Debt-ridden farmer kills self by lighting own pyre in field
A 65-year-old farmer in Maharashtra's Nanded district allegedly committed suicide by lighting up his own pyre at his field after failing to repay his debt to banks and cooperative societies due to crop failure. Potanna Ramalu Bolpilwad was reportedly depressed over this failure and after his name didn't figure in the list of beneficiaries under the government's loan waiver scheme.