Fourth farmer dies in Bihar

Agrarian distress deepened in Bihar with the state recording its fourth farmer death here today sparking angry protests from villagers who demanded intervention of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Farmer Kaushal Kishore who was participating in a protest along with others in Bihta for the past nearly a fortnight, died in a private hospital in the state capital today, District Magistrate Abhay Kumar Singh told PTI.
Irated villagers held protest and blocked the arterial Patna-Aurangabad road with the body, demanding visit of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the spot.
The DM said he along with Senior Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana and Danapur Sub-Divisional Officer Rahul Kumar were holding talks with the protestors to lift the blockade.

Kaushal Kishore is the fourth farmer to lose his life in the state due to agrarian related woes in the state in recent days.
A 50-year-old farmer had allegedly committed suicide by taking some poisonous substance along with his wife due to financial distress at Chachaul in Patna district on May 19 evening.

His wife is still in hospital.
A farmer had jumped to death from the roof of his house in Khijrisarai in Gaya district last week due to financial distress.
Earlier, another farmer had lost life in Maner in Patna district.
Kaushal Kishore was among farmers who were holding protest at Bihta in support of their demand for immediate payment of compensation against their land acquired for industrial purposes in 2007.