Tenant farmer ends life in Bhupalpally over Rs. 4 lakh loan burden

Bandari Devendar, a 30-year-old tenant farmer from Nacharam village in Malhar mandal, died by suicide after failing to repay a Rs 4 lakh loan. Crop failures and poor market returns left him in financial distress. Police have registered a case and begun an investigation.

Jayashankar Bhupalpally: In yet another instance of suicides by distressed farmers, a 30-year-old tenant farmer ended his life, reportedly depressed over his inability to repay loans, at Nacharam village in Malhar mandal on Sunday.

Family members said Bandari Devendar, a tenant farmer from Nacharam, consumed pesticide after failing to repay a loan of Rs. 4 lakh taken to cultivate a chilli crop. They alleged that Devendar was pushed into deep financial crisis following two consecutive years of chilli crop failure and poor prices for his produce.

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Devendar did not own any land and was entirely dependent on leased farms for livelihood. The back-to-back losses and unsupportive market rates had left him struggling to make ends meet.

Based on a complaint from one of his family members, police registered a case and launched an investigation.