Another farmer dies by suicide over crop loss in Odisha

JAGATSINGHPUR/KENDRAPARA: A 35-year-old farmer of Jagatsinghpur district died by suicide allegedly after his paddy crop was damaged by the recent unseasonal rainfall. This is the third farmer suicide – and sixth death overall – in the state in about a week.

The farmer, Krutibas Swain hanged himself in his house in Sarana village under Tandikula panchayat in Balikuda police limits, on Monday night.

Swain’s family members said the 35-year-old was under pressure to repay the loans he had taken from moneylenders and cooperative societies. He also wanted to treat his critically-ill father by selling his harvest but the untimely rains pour cold water on all his hopes. Swain was the sole earning member of his family.