A 30-year-old debt-ridden farmer committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling at his residence in Betul district on Wednesday night.
Maniram Salame took the extreme step in Sitadongri village of Betul district late last evening when his kin had gone to attend a religious programme in a nearby village, said Chicholi police station in-charge Sunil lata.
lata said, as per his kin, Salame had taken a loan of Rs one lakh from a self-help group and was unable to repay the loan back.
“However, no land was registered on Salame's name in the revenue records. We have handed over his body to the kin after the post-mortem and a probe is on,” the police officer said.
Meanwhile, his father Bhujal Salame claimed that Maniram was under stress after his crop got destroyed in the recent hailstorm.
\The villagers on Thursday staged a road blockade on the National Highway-59A following the incident.