Three farmers commit suicide in Maharashtra

Three debt-ridden farmers in Western Vidarbha allegedly committed suicide.

Three debt-ridden farmers in Western Vidarbha allegedly committed suicide, police said.

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Santosh (25) consumed poison on Tuesday in village Rajanda in Akola district. His father sold two acres of land to repay a loan. However, some loan was yet to paid back, police said.

Thirty-three year-old Gautam Narayan Surve and another farmer Shrikrishna Gangaram Rahate (45) also committed suicide by consuming poison, police said.