Farmer commits suicide in Mahasamund district of Chhattisgarh

A farmer committed suicide in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district yesterday, police said.

This is the second farmer suicide in the district in the last four days.

Hiradhar Nishad (55) drank pesticide in his field at Jamgaon village under Bagbahara police station limits, police said, adding that there was no suicide note.

Nishad's wife claimed that mounting debt and power bills was the reason for the suicide, but the administration said this did not seem to be the case.

"Preliminary investigation revealed that he had no debt burden," district collector Himshikhar Gupta told

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