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Farmer sets own garlic crop on fire because of low selling price in Madhya Pradesh

Upset over not getting a fair price for his produce, a farmer set one quintal of his garlic produce on fire at Ujjain's Mandsaur Krishi Upaj Mandi in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. 

Shankar, the farmer said that he had invested Rs 2.5 lakhs in garlic and was being offered only Rs 1 lakh for it.
"We do not want any bonus from the government, just the right price for our crop," he said.