Mandya, Nov. 5 -- A farmer who immolated self near the Deputy Commissioner's office in the town yesterday over a land dispute, succumbed to burn injuries at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru, this morning.

The deceased has been identified as Manjegowda (55), a resident of Moodanahalli in K.R. Pet Taluk. Initially, he was rushed to Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) hospital and was later shifted to Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru as he had sustained over 60 percent burns yesterday. But he succumbed to injuries today.

It is said that Manjegowda, took the extreme step as he had neither received compensation in a land acquisition case nor allotted alternative land despite submitting several memoranda over the past few years.

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