Vijaywada: The crisis of raising onion prices claim its first victim after a 55-year-old farmer in Andhra Pradesh collapsed and died while standing in a queue to buy subsidised onions. The farmer, identified as R Sambaiah, collapsed and died after suffered a massive cardiac arrest while standing the queue on Monday, The Times of India reported.

According to the police, the incident happened at 6.30 am when Sambaiah join the queue to buy subsidised onions and other vegetables at the local bazaar. A few minutes later, he started feeling  uneasy and left the queue to sit on a pavement nearby.