Thane: Farmers’ suicides in drought-hit Maharashtra have touched a record number this year with a staggering 400 suicides in the first four months of 2016.
Maharashtra government has announced Rs 1 lakh compensation to the family of any farmer who has committed suicide. However, if you are farmer and trying to commit suicide, here is a tip for you- don’t come out alive.
By any chance, if you manage turn out safe from the ordeal, you not only lose the promised compensation of Rs 1 lakh but you are looking at the prospect of spending a year in jail.
Barku Valku Thackeray, a resident of Koltan village in Thane, met with similar fate. Ridden with the burden of loan, he consumed pesticide. However, the dose was not lethal enough for him and he survived, only to find out that a case had been registered against him.
Police registered a case under section 309 of IPC for allegedly trying to commit suicide over financial crunch.
Barku Valku Thackeray consumed pesticide on May 26 over loan burden, Police Inspector (PI) Ashok Amle of Murbad police station said.
He was rushed to a hospital where he was treated and his life was saved, the PI said.
The farmer was under a bank debt of Rs 33,000. He also suffered crop failure recently because of which he was distressed and tried to end his life, the official said.
The case was yesterday registered against the accused under section 309 of IPC, he said, adding further investigation is on. A person charged with Section 309 of the IPC faces up to one year in prison and a fine.
