A farmer was killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna on Sunday after a Bharatiya Janata Party leader and several aides ran a vehicle over him in connection with a land dispute, Dainik Bhaskar reported.

The incident took place when the farmer, Ram Swaroop Dhakad, was on his way to his field in Ganeshpura village with his wife, India Today quoted the police as saying.

The complaint states that BJP leader Mahendra Nagar and his aides surrounded Dhakad, beat him with sticks and rods, and ran a vehicle over him.

The victim’s family alleged that Nagar had been threatening small farmers in the region to sell their land at cheap prices and that Dhakad’s refusal to comply led to the assault, Aaj Tak reported.

When Dhakad’s teenage daughters heard their parents’ cries and went to hel

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