65. Aam Aadmi Party to Pay Rs 10 Lakh to Farmers Family

All India | Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: April 23, 2015 16:56 IST

This photo was taken just before farmer Gajendra Singh hanged himself

NEW DELHI:  Delhi's ruling AAP today announced a compensation of Rs.10 lakh to the family of a Rajasthan farmer who hanged himself at a party rally.

 Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh said that his party activists tried but failed to save Gajendra Singh after he hanged himself from a tree.

 Mr Singh allegeded that Delhi Police was to be blamed for the death on yesterday because they failed to intervene despite repeated appeals from AAP leaders.

 "The truth of what happened (yesterday) is captured on your cameras," Mr Singh told the reporters. "The way the police acted was insensitive and incompetent."

 The suicide took place at a rally called by the AAP to denounce the land ordinance.

Story First Published:April 23, 2015 14:08 IST