Kisan Sabha, a left wing outfit, handed over a cheque of Rs one lakh to Gyani Devi on Friday, whose husband Gyanchand was crushed to death when the bank tried to seize his tractor for non-payment of loan in Barabanki on January 20.
Kisan Sabha general secretary Mukut Singh said that Gyanchand of Bhauri village in Mahmudabad police station area was crushed to death when bank officials tried to take away his tractor for non-payment of loan dues.
The cheque was given to the widow by several Kisan Sabha and CPI(M) leader including former Kerala legislator P Krishna Prasad and CPI(M) state committee member Pradeep Sharma.