Mandsaur/Bhopal: In Mandsaur district, where six farmers were killed in clashes with the police on Tuesday, curfew, on Friday, was relaxed for eight hours from 10 am to 6 pm but no untoward incident was reported, Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Singh said.
In view of the improvement in the situation, curfew will be relaxed for 12 hours on Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm in Mandsaur city and Pipliamandi but police said restrictions on movement of people will continue.
However, no protest, rally or demonstration will be allowed during the curfew relaxation period as well as on June 11 when farmers have announced a protest, collector O.P. Srivastava said.
As shops re-opened, locals stepped out to stock essentials like vegetables and milk. Long queues were also seen outside petrol pumps. However, the agitation reached the doorsteps of Bhopal as incidents of arson and stone-pelting were witnessed in Fanda area, about 20 km from the state capital.
Police baton-charged the protesters and arrested at least 27 of them in the area. “Some unidentified persons set a truck on fire near a spot where Congress workers were protesting. Then some men hurled stones at the policemen present there,” a senior police official said.
MLA ‘incites’ mob to torch police station
Amid violent protests by farmers in Madhya Pradesh, a video has surfaced purportedly showing a woman Congress MLA from the state inciting people to set a police station ablaze.
The video, which has gone viral on social media, was shared on Twitter by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
However, Congress leader Sachin Pilot said in Mumbai his party will never instigate violence for political benefits and demanded that the video should be investigated for authenticity. The video was shot on Friday evening when Congress MLA Shakuntala Khatik, who represents Karera Assembly segment, was staging a protest at Karera police station in Shivpuri district against the killing of farmers in Mandsaur.
She was leading a protest march, during which an effigy of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan was burnt.
