The Ghaziabad district administration has suspended a lekhpal (income official) in reference to the demise of a 70-year-old farmer, who allegedly slashed his wrists through the “Samadhan Divas or grievance redressal day” in Modinagar tehsil final Saturday after alleging {that a} portion of his land was encroached upon and officers weren’t agreeing to measure his land to determine whether or not it was encroached on.
Sushil Kumar, the famer, succumbed to accidents on Saturday night in Meerut, the place he was rushed for larger therapy, police stated. Kumar hailed from Muzaffarnagar district and held about 600 sq. yards of land in Didoli village in Ghaziabad’s Muradnagar.
After the farmer died, officers directed an inquiry and motion was taken towards the lekhpal who had visited Kumar’s land on two events, first in January after which in March, following Kumar’s complaints.
“On each events, the lekhpal submitted a report however he failed to say in March report that this was the second such criticism from Kumar. There was some laxity on his half and he did not deliver the matter to the discover of upper officers. Therefore, he was suspended,” stated Shubhangi Shukla, subdivisional Justice of the Peace (SDM), Modinagar .
The SDM stated of the 600 sq. yards of Kumar’s land, about 200 sq. yards had been taken over by a non-metalled street and a portion was additionally encroached on by an area.
“The street has been passing by means of his land for about 15-20 years and utilized by public as a thoroughfare. So, there was no situation of any forceful encroachment. The difficulty might have been resolved amicably and Kumar’s household shall file a case on the SDM’s courtroom for a decision. Farmers from kisan union additionally staged protest in Modinagar they usually submitted a memorandum to us. They demanded compensation for the deceased’s household and we are going to ship this request to state officers,” the SDM stated.
The protesting farmers stated Kumar was allegedly harassed and this led him to finish his life.
“The tehsil administration is answerable for the incident and we demand that an FIR be registered towards the officers. Apart from, we additionally demand applicable compensation for Kumar’s household. Kumar was repeatedly telling complaining to officers abut encroachment on his land and demanding that it’s measured. We’ll proceed our protest if justice is just not given,” stated Pappi Nehra, farmer chief from Bharatiya Kisan Union (Modinagar).
Ravi Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (rural), stated the police are but to obtain the findings of the post-mortem report of the deceased because the process was performed in Meerut.