A 37-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide after being unable to repay loans and suffering crop losses in Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone district, police said today.
Jitendra Patidar was found hanging from a tree on his farm in Pandhaniya village yesterday, the official said.
“We received information on Friday evening that a farmer had committed suicide under Mengaon police station. A team of officials from the district administration and agriculture department reached the spot immediately,” subdivisional magistrate (SDM) Satyendra Singh said.
Speaking to reporters, the farmer’s uncle Bhagwan Patidar claimed that Jitendra had spoken to him over the phone before committing suicide and had said that he was taking the extreme step due to increasing burden of loan and crop losses.
