Apparently distressed over mounting debts, one more farmer committed suicide by hanging in Madhya Pradesh. In this incident, Suraj Singh Rurjar ended life in Sehore, the home district of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In this district alone, the number of farmers' suicides has gone up to 10.
“The body of Suraj Singh Gurjar was found hanging from the branch of a tree in his agricultural field in Pathariya village (of Sehore district) this morning,” Ahmedpur police station in-charge BD Singh said.
A case was registered and a probe was launched, the officer said adding that the exact reason behind his extreme step would be known after the inquiry. However, Jaswant Singh, brother of the deceased, claimed that Gurjar was under a lot of stress due to debts.
"Our family jointly owned 45 acres of land, but poor agricultural produce and inability to repay the loan of Rs 10 lakh forced him to take the extreme step," Jaswant said.
Since June 8, farmers' suicides were reported from Sehore, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Dhar, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Narsinghpur, Sehore, Tikamgarh and Vidisha districts.