Guna Dalit couple beating case: Kumar Purushottam to be new Guna Collector

As per orders issued by the government, Kumar Purushottam will be the new Guna collector and Rajesh Kumar Singh will be the new Guna SP. The government had removed district collector S. Vishwanathan and Superintendent of Police Tarun Nayak after the incident wherein a couple in the district on Tuesday drank poison in front of the police after the team allegedly tried to destroy their crop during an anti-encroachment drive.

Guna(MP): After the Madhya Pradesh government removed Guna District Magistrate S. Vishwanathan and Superintendent of Police Tarun Nayak, Kumar Purushottam will be the new Guna Collector and Rajesh Kumar Singh will be the new Guna SP, as per orders issued by the government on Thursday.

Earlier on Tuesday, the team which went to remove encroachment on a college land in Cantt police station area of Guna district beat up the Dalit farmer family, after which the farmer couple consumed insecticide.

A video of the incident went viral on social media. In the video, some police personnel could be seen beating a Dalit man and his family members.

Taking strict action into the matter, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday late night issued orders to remove District Magistrate S. Vishwanathan and Superintendent of Police Tarun Nayak.

The condition of the Dalit couple is stable and they are recovering in the hospital.