Jose on Thursday suspended Chembanoda village officer C.A. Johnson Kulathingal, a settler farmer and general secretary of the Janadhipathya Karshaka Union, alleged that a few corrupt officials in Kozhikode’s remote villages were taking advantage of the farmers’ ignorance on various revenue-related formalities. Sunny and village assistant Sileesh Thomas from service after a quick department-level inquiry conducted into the reasons that led to the suicide of Kavilpurayidathil Joy, 57, a settler farmer from Chakkittappara grama panchayat. Alleging government apathy in redressing farmers’ grievances, Congress workers observed a dawn-to-dusk hartal at Chakkittappara panchayat. They alleged that the village officials favoured only those who appeased them with bribes.
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