Farmer 'mortgages' son, kills self on failing to repay loan
A farmer in Madhya Pradesh allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison after failing to repay a loan he took from a credit society. The man had also put his 17-year-old son as a 'kamdar' with a camel rearer to borrow another loan of â¹2.5 lakh. Meanwhile, Congress demanded â¹10-lakh compensation for the farmer's family and release of his 'mortgaged' son.