Bengaluru, Jul 3 (DHNS): The spate of farmer suicides continues in the State. Mallikarjuna Eranna Vagge, a 22-year-old farmer, hanged himself at his farm at Aliyambar village in Bidar taluk on Wednesday.
The incident came to light on Thursday morning when fellow farmers came to the field.It is said Vagge had availed a loan of Rs 2.5 lakh from a bank for farming on land belonging to his disabled father.
It is said that a quarrel ensued in the house over repaying the loan after the bank issued a notice. This may have led the farmer to take the drastic step, village residents said. Tahsildar Lakshman Rao and senior police officers visited the spot.
Lokesh, 50, a debt-ridden farmer, consumed poison and fell to his death in the Hemavathi canal passing through his field at Moodanahalli village in K R Pet taluk of Mandya district on Thursday.
He had taken loans amounting to Rs two lakh from banks for growing sugar cane. Lokesh had supplied the sugar cane grown on his farm to a local private sugar factory, but had not been paid the dues. This may have driven him to suicide, it is said.
A 45-year-old farmer from Maraduru Moodalakoppalu village in Periyapatna taluk of Mysuru district died at a hospital where he was admitted after he consumed poison, on Wednesday night.
Karigowda had taken a loan of Rs three lakh for his daughter’s marriage from a moneylender. He had consumed poison on June 26, as he was under pressure to repay the money.
He was admitted to K R Hospital in Mysuru for treatment and died as the treatment failed.
Rajegowda, 57, hanged himself to death at his residence at Kirangur village in Hunsur taluk of Mysuru district on Wednesday night.
He had cultivated tobacco, plantain and ginger crops on land belonging to his brother and father.
He had taken loans from private persons for his venture. Rajegowda was upset over the fact that the yield from his farm did not fetch a good price in the market. This may have led him to commit suicide, it is said.
The total number of farmer suicides has reached 20 in the past 10 days.