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Saturday, Sep 04, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Three ryots commit suicide

By Our Staff Reporter

KARIMNAGAR, SEPT. 3. A farmer, P. Vaikuntam (55), committed

suicide by consuming pesticide in his field at Teegalaguttapalli village in Karimnagar mandal, on Friday morning.

According to the police, he had three acres of land and had already sold away two acres to clear debts. He still had to clear a debt of Rs. 1.4 lakhs and was worried about performing his daughter's marriage. Unable to clear debts due to crop failure, he resorted to the extreme act.

In another incident, a farmer, V. Kanakaiah (42), consumed sleeping pills at Sriramulapalli village of Koheda mandal on Thursday night, unable to clear debts and for allegedly being humiliated by a moneylender.

The police said Kanakaiah owned three acres of land and incurred huge losses due to crop failure. He ran into debts amounting to Rs. 85,000.

Humiliated

The moneylender had served court notices asking him to repay the loan and also spread word using a `dandora' asking people in the village not to purchase Kanakaiah's land.

Humiliated over the `dandora' and unable to repay the debts, he consumed sleeping pills. He was found dead on Friday.

KURNOOL: A farmer, identified as G. Timma Reddy (54), committed suicide by consuming poison at Venkatagiri in Kodumur mandal of Kurnool district on Friday. According to reports, he had incurred heavy financial loss in the last few years owing to crop failure.

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