Balamani Bhoi (59), a farmer of Sambalpuri village under Paikmal block of Bargarh district, died of cardiac arrest on Wednesday.
His family members said that Bhoi suffered a heart attack as he was under severe mental pressure due to not being able to sell his paddy in the mandi.
“My father couldn’t sell the paddy of 140 bags in the last two months. All his efforts failed and finally he had a heart stroke leading to his death,” alleged Bhoi’s son Thabir Bhoi.
Thabir further said they had got token to sell paddy in the local market yard on December 10. “We had brought 140 bags of paddy to the Lakhmara market yard.
But two months after taking the paddy to the yard, the bags could not be disposed of.”