Mah farmer 'invites' villagers for last rites, then hangs self

January 16, 2016 09:49

When a debt-ridden farmer in Jalna district of Marathwada region kept 'inviting' people in his village for his 'last rites', little did they know that he wasn't joking.

It was only when the farmer Sheshrao Shejul, 40, hanged himself the next day that his family members and other villagers realised the seriousness of his intent. "Sheshrao told me and several others in the village that he would be leaving us and invited all villagers for last rites, but nobody took him seriously," a villager said.

"The next morning, we found his body hanging from a neem tree," he said. Sheshrao owned two acre land and the soyabean crop he grew failed due to the acute drought in Marathwada region.

To top it all, he had taken Rs 80,000 loan and was worried about how to arrange for his daughter's marriage.

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