MIRPURKHAS: A sugar cane grower, Abdul Majeed Qambrani, 55, sustained 40 per cent burns when he attempted self-immolation during a protest sit-in by growers at toll plaza here on Thursday.

He was rushed to the Mirpurkhas Civil Hospital where he was admitted for treatment. A resident of Mashooque Marri village of Hussain Bukhsh Marri taluka, Qambrani told reporters at the hospital that he could not bear the heavy loss feared to be caused by sugar millers’ denial of a reasonable rate of his produce. He said a halt to cane crushing by millers was bound to devastate him, like many other cane growers.

Published in Dawn, December 29th, 2017