NEW DELHI: A farmer hanged himself in front of hundreds of protesters gathered in the centre of the Indian capital on Wednesday to rally against the government’s contentious reform of land purchasing laws.
Television footage of the protest close to the nation’s parliament showed the farmer sitting in the branches of a tree before taking a scarf and hanging himself, as protesters, police and media crews looked on.
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