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Sullia: Debt burden- farmer ends life, BJP state president consoles family

  •   Sat, Sep 12 2015 05:53:41 PM

Daijiworld Media Network - Sullia (SP)

Sullia, Sep 12: A farmer named Sanjeeva Rao (68) alias Mike Sanjeevanna from Bettampady in the taluk committed suicide on Thursday September 10 evening at his home by hanging himself. It is said that he was worried over mounting loan dues. MP and state BJP president, Prahlad Joshi, visited the family.

Rao is survived by wife, a son, and two daughters. His body was brought on Thursday night to the government hospital here and taken back home after postmortem.

It is gathered that in a suicide note left behind, Rao said that he was finding it hard to clear a loan amounting to four lac rupees that he had raised from the Land Development Bank in the town. Rao had one and half acres of agricultural field and was well-known for being an operator of microphones in the region.

Sanjeeva Rao was suffering from diabetes and other ailments of late and one of his legs had to be amputated recently, which had affected his work as microphone operator.

A large number of locals and dignitaries including officials visited his house on Friday morning and offered condolences to the grieving family. It is gathered that out of six lac rupees raised from the bank, Rao had repaid two lac rupees, but always kept worrying about the remaining loan amount. His brother, Shankar Rao, said that the bore well dug by his elder brother had failed and failing health had compounded matters. He recalled that his brother always kept harping about the huge loan amount he had raised and not having means to repay it.

BJP state president, Prahlad Joshi, visited the family's house at Bettampady on Friday, along with opposition leader in legislative council, Eshwarappa, MP, Nalin Kumar Kateel, leader, Tejaswini Ramesh, MLAs, Araga Jnanendra, Sunil Kumar, and Angara, MLC, Kota Srinivas Poojary, taluk panchayat president,Jayaprakash Kunchadka, town panchayat president, N A Ramachandra and many others. He consoled the family members and urged the state government to take incidents of farmer suicides in all seriousness and draft guiding principles to stop them.
  

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sun, Sep 13 2015

    very sad and at the same time he has left back his Family whole responsibility of this loan and its consequences.Why do People suicide without thinking it will make their left back Family members still worse?what should be done to reduce such hard decisions by the People.At least he could sell Piece of land to reduce at least bank consents.Instead now big Problem,and Family too may follow him.Bank will be naturally happy to get land.All visiting Ministers and leaders visit ,condolence will be given but no help extend.Heartfelt sympathy to the Family.

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