On the 6th of June, 2017, 44-year-old father and husband, Kanhaiyalal Dhurilal Patidar, was gunned down during a peaceful protest in Mandsaur, India.

Mr. Patidar, along with 5 other non-land owning protestors, had been protesting wages and a state of precarity that increasingly became a characteristic of farmer, and non-farmer life, alike.

Mr. Patidar’s neighbour’s had reported that Mr. Patidar had mistakenly believed that he would be safe due to the peaceful nature of the protest. However, police soon opened fire on him and others, killing 5 protestors in total.

The Congress in India has provided financial compensation of up to 50k Indian Rupies to the victims collectively.

Mr. Patidar leaves behind two children.