Rahul Gandhi meets kin of Mawal firing victims

All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited the family members of the three farmers who were killed in police firing in Mawal taluk of Pune district on August 9.

"Rahul Gandhi is on a visit to Mawal region today where he will assess the situation post the firing incident," a state Youth Congress leader said.

Three farmers were killed and many others injured when Pune Rural Police opened fire on a gathering of farmers. They were protesting a closed pipeline project that facilitates supply of water from Pavna dam to the industrial township of Pimpri Chinchwad in Mawal taluk on August 9.

Gandhi's visit came in the backdrop of the Opposition Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party combine criticising the Congress leader for not visiting the farmers.

Image: Rahul with the kin of the farmers

Photograph: Sahil Salvi