Madhya Pradesh: Another farmer commits suicide

The spate of farmer suicides in Madhya Pradesh continues unabated. A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide in Indore's Simrol in Madhya Pradesh.

Since June 8, farmers suicides were reported from Sehore, Hoshangabad, Raisen, Dhar, Neemuch, Mandsaur, Sagar, Chhatarpur, Narsinghpur, Sehore, Tikamgarh and Vidisha districts.

Western Madhya Pradesh had witnessed a major farmers' agitation over loan waiver and remunerative prices for produce in the first fortnight of June. Five persons had died in police firing in Mandsaur district on June 6 during this agitation.

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