a Dalit farmer couple attempted suicide on Tuesday by consuming pesticide in front of police officers in Mhya Presh's Guna district, as per reports. Reports stated that police h allegedly tried to destroy couple's crops in a bid to evict couple from government-owned land, which was illegally occupied by m. Visuals shared across social media appear to show couple's children present at scene. 

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Sharing visuals of police officers thrashing m, former CM Kamal Nath slammed police officers' brutality - ir use of sticks and repeatedly kicking m. He ded that Shivraj Singh Chouhan government must immediately take strict against such officers. Scindia- who was Guna's Lok Sabha MP from 2002-2019, has assured that he has spoken to CM Shivraj Chouhan about incident and action will be taken against officers.  

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Police clarify officers beating couple

However, as per reports, police have clarified that video circulating showing officers beating a couple in Guna was edited. y have stated that couple shown in video were locals who were stopping police from transporting farmer duo who h attempted suicide to a hospital. local government was reportedly on an eviction drive on  July 14, when this incident occurred.

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Taking cognizance into issue, CM Shivraj Chouhan has ordered transfer of Guna's district collector and Police superintendent immediately, as per sources. Moreover, a high-level investigation has been initiated into incident, reiterating that such kind of brutality will t be tolerated, report sources. Police have alrey registered an FIR against farmer couple who attempted suicide, as per reports. Both husband and wife have been mitted to a government hospital, with wife reportedly critical.

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Mhya Presh govt offers land ownership

This incident occurs 1.5 months after state govt launched a 'Swamitva scheme' under which survey of entire rural population will be done to accord land rights to m.  Chouhan said that rights record will be prepared and rural people will be given ownership rights over ir plots accordingly. Currently, Mhya Presh is under stringent  Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) making it illegal to protest in workplaces for a period of six months.