National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued a notice to Madhya Pradesh government over the allegations of police atrocity against a group of farmers returning from a protest in Tikamgarh. The Congress party has alleged that the farmers were detained, stripped and beaten up by the police. They were returning from a protest for declaring Tikamgarh as a drought-hit districtThe ruling BJP government, however, has rejected the allegations. "It is a matter of investigation if the farmers took off their clothes themselves or police did so," he said. Tikamgarh District Collector Abhijeet Agrawal also denied reports of farmers being beaten up at the police station.

Source: dna October 06, 2017 04:41 UTC