Farmer waiting in queue for fertiliser dies of heart attack in MP's Tikamgarh

A 52-year-old farmer, waiting in a queue to procure fertiliser, on Monday suffered a heart attack and later died in a village in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, officials said.

The incident took place at a warehouse in Badora village and the deceased was identified as Jamuna Kushwaha, they said.

"My brother had been travelling for the past two days from our village Bajrua, about eight kilometres away from the warehouse, to get two bags of urea," deceased Jamuna Kushwaha's younger brother, Chhakki told PTI.

"While standing in a queue and waiting for his turn, he started vomiting and felt dizzy," he said.

Local tehsildar Satendra Gurjar, who was present at the spot, took the farmer to the district hospital in his vehicle, but he died during treatment.

A case has been registered in this regard.

Jamuna Kushwaha's death was caused by a heart attack, said Dehat police station house officer Chandrajeet Yadav, citing the initial report of post-mortem conducted by Dr Deepak Ojha.

For several days, farmers across Tikamgarh district have been protesting against the shortage of urea fertiliser. Amid the shortage, last week, some farmers in Jatara town looted 30 to 40 bags of urea from a truck parked in the premises of a local fertiliser distribution centre.

On Monday, cultivators from Baldeogarh and Khargapur areas blocked the Tikamgarh-Chhatarpur road for nearly three hours to protest non-availability of fertiliser, disrupting traffic, officials said.