BHUBANESWAR: Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leaders on Friday demanded Rs 5 lakh ex-gratia for the family of a farmer
in Boudh district who had committed suicide at his farmland by consuming
pesticide. After visiting the village of the deceased farmer, the BJP made the
demand here.
A high-level fact-finding delegation
led by State BJP Krushak Morcha (BKM) president Maheswar Sahu visited Badhigaon
in the district on Thursday to investigate the reason of the suicide. According
to the fact-finding team, farmer Utsav Pradhan (70) had witnessed huge crop loss
due to untimely rain last year. Though the State Government had declared
compensation for the crop loss, but he didn’t get it. He lost his mental
balance and took the extreme step to end his life by consuming poison.
He was rushed to the local
hospital, but doctors declared him brought dead. The police lodged a unnatural
death case and sent the body for postmortem, said the villagers to the
fact-finding team. Among others, BKM vice-president Rajkishore Mendli, Morcha
executive body member Pradumna Dhal, BJP district president Manoranjan Das,
district secretary Baikuntha Pradhan and BJP Boudh block president Satyananda
Pande went with the delegation.
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