Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress president Laxmi R. Hebbalkar on Saturday visited Badal Ankalgi and assured the bereaved family of sugarcane grower Gurunath Mallappa Chapgaon that the government would announce higher compensation.
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She visited the village 20 days after the grower committed suicide in his field allegedly under financial duress and owing to delay in payment of his sugar bill by Malaprabha Sahakara Sakkare Karkhane Ltd., of which the former Minister and Congress MLA from Kittur D.B. Inamdar is the chairman.