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Under debt, two farmer brothers attempt suicide
One dies, another battles for life in Mansa
Bharat Khanna
Tribune News Service

Mansa, May 10
Unable to repay the loan taken by their septuagenarian father, two brothers attempted suicide at Hassanpur village of Mansa district.

Though 33-year-old Jugraj Singh died soon after consuming a pesticide, 30-year-old Jagtar Singh is battling for life at a private hospital.

The brothers took the extreme step after receiving a letter from a bank that asked their father Ram Singh to repay the Rs 2.81-lakh loan taken by him 15 years ago.

The police have recorded the statement of victims’ mother Jaswant Kaur who said her sons had attempted suicide after receiving a recovery letter from the bank. Investigating officer ASI Baldev Singh said: “The farmers attempted suicide on Thursday but the police were not informed about the death of one of them.”