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Mired in debt, farmer kills himself in UP

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Press Trust Of India
A cane farmer allegedly hanged himself to death at the Bastauli village in the Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday over debt and prolonged illness. Satyapal Singh (40), in a suicide note to the Bhira police station station house officer, spoke of debts of "Rs 1 lakh of Allahabad Bank, Rs 70,000 of UP Land Development Bank, Rs 38,000 of Bastauli Cane Society and Rs 20,000 of Bhira Cane Society," the police said. Besides, Singh has mentioned about "prolonged pain in his spinal cord" and stated that "he was left with no other option but to end his life."

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First Published: Nov 28 2013 | 10:40 PM IST

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