A farmer in Nanakmatta area has died reportedly due to as yet unexplained causes. The farmer had to repay the remaining amount of a loan amounting to Rs 1.91 lakh to a bank and had received a notice from the bank to this effect. locals believe that the old farmer died from shock after receiving the bank notice. The district magistrate has stated that the case will be investigated from various angles.
Resident of Biriya Bhud village in Nanakmatta, 70 year old Massa Singh had taken an agricultural loan from the branch of a bank in Sitarganj. It is being stated that due to financial problems, Singh was able to pay only a few installments of the loan back to the bank.
At present, he had to repay about Rs 91,122 to the bank. local sources state that about two days ago, officials of the bank visited his home asking him to clear the repayment of the remaining bank loan amount. They also handed him a notice directing him to clear his due within a period of 15 days, warning that stringent action would be taken in case of failure to repay the loan amount. Due to his weak financial condition, he was finding himself unable to collect such a considerable sum of money within a fortnight. locals state that since receiving the notice from the bank Singh had been depressed. He had about 2.5 acre land but even this was mortgaged with the bank. He breathed his last on Monday. The locals believe that due to the dire straits he was in, he was under extreme stress which caused his death.
His family members cremated him without a post mortem examination being conducted on his body. Massa Singh was unmarried and had adopted the son of a relative. The Udham Singh Nagar district magistrate Neeraj Khairwal said that a detailed probe will be conducted into the incident. Since the deceased farmer did not have a wife or a biological child, the case will be investigated from all angles.