At Madhya Pradesh Farmers' Protest, 5 Reported Dead, Unclear Who Fired

Internet services have been suspended in parts of Madhya

 Pradesh like Indore, Ujjain and Dewas, all in the western

 part of the state which has witnessed anger by farmers who 

say the government is not providing enough relief from rural distress.

MANDSAUR=five farmers were killed after firing at a protest in western Madhya Pradesh, marking an escalation of violence as a rural strike demanding debt relief spread. The state police said it could not confirm the number of deaths; news agency ANI reported five casualties. Home Minister Bhupendra Singh told NDTV that the police did not shoot at the crowd in the central city of Mandsaur, 325 kms from the capital of Bhopal