Punjab: 65-year-old marginal farmer commits suicide

Punjab: Jaswinder Singh, a 65-year-old farmer of Nadampur village in Bhawanigarh, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison on Tuesday. Jaswinder owned two acres of land and was under debt and suffering from depression. Jodha Singh of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Ugrahan) demanded financial assistance for the bereaved family and a government job for Jaswinder’s son.