Debt-ridden farmer kills self in Muktsar

Muktsar, May 27

A 50-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly died by suicide after consuming a poisonous substance at Kothe Ramsar near Kotli village here.

Sources said Jagjit Singh allegedly consumed poison yesterday and was taken to a hospital at Goneana, where he died today. Victim’s son Sandeep Singh told the police his father had been under stress due to debt taken from a bank and some private lenders. The deceased owned four acres. The police have started inquest proceedings in this regard. — TNS