Bhopal: Some of the 418 farmers who committed suicide in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home district Sehore in the last three years took the extreme step because they were 'possessed by ghosts', according to the state government.

It, however, made it clear that this was as per the account of the relatives of the deceased. Home Minister Bupendra Singh said this in a written reply to a question by Congress MLA Shailendra Patel in the assembly on Wednesday.