Karnal, June 6 -- Two days after a farmer, involved in a legal land dispute involving a real estate company in Panipat, died in a mysterious incident, Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala on Thursday demanded a judicial inquiry into the incident by a sitting judge of the high court.

The victim, Bijender Kumar, a resident of Nizampur village, reportedly sustained severe burn injuries under suspicious circumstances and later died at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital. His family alleged that he was set afire by people belonging to a real estate company with which farmer had a running dispute over his land.

Surjewala also sought Rs.2 crore as compensation for Kumar's family.

According to Kumar's relatives, the incident occu...