Outrage at video of poor Indian couple being beaten and forcibly evicted by police
'To force a couple to attempt suicide by damaging their crops ... is most cruel and shameful,' Kumari Mayawati, a Dalit political leader, said on Twitter.Government and senior police officials were not immediately available for comment.
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