Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Yadgir

July 04, 2015 03:39 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 05:24 pm IST - YADGIR

A debt-ridden farmer, who consumed pesticides in the field in Mudanur village in Surpur taluk of Yadgir district, died in a private hospital at Vijayapur late on Friday.

The deceased has been identified as Paramanna Madivalappa Tilagul (48) of Mudanur village.

Immediately after noticing the incident, neighbours and village residents took the farmer to the government hospital in Kembhavi, where he was given preliminary treatment and referred to Vijayapura for further treatment. He succumbed late at night, sources said.

Surpur tahasildar Arun Kumar Kulkarni told The Hindu over phone that the deceased had availed a loan of Rs. 1.18 lakh from a nationalised bank to cultivate cotton crop on 13 acres of land.

According to some residents, he also availed a loan of Rs. 6 lakh from others to develop the land. He had been unable to repay the loans owing the the price cash, they added.

Manoj Jain, Deputy Commissioner, who was on his way to Mudanur village to visit the spot, said that the Assistant Commissioner of Yadgir sub-division and officials of the Agriculture Department, would post-enquiry send a report to the government, recommending compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to the victim's family, within a day or two.

Superintdent of Police Vinayaka Patil also visited the spot. The Kembhavi police have registered a case.

Other cases of farmer suicides in the State

Basavarajappa (55), a farmer from Lakkemakthenhalli village in Davangere taluk, who had consumed poison a fortnight ago, breathed his last in Davangere on Saturday.

A farmer >committed suicide at his residence in Singamaranahalli about 30 km from Hunsur in Mysuru district on June 30.

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