<p>Unable to repay mounting debts, a 55-year-old farmer committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at his farm near Adagooru village in the taluk on Sunday morning.<br />The deceased farmer has been identified as Srinivas, a resident of Adagooru village.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It is learnt, the farmer had supplied 130 tonnes of sugar cane to IPL sugar factory. But the factory had not cleared dues of Rs 2 lakh. The farmer had taken crop loans and personal loans from the local moneylenders.<br /><br />On Sunday morning, Srinivas went to his 5.9-acre farm and ended his life by hanging himself from a tree there. The body of Srinivas has been handed over to the relatives after conducting postmortem at Adagooru primary health centre (PHC). He is survived by wife and four daughters.<br /><br />Hassan farmer ends life<br /><br />In yet another incident reported from Hassan district, a 60-year-old debt-stressed farmer, who had consumed pesticide a four days back, failed to respond to treatment and died on Sunday at Adichunchanagiri Hospital at Bellur. <br /><br />The victim Puttaswamy, a resident of Aruvanahalli under Shravanabelagola hobli, had availed loans to develop his farm and for his daughter’s marriage. <br /><br />Not being able to repay the loans, he ended his life by consuming pesticide, Devamma, wife of Puttaswamy, stated in a complaint lodged with the jurisdictional police. <br /><br /></p>
<p>Unable to repay mounting debts, a 55-year-old farmer committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at his farm near Adagooru village in the taluk on Sunday morning.<br />The deceased farmer has been identified as Srinivas, a resident of Adagooru village.<br /><br /></p>.<p>It is learnt, the farmer had supplied 130 tonnes of sugar cane to IPL sugar factory. But the factory had not cleared dues of Rs 2 lakh. The farmer had taken crop loans and personal loans from the local moneylenders.<br /><br />On Sunday morning, Srinivas went to his 5.9-acre farm and ended his life by hanging himself from a tree there. The body of Srinivas has been handed over to the relatives after conducting postmortem at Adagooru primary health centre (PHC). He is survived by wife and four daughters.<br /><br />Hassan farmer ends life<br /><br />In yet another incident reported from Hassan district, a 60-year-old debt-stressed farmer, who had consumed pesticide a four days back, failed to respond to treatment and died on Sunday at Adichunchanagiri Hospital at Bellur. <br /><br />The victim Puttaswamy, a resident of Aruvanahalli under Shravanabelagola hobli, had availed loans to develop his farm and for his daughter’s marriage. <br /><br />Not being able to repay the loans, he ended his life by consuming pesticide, Devamma, wife of Puttaswamy, stated in a complaint lodged with the jurisdictional police. <br /><br /></p>
