A farmer committed suicide at Lakkunda village in Sakleshpur taluk on Saturday. Dharanendra, 32, hanged himself from a tree on his farmland.
His father Muddanna Pujari in his complaint file with the Sakleshpur Rural Police said Dharandendra had borrowed ₹2.50 lakh from Sundekere branch of State Bank of Mysore, and another ₹5.5 lakh as a private loan to grow coffee on his farm. He was worried about clearing the loan. The police have registered an unnatural death report.
(Those in distress or those having suicidal tendencies can call Arogya Sahayavani Ph: 104 for help.)
