Pilibhit (UP), Oct 15 A 34-year-old farmer died allegedly by suicide after consuming a poisonous substance following crop losses and financial distress in Banausa village of Pilibhit tehsil, officials said on Thursday.
Sadar SDM Shraddha Singh said she has taken cognisance of the incident and sent the tehsildar to the village to conduct an inquiry.
According to the SDM, the farmer’s family members told officials that unseasonal rainfall had damaged his paddy crop, while stray cattle had destroyed his sugarcane crop.
The victim, identified as Mahesh, owned around half an acre of agricultural land and had been under stress for the past few days due to crop damage and financial difficulties, she said.
After returning from the fields late on Wednesday night, Mahesh allegedly consumed poison in a room at his home.
His family members rushed him to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
The deceased’s elder brother, Devendra, told the administration that stray cattle had been causing havoc on their 15 bighas of land.
(PTI News)
