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Farmer protests spread to new areas of MP; Rahul's attempt to

While a truck and two motorbikes were torched by protesters on the Mumbai-Agra highway (NH-3) in Shajapur district, stones were hurled at police personnel in Shajapur town, which witnessed the farmers' unrest for the first time.

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Farmer protests today spilled over to new areas of Madhya Pradesh even as the epicentre of the agitation, Mandsaur, remained relatively peaceful, on a day when Congress leader made an attempt to reach here which was scuttled as he was detained before entering the district.

While curfew continued in Mandsaur, except for a two-hour relaxation, incidents of arson were reported from Shajapur and Dhar districts in western part of the state on the eighth day of the agitation for loan waiver and better crop price.

While a truck and two motorbikes were torched by protesters on the Mumbai-Agra highway (NH-3) in Shajapur district, stones were hurled at police personnel in Shajapur town, which witnessed the farmers' unrest for the first time.

Police fired teargas and lathicharged a stone-pelting mob near the local market in Shajapur. Following the incident, prohibitory orders were imposed in Shajapur town under Section 144 of the CrPC.

The agitation also spread to Chhindwara district in Mahakoshal region of the state.

In Mandsaur district where five farmers were killed in police firing on Tuesday, Rapid Action Force (RAF), the anti- riot paramilitary force rushed by the Centre, was deployed this morning.

The Centre had rushed 1,100 personnel of the RAF to the violence-hit state yesterday.

While two companies of the RAF, each comprising 100 personnel, were deployed in Pipliamandi in Mandsaur, where the five farmers were killed, another two were posted in Garoth.

Two RAF companies were deployed along the highway.

Contingents of the CRPF have also been deployed.

At least 56 people have been arrested and over 100 detained in connection with violence during the farmers agitation here, police said.

A two-hour relaxation in curfew from 4 pm in four police station areas of Mandsaur city and Pipliamandi in the district passed off peacefully, Collector O P Srivastava said, adding it can be eased further tomorrow.

The authorities also prevented Rahul Gandhi and a number of other Congress leaders from entering Mandsaur.

Gandhi travelled by air, by car, by motorcyle and by foot from Delhi to Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh via Rajasthan before he was detained and arrested in Naya Gaon, about 70 kms from Mandsaur.

He slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the problems being faced by the farmers, evoking a sharp response from the BJP which termed his visit to Mandsaur as a "photo opportunity".

Amid the increasing political slugfest, the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government, which is facing a major crisis, shunted out the collector and superintendent of police of Mandsaur district, two days after five farmers were killed in police firing during a violent protest.

A police inspector, who had allegedly fired at the protestors on Tuesday, was also removed from field duty and sent to police lines.

The state's Home Minister Bhupendra Singh told

 

(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

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