Published 12:47 IST, July 16th 2020

'Our fight against such injustice', Rahul Gandhi, NCP slam Guna farmers' brutal thrashing

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi issued a statement on the incident saying that the party's fight was precisely against such forms of injustice

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Following shocking incident where a farmer couple attempted suicide by consuming pesticides in front of police authorities, Congress leer Rahul Gandhi issued a statement saying that party's fight was precisely against such forms of injustice. "Our fight is against this way of thinking and injustice," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.

Congress' alliance partner in Maharashtra, NCP also responded to incident with NCP leer Majeed Memon asking Mhya Presh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to 'explain lapse' and 'total disregard of law' by policemen. 

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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. 

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. 

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

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12:47 IST, July 16th 2020