A 35-year-old farmer of Jagatsinghpur district died by suicide allegedly after his paddy crop was damaged by the recent unseasonal rainfall. This is the third farmer suicide - and sixth death overall - in the state in about a week.
The farmer, Krutibas Swain, hanged himself in his house in Sarana village under Tandikula panchayat in Balikuda police limits, on Monday night.
Swain's family members said the 35-year-old was under pressure to repay the loans he had taken from moneylenders and cooperative societies. He also wanted to treat his critically-ill father by selling his harvest, but the untimely rains poured cold water on all his hopes. Swain was the sole earning member of his family.
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