In Narmadapuram, a Tehsildar’s driver slapped a farmer at the grain market on Monday, triggering a ruckus among around 3,000 farmers waiting since 4 AM for urea tokens. The incident occurred when Tehsildar Sarita Malviya’s car was reversing and a farmer asked the driver to be careful, after which the driver angrily slapped him. The matter calmed only after the Tehsildar apologised and promised action against the driver. Following the incident, farmers’ anger grew, and they demanded the driver be held accountable immediately. As tensions rose, the police secured the driver in a room to calm the situation. Farmer slapped by driver The victim farmer said the car could have run him over, risking his life, and he was slapped in front of everyone. Despite his online complaint, the police did not take the driver to the station. Tehsildar apologised to farmer with folded hands Tehsildar Sarita Malviya reached among the protesting farmers. She apologized to the victim farmer with folded hands. The Tehsildar said that the driver’s vehicle is contracted, his contract will be terminated immediately, and an FIR will be registered against him. After this, the farmers’ anger subsided. Since morning, a huge crowd had gathered at the mandi for fertilizer tokens, with around 2,700 farmers expected to receive urea in 8–10 days. Police were deployed due to the large, disorganised crowd. Farmers complained that many who received tokens 15 days ago still haven’t received fertilizer and demanded that distribution return to village-level societies to avoid such problems. Post navigation Married couple attempts self-immolation outside CM house in Bhopal:Bid foiled by on-duty cops; duo poured kerosene in protest over property dispute Protesting Congress workers stop Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s convoy in Sehore:Raise slogans; Union Minister responds calmly saying, ‘I’m mama, I’ll listen to everyone’
