Debt-ridden Moga farmer ends life

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Updated At : 12:47 PM Jun 12, 2020 IST

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Debt-ridden Moga farmer ends life

Moga, June 11

A 37-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide at Patto Hira Singh village in Nihalsinghwala subdivision of Moga district, police officials said here today.

The deceased was identified as Manjinder Singh who had taken a loan of Rs 9 lakh from a bank and Rs 51,000 from an “arhtiya” (commission agent), but was unable to repay the amount. BKU (Ekta) activists Saudagar Singh Khai, Balvir Singh and others said bank officials were pressuring him to repay the loan. Otherwise, his land would be attached, they told him. He was under stress for the past couple of months. It was due to this reason that Manjinder ended his life, alleged Paramjit Kaur, his wife. — TNS

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