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Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide by consuming poison

Nashik, Nov 12 (UNI) A 53-year-old debt-ridden farmer committed suicide at Bopegaon village in Dindori taluka of the district on Sunday evening.
According to police sources, the deceased identified as Balasaheb Vithoba Kavale(56) owned one acre of grape fields.The farmer took loans of Rs 4 lakh and Rs 4.5 lakh;one for farming purposes and the other for buying a tractor.Owing to low productivity in last year coupled with drought-like situation this year, the farmer defaulted on repayment of loans.
The depressed farmer consumed poison and was agonizing in his field. The nephew of the deceased was the first who came to knew about the incident,after which he informed other family members as well as the police.
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