A tenant farmer allegedly killed himself by consuming pesticide in the leased agricultural land at Kotapadu village in Raghunadhapalem mandal around Monday midnight.
Eddem Seethaiah, 45, a tenant farmer, was found dead in a chilli field at Kotapadu in the early hours of Tuesday.
According to sources, Seethaiah cultivated chilli and cotton crops on five acres of leased land by availing credit from private moneylenders in the kharif season.
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He nurtured hopes of reaping a good harvest this year and to make up for the losses he had suffered in agriculture two years ago.
However, the erratic rainfall coupled with the mounting burden of loans and fear over crop prospects drove him to a state of depression.
Seethaiah’s wife, who had gone to see their ailing daughter at the latter’s in-laws house in a nearby town, rushed to the village in the early hours of Tuesday on hearing the news of tragic end of her husband, sources said.
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Nalgonda Staff Reporter writes: A 23-year-old farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticide at Buddharam village of Nalgonda mandal.
The deceased identified as Avula Shekar. He cultivated cotton and other crops on his five acre land but lost hope of getting better yield.
His kin said that was in deep debts as he suffered huge losses in farming during the past couple of years. A case was registered.