The State Government on Thursday denied reports claiming death of two farmers in Balod district as ‘suicide’.
Both the farmers had not committed suicide but they died due to some kind of ailment, an official press release issued here on Thursday said.
Notably deaths of two farmers were reported in Balod district on December 1 this year. “One of the farmers had died on way to hospital while the other had succumbed in hospital,” the Press release claimed.
Deaths of Chaturdas Manikpuri hailing from Kashi village in Daundilohara and Vyas Narayan Tandon from Bhoynapara village of Balod block were reported on December 1.
The District Collector had asked Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Daundilohara to investigate Mainkpuri’s death. It was known during investigation that Manikpuri had not consumed any kind of poison.
The deceased’s wife Hemlata and one of Manikpur’s friends Kumar Singh Vishwakarma told officials that Chaturdas was suffering with some kind of ailment and was experiencing fever for past few days, the Press statement mentioned.
On December 1. he had gone to Rajnandgon for some work. However due to bad health he had to return home. While coming back home, Chaturdas was supposed to step down at Tatenga village turning. Due to illness he could not identify the spot and travelled to Nahanda village.
From Nahanda the deceased called his friend Vishwakarma who took the deceased to a doctor at Jevartala village. The doctor instructed for admitting Chatrudas in some big hospital. From ‘108 Ambulance Service’ the deceased was rushed to district hospital Rajnandgaon where doctors declared him brought dead, Press statement claimed.
Chaturdas used to work on a 30 dismil farm plot collectively owned by his brother and uncle.
Detailing about Vyas Narayan Tandon’s death the statement further said that the investigation conducted by Tehsildar and Nayab Tehsildar on District Collector’s instruction found that he had died of some illness at Bathena hospital Dhamtari.
Tandon owns four acres of irrigated land and had taken regular loan from cooperative society latabod and Dena Bank Balod.
He did not have any kind of old debts The deceased used to use harvester machine for cutting crops in his farm, the statement mentioned.