The third official who was suspended is Saikrishna S Thota, the then Mandsaur city superintendent of police.
An assistant grade employee of the Madhya Pradesh government was suspended on Thursday on charges of showing 'insensitivity' and being 'negligent' towards an elderly farmer who rolled on the floor of Mandsaur district collectorate to protest alleged land grabbing, an official said.
Some eyewitnesses alleged that the victims suffered bullet wounds but district authorities denied that there was any firing by police
The girl's father told reporters at the hospital that his family wants death sentence for the accused.
Police said town inspector of Pipliamandi Anil Singh Thakur has been removed from field duties in connection with the firing on farmers.
On June 6, five farmers were killed as the agitation by peasants turned violent in Mandsaur.
Modi can waive loans of the country's rich but can't do the same for farmers, he said.
In view of the volatile situation, the Centre rushed 1,100 personnel of anti-riot Rapid Action Force.
'We are asking for the resignation of the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government for killing six farmers in Mandsaur district.' 'His is a killer government.' 'The anti-farmer policies of these state governments have brought ruin for the farmers.'
Farmers said a big reason for the anger was the sudden stopping of wheat procurement by the state government in some places, which had caused the prices to dip below the minimum support price.
Mandsaur, the epicentre of the agitation, has remained relatively peaceful even as farmer protests have spilled over to new areas of MP.
Around six lakh people have been housed in over 2000 relief camps in the two states.
The MP CM failed to reach a compromise, even after launching a fast.
Chouhan met some farmer leaders on Saturday, but failed to reach a compromise.
The bus was on its way to Jaora from Ratlam when the mishap occurred on the four-lane road at 12 Patthar Khadan,
'... of protecting the lives and property of a large section of society.' 'It may further deepen the communal divide which already exists in the country.'
The Centre on Wednesday deployed multi-disciplinary teams in bird flu-affected areas of Kerala and Haryana, while Madhya Pradesh, where crows have died due to the influenza, banned the entry of chicken consignments from southern states for 10 days as a precautionary measure.
In Sehore alone, the home district of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, five suicides have been reported.
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