Fatehgarh Sahib, Almost a year after a farmer commited suicide, whose family now received a compensation cheque. Surjit Singh, whose crops had been destroyed by the unseasonal rains, had on April 28 last year briefed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on the farmers plight and later committed suicide on June 10 last year.

After the death, Gandhi had visited Dadumajra village and assured full support to the family.

Fatehgarh Sahib Congress MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra claimed that, the Rs-2 lakh cheque was handed over to the family by local Tehsildar Harbans Singh.

According to sources, Surjit owned six acres of land and had taken another land on lease. But with his crop failing for two successive seasons, he was unable to pay back the lease amount.