India: Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in UP's Banda

Suicide by poison

Banda (UP), Dec 4 (PTI) A 55-year-old debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide in a village here by hanging himself from a tree in his field, police said on Friday.

Chunbaddi had taken a loan of Rs 2.5 lakh from a bank and could not repay it, his wife Gangia Devi told police.

The body was found on Friday morning in Barai Maanpur village in Girwan area here, a police officer said.

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