The number of farmers who died in the last 24 hours went up to four.
Eshwarappa Doddappa Pujari (50), a farmer from Mudanur village in Surpur taluk of Yadgir district, committed suicide by consuming pesticide on Sunday evening.
According to the complaint filed by wife Gouramma, mounting debt and crop failure was the reason behind his death. The farmer owned six acres of land on which he was cultivating cotton, but a crash in prices had led to huge losses.
A case has been registered in Kembhavi police station.
In Hassan, Nagaraj (45) of Adenahalli in Channarayapatna taluk took the extreme step on Monday afternoon.
A notice asking for clearance of loan from a cooperative bank reportedly prompted him to it. He has left behind wife and two sons.
The Shravanabelagola police, who registered the case, said the farmer had taken a loan of Rs. 3.2 lakh from a cooperative bank and from State Bank of India. The bank had served him notice, which reached him four days ago, asking him to clear the dues by August 5.
Failed monsoon and mounting debt drove Ramappa Hanumappa Talawar (60) of Bandiwad village of Hubballi taluk, Dharwad district, to commit suicide on Monday.
He had reportedly taken loan from a nationalised bank and a hand-loan from a few people.
According to family members, he had been cultivating chilli for the kharif season and it failed because of deficient monsoon.
Hubballi tahsildar H.D. Nagavi and Navalgund MLA N.H. Konaraddi visited Bandiwad on Monday to console the family members. Mr. Konaraddi gave Rs. 25,000 from his personal funds to the family. The Hubballi Rural Police have registered a case.
Manje Gowda (40) of Jadaganahalli in Chikkamagaluru taluk, who had attempted suicide on Sunday, died in a private hospital in Hassan on Monday.
Manje Gowda had taken a loan from private moneylenders. The Chikkamagaluru Rural police have registered a case.
