Second Godagari farmer dies: He was hospitalised after taking pesticide
Robi Mardi
Another farmer who drank pesticide in Godagari upazila on Wednesday died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last night.
Robi Mardi, 27, son of Goyanath Mardi of Nimghutu village in Godagari, had been hospitalised since Wednesday night, hospital employees said.
Robi's cousin Abhinath Mardi, 36, died at his home in the same village on Wednesday night after also drinking pesticide.
Both men belong to the Santal community.
Abhinath Mardi
On Thursday, after police recovered Abhinath's body from his home, Additional SP Iftekhayer Alam of Rajshahi said in primary probe police found that the two had drunk the pesticide for not getting water for their farmland.
Locals had said Abhinath and Robi badly needed irrigation water and were being ignored by Shakhawat Hossain, the operator of the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority's (BMDA's) deep tube-well in Ishwaripur village, for over two weeks.
On Wednesday afternoon, they took pesticides with them and visited Shakhawat, also president of a ward unit of Krishak League in Deopara union, to ask him for water for irrigation, locals and Abhinath's family members said.
When Shakhawat denied them water, they drank the pesticide, they said. Shakhawat denied any involvement in the incident.
Kamrul Islam, OC of Godagari Police Station, told The Daily Star last night that Rozina Hembrom, Abhinath's wife, filed a case accusing Shakhawat over provoking Abhinath's death by suicide around 8:30pm.
On Thursday, police said Rozina had filed an unnatural death case. Yesterday, however, when talking to this correspondent Rozina denied filing the case.
The OC said police had recorded the unnatural death case at Abhinath's house on Thursday and took Rozina's signature on it.
Rajshahi lawmaker Fazle Hosssain Badsha went to Abhinath's home yesterday to talk to his family and other villagers.
Abhinath's brother Horen Mardi said Abhinath cultivated Boro paddy on one and a half bighas of his family land.
The livelihood of four families Abhinath's were dependent on paddy cultivation, he said.
Locals had said Abhinath and Robi badly needed irrigation water and were being ignored by Shakhawat Hossain, the operator of the Barind Multipurpose Development Authority's (BMDA's) deep tube-well in Ishwaripur village, for over two weeks.
On Wednesday afternoon, they took pesticides with them and visited Shakhawat, also president of a ward unit of Krishak League in Deopara union, to ask him for water for irrigation, locals and Abhinath's family members said.
When Shakhawat denied them water, they drank the pesticide, they said. Shakhawat denied any involvement in the incident.
Kamrul Islam, OC of Godagari Police Station, told The Daily Star last night that Rozina Hembrom, Abhinath's wife, filed a case accusing Shakhawat over provoking Abhinath's death by suicide around 8:30pm.
On Thursday, police said Rozina had filed an unnatural death case. Yesterday, however, when talking to this correspondent Rozina denied filing the case.
The OC said police had recorded the unnatural death case at Abhinath's house on Thursday and took Rozina's signature on it.
Rajshahi lawmaker Fazle Hosssain Badsha went to Abhinath's home yesterday to talk to his family and other villagers.
Abhinath's brother Horen Mardi said Abhinath cultivated Boro paddy on one and a half bighas of his family land.
The livelihood of four families Abhinath's were dependent on paddy cultivation, he said.
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