Kendrapara, Dec 28: In a tragic incident, a farmer allegedly committed suicide by consuming pesticide after incurring crop loss due to unseasonal rain in Odisha’s Kendrapara district today.
As per reports, the deceased, identified as Daitari Jena (72) of Kosida village under Derabish police limits in the district, had taken out a loan to cultivate his land.
However, the recent unseasonal rainfall destroyed his entire crop. On Friday, he visited his field to assess the damage and was devastated by the sight. Unable to bear the pain, he returned home and consumed pesticides.
Thereafter, his family members rushed him to a nearby hospital, where the attending doctors declared him dead.
A pal of gloom descended in the village following the incident.
Notably, this is the second such incident in Kendrapara district in recent days. Few days back, 52-year-old Gourahari Mallick died of cardiac arrest after incurring crop loss due to unseasonal rain.
