He was just escaping the mob: Father of farmer killed in Mandsaur agitation

Five farmers were killed in police firing in Mandsaur on Tuesday after the agitation turned violent

“I had told him to not go near the agitators or pelt stones, then why did they kill my young son? He was just running away from the mob,” asks 55-year-old Dinesh Patidar.
 

A class 12 student, Dinesh’s young son Abhishek was one of the five killed in Tuesday’s police firing against angry farmers demanding better price for their produce, and a loan waiver. Alongside his education, Abhishek, his father says, was interested in farming. He used to help his father with the farm before Dinesh sold his share of land in February to pay off a bank loan of