Maharashtra Farmer, Farm Labourer Die By Suicide Over Loan Payments: Cops
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A debt-ridden farmer and a farm labourer committed suicide over a period of two days in Sillod of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, which incidentally is the constituency of state Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar, police said on Monday.
A debt-ridden farmer and a farm labourer committed suicide over a period of two days in Sillod of Maharashtra's Aurangabad district, which incidentally is the constituency of state Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar, police said on Monday.
The incidents took place in Andhari village in Sillod taluka, around 58 km from the district headquarters, on March 4 and 6, an official said.
Bhaginath Pandav, 46, allegedly hanged himself in a shed near his house on Friday, police constable Raju Kakde told PTI.
Pandav and his family had taken a loan of Rs 2 lakh and his watermelon crop did not give him good returns, he said.
