Another debt-ridden farmer commits suicide

Ludhiana: In less than a fortnight, another debt-ridden farmer has committed suicide by consuming poison in Punjab. Farmer Harmeet Singh of Mansuran village took the extreme step after he failed to return the loan taken from a private financier. “My father was under depression after the financier confiscated the land documents and was planning to sell it,” the farmer's son Ishpreet said. He said the crops were ruined because of untimely rain. This is the second debt ridden farmer to give in to financial pressure, in less than a fortnight.