A 52-year-old farmer from Maharashtra, who had participated in the two-day kisan rally in Delhi against the agrarian distress in the country, died early on Saturday after accidentally falling from a building in central Delhi, the police said.

Kiran Santapa, a resident of Kolhapur district, was found lying on the floor at Ambedkar Bhawan in Paharganj area around 3.15 am, a senior police officer said. Santapa was rushed to Lady Harding Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. He had come along with his fellow-villagers to participate in the farmers' rally and was staying in room no. 29 on the third floor of Ambedkar Bhawan, the officer said. He said the victim had accidentally fallen from the third floor corridor on Friday night.