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Unable to withstand the calamities of nature over a long stretch of time, a farmer in Banda decided to put an end to his miseries by immolating himself on Wednesday.
Ironically, while the Banda district administration claimed to be looking into the suicide motive, the police dismissed it as an “outcome of a family feud”.
As per reports, Hargovind Chaturvedi (60) of Gumanganj area of Nairaini (Banda) owned a land holding of 25 bighas and had taken a bank loan of Rs 1 lakh for the present crop season. But recent untimely rains and hailstorm had wreaked havoc on the standing crops in his field, forcing him to worry about ways to repay the bank loan on time.
To add to his woes, the recent lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus aggravated his plethora of problems.
Unable to cope up with his miseries, Hargovind finally decided to put an end to them on Wednesday night and doused himself with kerosene and set himself afire. His family members somehow put out the fire and rushed him to a nearby primary health centre where he succumbed to the burns soon after.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate Vandita Srivastava told local media persons on Thursday that she was not aware of the incident and assured of inquiring into the details. However, SHO of Nairaini police station, Girendra Singh, said that the victim committed suicide “due to a family dispute”’
A case was registered and investigation is underway.
Meanwhile in Jalaun, a boy was killed after being trapped inside a thrasher on Wednesday night.
Businessman Rajendra, who used to work at his establishment in Hamirpur, returned to his native village in Jalaun due to the lockdown. On Wednesday night, he was helping his brother to harvest crop with a thrasher when his son Satyam (7) suddenly got caught. Before they could stop the machine, the boy was chopped to pieces in the machine and killed.
A case was registered and the body was sent for autopsy.