<p class="title">The family of a farmer from Rajasthan has claimed that he died of depression because he wasn't able to get a good price for the garlic he grew, a claim rejected by the local authorities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a police complaint filed by the son of the deceased — Ramkalyan Meena (60) — his father died of cardiac arrest yesterday caused by depression over low price of garlic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meena's son claimed that the deceased was cultivating garlic on a seven-bigha land that he had taken on rent and he had also taken a loan of around Rs 6 lakh, SHO, Harnawadasahaji police station, Ramhetar Pareta said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the complaint, the debt coupled with the failure to get a good price for his produce was the reason behind Meena's depression, a resident of Guradi village in Baran district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the police said a primary probe had revealed that Meena was neither a garlic cultivator nor under debt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He worked as a labourer in an agriculture field and even though he owned a small piece of land, he had nothing to do with garlic farming, the SHO said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If someone died naturally or accidentally, it was projected as a death caused by depression over low garlic prices to get compensation and financial aid and it had become a "tendency" of the villagers in the area, the SHO said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that the doctors at the community health centre, where Meena was taken after he collapsed, said that he most likely died due to cardiac arrest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police are awaiting the post-mortem report, he added. </p>
<p class="title">The family of a farmer from Rajasthan has claimed that he died of depression because he wasn't able to get a good price for the garlic he grew, a claim rejected by the local authorities.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In a police complaint filed by the son of the deceased — Ramkalyan Meena (60) — his father died of cardiac arrest yesterday caused by depression over low price of garlic.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Meena's son claimed that the deceased was cultivating garlic on a seven-bigha land that he had taken on rent and he had also taken a loan of around Rs 6 lakh, SHO, Harnawadasahaji police station, Ramhetar Pareta said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the complaint, the debt coupled with the failure to get a good price for his produce was the reason behind Meena's depression, a resident of Guradi village in Baran district.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, the police said a primary probe had revealed that Meena was neither a garlic cultivator nor under debt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He worked as a labourer in an agriculture field and even though he owned a small piece of land, he had nothing to do with garlic farming, the SHO said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If someone died naturally or accidentally, it was projected as a death caused by depression over low garlic prices to get compensation and financial aid and it had become a "tendency" of the villagers in the area, the SHO said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that the doctors at the community health centre, where Meena was taken after he collapsed, said that he most likely died due to cardiac arrest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police are awaiting the post-mortem report, he added. </p>