Farmer commits suicide in Orissa
Janma Behera a farmer of Goela village in Sundargarh district committed suicide last night by consuming pesticide.
A farmer of Goela village in Sundargarh district has committed suicide for alleged failure to repay a crop loan taken by him, police said. The farmer, Janma Behera (40), ended his life last night by consuming pesticide. According to his wife, Jharana, Janma had taken Rs30,000 loan from the local co-operative and invested it for farming his four acre land. But due to scarcity of rainfall, the entire kharif crop had been damaged, causing him mental agony.