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Three farmers commit suicide in Andhra

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Press Trust of India Karimnagar (AP)
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 5:46 PM IST

Bhimuni Kanakaiah (44), a cotton-grower from Suraiahpalli village killed himself by consuming pesticide in his field yesterday, they said, adding the deceased had borrowed a loan of Rs 2 lakh but failed to repay it as the crop failed due to deficient rains.

A case has been registered under Manthani police station limits.

In another incident, Burra Ramesh Goud (27) took the extreme step by consuming pesticide on similar grounds at his house in Kamanpur block yesterday, police said.

Another cotton farmer S. Yadagiri (47) from Manikyapur village hang himself to a tree at his field yesterday, police said, adding he had incurred huge debts.

  

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First Published: Nov 01 2012 | 11:45 AM IST

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