A 47-year-old farmer, Rajinder Singh, allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison at Moga, police sources said.
His wife, Sarbjit Kaur, told the local police that he had borrowed Rs 4 lakh from the Punjab and Sind Bank branch, Rs 4 lakh from a commission agent and about Rs 80,000 from the Cooperative Bank.
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She claimed that her husband had taken these loans for agricultural purposes, but repeated crop failure in the past few years added to his debt burden. He owned 4 acres.
The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem examination. Meanwhile the police has registered a case under Section 174 of the CrPC.
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