A 62-year-old debt-ridden farmer Kashinath Manikrao Srigeri ended his life by consuming a poisonous substance after failing to repay loans, at Diggi village in Kamalanagar taluk of Bidar district on Sunday.
The deceased farmer had availed himself of loan from a co-operative society and private moneylenders. He owned 16 guntas of rain-fed land.
A case has been lodged at the Kamalanagar Police Station.
( Those in distress or having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani on Ph: 104 for help.)
