Published 12:06 IST, July 16th 2020

Guna SP & Collector removed, inquiry launched: Scindia on farmer-couple's police thrashing

The former Guna MP added that he was 'confident' that the Madhya Pradesh Government would take all necessary action to prevent such incidents from reoccurring

Reported by: Ananya Varma
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Responding to atrocious incident where a farmer couple in Mhya Presh's Guna attempted suicide in front of police officials who attempted to destroy ir crops, BJP leer Jyotiritya Scindia revealed that Guna SP and Collector h been removed from ir posts, and a detailed inquiry h been launched into matter. former Guna MP ded that he was 'confident' that Mhya Presh Government would take all necessary action to prevent such a heius incident from reoccurring. 

Farmer couple attempts suicide 

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 from government-owned land, which was illegally occupied by couple. Visuals shared across social media appear to show couple's children present at scene. 

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police, however, have claimed that  video circulating showing officers beating a couple in Guna is 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. 

Shortly after horrifying video of couple went viral, CM Shivraj Chouhan ordered transfer of Guna's district collector and Police superintendent immediately. Following up on this, Mhya Presh CM also ordered a high-level investigation into matter to ensure that such kind of police brutality is t encourd. 

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Meanwhile, 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. Both husband and wife have been mitted to a government hospital, with wife reportedly critical.

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12:06 IST, July 16th 2020