State Sugarcane Farmers’ Association president Kurubur Shanthkumar was injured in a car accident near Patiala in Punjab three days ago. Chief minister Siddaramaiah has wished him a speedy recovery. He has no other issues except a minor injury to his spinal cord, according to a close associate of the farmer leader. At PatialA Hospital, doctors decided against any surgeries. \”We are waiting for the observations of the doctors in Karnataka,\” said Attahalli Devaraj, who is the general secretary of the State SugARCane Farmers’ Association. “We request the state govt to bear his medical expenses,” he said. He was going to Chandigarh to attend a meeting for the first round of talks with farmer leaders convened by the Union govt. The meeting was to discuss with agitating farmers along with SKM leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal. The incident occurred on Saturday night in the state’s capital city of Mysuru.
