TIL Desk/National/Mandsaur/ After Madhya Pradesh Home Minister denied reports of firing by local police or CRPF on agitating farmers in Mandsaur, the IG (Law and Order) Makrand Deuskar admitted that police did resort to firing during protest in the violence-hit district.
“After a preliminary investigation, it is now clear that the police did open fire. However, under what circumstances did cops resort to this action, is still not clear. The investigation is still underway,” Deuskar said.
Five farmers were shot dead and dozens injured as a gathering storm among the peasantry in several states broke on Tuesday in Madhya Pradesh. The deaths took place in Mandsaur, 340km from Bhopal. Meanwhile, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on Thursday transferred the collector and superintendent of police of Mandsaur district .
Mandsaur Collector Swatantra Kumar Singh is transferred as deputy secretary Mantralaya. Singh was replaced with OP Shrivastava, official sources said. The government also transferred Mandsaur SP, OP Tripathi and posted Manoj Kumar Singh in place of him, the sources added.
