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Five farmers commit suicide in State

Last Updated 03 September 2015, 20:04 IST

Five debt-stressed farmers committed suicide in the State in the last 24 hours.

Basavarajappa, 65, swallowed sleeping pills in Hiregangur of Channagiri taluk on Wednesday. He had borrowed loans up to Rs 3.75 lakh from various banks. He grew areca nut in a 1.25-acre field and owns an acre of dryland. He was upset over the crash in areca nut prices, according to his family members. The Channagiri police have registered a case.

Nagappa Reddy, 70, committed suicide by consuming poison at Kadlegondi village of Harihar taluk on Wednesday. He had borrowed loans up to Rs 4 lakh. He owns two acres of land. Harihar rural police have registered a case.

Krishnamurthy, 52, ingested poison in Lakshmipura village of Madhugiri taluk on Wednesday evening. He had borrowed Rs 4.8 lakh in his mother Thimmakka’s name from State Bank of Mysuru at Tovinakere, Rs 1 lakh from Kalpataru Grameen Bank and Rs 45,000 from a moneylender.

His mother had died a year ago. Along with all the debts, the borewell in his field too had run dry. He committed suicide in distress.

Ramesh Shivaputrappa Gani, 26, a resident of Kiresur village in Hubballi taluk, consumed poison at his wife’s house in Kundagol. He breathed his last at the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubballi.

He had borrowed Rs 2.15 lakh from a nationalised bank. He committed suicide due to crop loss, the police said. A case has been registered at Kundagol police station.

Somalingappa Jamanna Byahatti, 38, a farmer from Benachi village near Alnavar in Dharwad, hanged himself from a tree in his field.

Police said his father had taken a farm loan from the local co-operative society. His paddy crop had failed and he had recently sold his cattle for household expenses.

The police are collecting information about his debt. A case has been registered at the Alnavar police station.

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(Published 03 September 2015, 20:04 IST)

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