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UP farmer shoots self after crop failure

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Press Trust of India Hathras (UP)
A 35-year-old farmer allegedly shot himself in Shekhupur Ajeet village here after his crop was destroyed due to unseasonal rain, police said today.

Dilip Kumar shot himself with his licensed revolver after his standing crop was destroyed due to rain, Hathras Junction police station incharge Mohammed Yunus Siddiqui said.

Rajkumar, father of the deceased said the victim had taken loan to plant the crop, he added.

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First Published: Mar 11 2015 | 2:42 PM IST

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