Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh): A 54-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district as he was unable to repay a bank loan, police said on Thursday.
Rampat Choudhary (54), resident of Rajegaon village, took the extreme step on Wednesday evening, said a local police official.
After a prolonged spell of rains damaged his crops, he was struggling to repay a loan of around Rs 3 lakh, said Mohkhed police station in-charge Gopal Ghosle.
A case of suicide has been registered and further probe was on, the official added.
Choudhary, who owned four acres of land, had taken a loan of Rs 2.17 lakh in 2020 and another loan of Rs 65,000 in 2021, as per his family.
