Perturbed with the damage of his crop in the recent hailstorm and heavy rains a farmer committed suicide by hanging at his Chenpura village residence under Ichhawar police station of the district on Wednesday. Police sources said the victim Hariom Parmar (30) had received loan from local people and could not get good crops in past two seasons. Since, the crop got damaged due to hailstones, he was upset for past few days.
The family members of the victim told police that the victim owned 5 acres of land that he used to cultivate by taking loan from Kisan Credit card. Besides, he had also received loans from local people, as he required more cash for purchase of seeds and irrigation purposes. They further said that in the recent hailstorm and heavy rains, he had lost the complete crop and was reeling under shock for past one week. Victim’s elder brother Uday Singh told that Hariom used to live separately from parents and was engaged in farming by his own. He informed that Hariom had taken loans from Bank of Maharashtra and Union Bank of India, and due to non-payment of loans for past two years, he was getting notices repeatedly. The police have registered a case under section 174 of the CrPC and started investigation. The victim left behind an eight-year-old daughter and six-year-old son.Meanwhile, Prem Singh, son of farmer Omkar Singh, who had died of cardiac arrested after he lost his crop in the hailstorm, has stated that in the present situation, it would not be possible for him to repay the loans of banks and moneylenders. Omkar had died at his lasudiya Khas village on Tuesday.