India News | Depressed over Drumstick Produce Not Getting Right Price, Maha Farmer Ends Life
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 64-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide after not getting a remunerative price for his drumstick produce in Katol in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, a police official said on Monday.
Nagur, May 2 (PTI) A 64-year-old farmer allegedly committed suicide after not getting a remunerative price for his drumstick produce in Katol in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, a police official said on Monday.
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Farmer Nandkishore Shirpurkar ended his life at his home in Kohala village by consuming poison on Saturday night, the Katol police station official said.
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"As per his son, Shirpurkar had cultivated drumsticks on a three-care plot but was depressed after not getting the right price for his produce. We have registered an accidental death case and are probing further," he said.
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