60-year-old debt- ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide in Maharashtra

A 60-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide in Nashik, Maharashtra apparently due to crop failure and debt burden, police said Wednesday January 23.

Deepak Eknath Vazre, a resident of village Mukhed in Yeola tehsil, hanged himself using his turban at his residence Tuesday January 22, they said.

Vazre, who owned agriculture land at Mukhed, had suffered losses due to drop in crop production, the police said, adding he had also taken loan from a cooperative society.

Reduction in farm production and rising loan burden may have driven him to take the extreme step, they said.

A case of accidental death has been registered and further probe was underway, the police added.