Unable to pay debt, farmer ends life; Cops say otherwise

Gurminder Singh Grewal

Khanna, August,19

Unable to pay his debt, a 28-year-old farmer of Maksudra village here allegedly committed suicide at his house.

The deceased has been identified as Kuldeep Singh, alias Sukha, a resident of Maksudra village, falling under Payal police station under Khanna police district.

However, the police claimed that the deceased committed suicide due to long illness, but the family members and villagers said he committed suicide as he was under heavy debt. The deceased was the only son of his old parents.

As per the information, the deceased allegedly committed suicide when he failed to repay the money taken from the bank for a small piece of land by his father. When he found that he was unable to repay the amount, he took the extreme step.

The relatives, including paternal uncle Balwinder Singh and maternal uncle Baljit Singh, said the deceased was upset when he found that his old father won’t be able to pay the debt taken for a small piece of land. Being a good son, he started helping his father but they failed to pay the debt, they said, adding that routine checks by bank officials also made him upset and he took the extreme step.

Payal SHO Gurmel Singh said the deceased committed suicide as he was under depression due to long illness. No case was registered in this regard and the body was handed over to his guardians after post mortem acting under Section 174 of the CRPC. SSP Khanna NS Mahal also confirmed this incident and said as per the preliminary investigation, the farmer committed suicide due to his illness.