PATIALA: A 40-year-old debt-ridden farmer dedicated suicide at Kakrala village in Patiala. The police have booked six individuals for abetment to suicide.
The deceased has been identified as Gurmel Singh. He had additionally been running a battery store for the final 10 years in his village after he found that his agricultural profession used to be not sufficient for him to hold on the expenditures.
Gurmel had hanged himself at his store. He additionally left a suicide notice and blamed the state govt for not waiving off his loan amounting to Rs four lakh. He additionally held six individuals chargeable for the extreme step as they allegedly cheated him and failed to return his cash.
The villagers claimed that Gurmel used to be a small farmer with most effective two acres of land. He had recently sown wheat crop in his fields. The villagers printed that like many other farmers, he used to be distressed over the government’s failure in providing him reduction from the loan amount under the crop loan waiver scheme.
Harmel Singh, leader of farmer union BKU (Ugrahan), said: “Farmers are committing suicide as the state govt has did not fulfil promise of waiving off loans. Farmers having a loan amount of over Rs 2 lakh aren't being integrated in the checklist of the government’s loan-waiving scheme. The police should sign in a case against the state govt and the executive minister.”
A case has been registered at Nabha Kotwali police station against six individuals under Section 306 (abetment of Suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The accused had been identified as Bhinder Singh, Dutt, Parminder Singh, Gora Singh of Isser Combine Company, Jagtaar Singh and Dharma Singh. No arrests had been made thus far. The police are investigating the matter.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased protested against the police officials for not with the ability to arrest the accused.
The deceased is survived via his spouse and a 10-year-old son.
The deceased has been identified as Gurmel Singh. He had additionally been running a battery store for the final 10 years in his village after he found that his agricultural profession used to be not sufficient for him to hold on the expenditures.
Gurmel had hanged himself at his store. He additionally left a suicide notice and blamed the state govt for not waiving off his loan amounting to Rs four lakh. He additionally held six individuals chargeable for the extreme step as they allegedly cheated him and failed to return his cash.
The villagers claimed that Gurmel used to be a small farmer with most effective two acres of land. He had recently sown wheat crop in his fields. The villagers printed that like many other farmers, he used to be distressed over the government’s failure in providing him reduction from the loan amount under the crop loan waiver scheme.
Harmel Singh, leader of farmer union BKU (Ugrahan), said: “Farmers are committing suicide as the state govt has did not fulfil promise of waiving off loans. Farmers having a loan amount of over Rs 2 lakh aren't being integrated in the checklist of the government’s loan-waiving scheme. The police should sign in a case against the state govt and the executive minister.”
A case has been registered at Nabha Kotwali police station against six individuals under Section 306 (abetment of Suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The accused had been identified as Bhinder Singh, Dutt, Parminder Singh, Gora Singh of Isser Combine Company, Jagtaar Singh and Dharma Singh. No arrests had been made thus far. The police are investigating the matter.
Meanwhile, the family members of the deceased protested against the police officials for not with the ability to arrest the accused.
The deceased is survived via his spouse and a 10-year-old son.
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