Sugarcane farmers continue struggle for MSP; block roads in rural Bagalkot
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Bagalkot: Farmers from Mudhol taluk, demanding higher minimum support price (MSP) for sugarcane, intensified their protest and blocked various prominent roads starting Wednesday morning.
The farmers have demanded Rs 3,500 per tonne of sugarcane while the state government offered Rs 3,300 a tonne, without taking into account the factory owners’ Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP). As the farmers were not in unison on whether to accept the offer, the meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Sangappa had failed.
Following the meeting, the farmers gathered on and blocked prominent rural routes in places like Shirola, Manturu and Yahadalli on Wednesday morning. On the road near Shirola, the farmers stacked up hay and weeds and set fire to the stack as part of the protest.
The Mudhol-Jamakhandi Road and the PM Road in Budni were closed for vehicular movement, while a bandh was organized in Mudhol town, with the protesters shouting out their demand for Rs 3,500 a tonne as MSP.
The farmers have warned that the protest will only be intensified further if the government fails to fulfill their demand. They have also said that they would pressure the sugar factory administration boards to urge the government to raise the MSP for sugarcane.
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UP: Girl raped by two youths, juvenile at Banda hotel, all accused held
Banda (UP) (PTI): A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped at a hotel here by two youths and a minor, who then abandoned her under a bridge, police said on Thursday.
The two youths involved in the crime were arrested, and the juvenile was apprehended on Wednesday, they said.
According to Atarra Circle Officer Praveen Yadav, the arrested have been identified as Mahesh Kushwaha (18), Shakti Singh (19), and a 15-year-old boy, all residents of Girwan.
He said the incident took place around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.
The complaint filed by the girl's father stated that his daughter had gone to the market in Atarra town with a friend, when the three accused on a motorcycle made her inhale some intoxicant. They took the semi-conscious teenager to a hotel on Station Road, committed the crime and then abandoned her under the Ken Canal bridge before fleeing, CO Yadav said.
A case was registered on Wednesday, and all the accused were held, the CO said.
He added that one of the arrested accused was a former acquaintance of the victim. RUK
