Tripura protests killing of peasants at Khammam

Agartala, July 30 (UNI) Left-backed All India Farmers Union, Tripura council today organised a protest rally against the killing of eight innocent farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Khammam district.

Condemning the incident, council leader Narayan Kar here said the demands of the farmers should be fulfilled and demanded Rs five lakh compensation to each victim's family.

Mr Kar said the farmers along with 154 Left organisations were conducting the protest rally demanding allocation of agricultural land to the farmers assured by the Andhra government.

However, the Andra police opened fire on the innocent farmers killing eight of them, Mr Kar said, adding that, ''It was total violation of civil right of poor farmers and a planned murder under the cover of law.'' UNI