New Delhi: Claiming that a firm owned by celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi, the main accused in a multi-crore bank fraud who has quit India, had acquired their land at throwaway prices, a group of farmers today "reclaimed" 250 acres in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra today, according to news agency PTI.
Around 200 farmers, including women, who arrived in bullock carts at the land in Khandala village, ploughed a part of it using tractors -- a symbolic move of reclaiming possession.
The protesting farmers, who carried the national flags besides photographs of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar, raised slogans against Nirav Modi who faces allegations of defrauding state-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of over Rs 13,000 crore.
Shouting slogans against the billionaire designer, who is being probed by several Indian agencies, the protesters carried the banner of 'Kaali Aai Mukti Sangram', a local farmers' organisation.
The protesters also voiced their disillusionment against the banking system, alleging that while farmers had to struggle hard to get loans, people like Nirav Modi got it quite easily.
(With inputs from PTI)
Around 200 farmers, including women, who arrived in bullock carts at the land in Khandala village, ploughed a part of it using tractors -- a symbolic move of reclaiming possession.
The protesting farmers, who carried the national flags besides photographs of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr BR Ambedkar, raised slogans against Nirav Modi who faces allegations of defrauding state-run Punjab National Bank to the tune of over Rs 13,000 crore.
Shouting slogans against the billionaire designer, who is being probed by several Indian agencies, the protesters carried the banner of 'Kaali Aai Mukti Sangram', a local farmers' organisation.
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The protesters also voiced their disillusionment against the banking system, alleging that while farmers had to struggle hard to get loans, people like Nirav Modi got it quite easily.
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(With inputs from PTI)
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