A 71-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Budaun district allegedly killed himself by consuming poison after revenue officials did not pay any heed to his repeated complaints regarding a land dispute, police said on Friday. According to the police, Room Singh, a resident of Nagla Sharki village, consumed poison at the Sadar tehsil office in Budaun Thursday and died at a hospital late in the night.

After a post-mortem, the body was handed over to his family on Friday. His family members and relatives kept the body on the Bareilly-Mathura road and blocked it for around four-and-half hours in protest. Room Singh's son Sandeep claimed that a piece of land of his father was registered in another person's name in connivance with tehsil and revenue officials this year.