Bhopal, March 18 -- Congress legislators staged a walkout in the Madhya Pradesh assembly to mark their protest against the Mandla-encounter issue on Tuesday, calling it a fake encounter and demanding a magisterial inquiry into the matter.

The Congress MLAs demanded that Rs 1 crore compensation should be given to the family of the tribal man killed and a government job to the family. Responding to the demand, State minister Narendra Shivaji Patel said that an inquiry should be conducted and further action will be initiated accordingly.

Thereafter, the Congress leaders expressed displeasure over the response and walked out from the assembly. During this, they also raised slogans to stop tribal brutality, demanding justice to the tribal fa...