Farmer kills self in Nagpur district

A farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison in Saoner tehsil of Nagpur district on Saturday, police said. The deceased was identified as Krishna alias Vilas Namdeo Tekade (50), a resident of Borgaon village.

According to police, Tekade consumed poison in the afternoon and was found unconscious in an agricultural field at 2 pm. Doctors declared him brought dead at hospital.

Tekade and his brother owned four acres of agricultural land and he also worked at a cement pipe manufacturing factory at Kalmeshwar, police said. But he was jobless since lockdown. Further probe was on. PTI COR KRK KRK

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