
Farmer’s death: PMK seeks action
The Hindu
PMK founder S. Ramadoss criticised the alleged harassment of a disabled farmer, Manoharan, from Walajabad in Kancheepuram, by officials of a private finance company for not paying the instalment of a
PMK founder S. Ramadoss criticised the alleged harassment of a disabled farmer, Manoharan, from Walajabad in Kancheepuram, by officials of a private finance company for not paying the instalment of a farm loan. The harassment led to the farmer dying by suicide. He demanded they should be arrested and the family of the farmer should be given ₹1 crore as compensation.
In a statement on Saturday, he alleged that the company representatives had gone to Manoharan’s house and “disrespected him” for not paying the balance of ₹43, 308 for a tractor loan of ₹2.11 lakh.
“The company representatives did not give him time that he had requested and had threatened to seize his tractor and house. He had filed a complaint in the police station and had gone to company’s office in Nazarathpet. Even there, officials of the company had reportedly abused him after refusing to give him more time following which he took the extreme decision,” he said.

The High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday ordered the issue of a notice to the State government on a PIL petition, which had complained about disturbances caused to people residing in the localities around the National Public School situated in Rajajinagar 5th block due to use of loudspeakers with high volume in the school and parking of school buses in residential areas.












