Mandsaur farmers' protests: Agitation turns violent, vehicles torched, District Magistrate heckled

Mandsaur continues to burn as farmers agitation refuses to die down. Farmers in western Madhya Pradesh are protesting since June 1 demanding debt relief and higher minimum support prices (MSP) for their crops, among other things. On Tuesday five people were killed in firing following which MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore to the kin of the deceased. According to eyewitnesses, the protesting farmers torched vehicles and indulged in stone pelting in Parshvanath area under Pipaliya Mandi police station limits. Curfew remained in force in Pipalya Mandi police station area of the district and Mandsaur town, while prohibitory orders restricting movement under section 144 of CrPC are also imposed in the rest of the district.

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