After more than 12 hours of agitation demanding adequate compensation for the land taken from his family and martyred farmer status to his father, departed farmer Dharma Patil’s son Narendra Patil took custody of the body of his father from the State-run JJ Hospital and left for his hometown of Dhule in north Maharashtra on Monday afternoon.
Jr Patil, who had refused to take his father’s body till the State Government announced adequate compensation and declared his father as a martyred farmer, called off his agitation,
after State Energy Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule contacted him and assured him that his demands would be met.
Subsequently, the Minister handed Jr Patil over a letter promising adequate compensation for the land taken from his family.
However, the land given to Jr Patil was silent on his second for according martyred farmer status to his father.
The Minister also announced he had asked the officers to re-evaluate and fixed a new price for the 199 hectares of land, including the land belonging to Dharma Patil so as to ensure increased compensation for the deceased farmer’s family.