Farmer who attempted suicide at Maharashtra Mantralaya dies

Mumbai | Monday | 29th January, 2018

Summary:

Narendra Patil, the son of deceased farmer Dharma Patil who attempted suicide in Maharashtra Secretariat. “Patil’s postmortem was conducted at the J J Hospital. The farmer’s son Narendra Patil had told reporters that his father got only ?4 lakh compensation for his five acres of land. The Maharashtra government had offered an assistance of ?15 lakh to the farmer, but his son refused to accept it. The farmer, Dharma Patil, had consumed the chemical to protest low returns offered by State government while acquiring his land for a solar power plant..