He directed that the cases similar to that of Joy's pending before the land tribunal be considered and land tribunal adalats be organised at the panchayat level. Kurien later chaired a review meeting of revenue officials at the collectorate. Later, the senior revenue official told reporters that the preliminary probe pointed towards the failure of the officials in the issue. The farmer allegedly took the extreme step after the officials refused to accept the tax for the land owned by him. District Collector U V Jose had subsequently suspended a village assistant and a village officer for "not accepting the land tax".

Source: dna June 24, 2017 14:48 UTC