MH-FARMER DEATH

A 39-year-old farmer, who was on

hunger strike for crop loan, died Thursday in Maharashtra's

Parbhani district, police said.

Tukaram Vaijanath Kale, resident of Mardajgaon in

Pathri tehsil, had sat on a hunger strike in front of State

Bank of India's Pathri branch alongwith some other farmers

since Wednesday.

Their demand was that the bank should grant them crop

loan speedily, said inspector Vidyasagar Shrimanvar of Pathri

police station.

Kale's condition deteriorated Thursday afternoon and

he was shifted to a government hospital at Manvat where he

died during treatment, the police official said.

As the news of his death came, there was a commotion

at the venue of the hunger strike at Pathri, he said.

His relatives took the body from the hospital and

placed it at the agitation site.

A crowd gathered at the spot but the situation was

under control, the inspector said.

The exact cause of Kale's death was yet to be

ascertained, he said.

An accidental death report has been registered and

further investigation is underway, he said.

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