Hyderabad, Jan. 18 -- In a heartbreaking incident, a 48-year-old Telangana farmer died by suicide by consuming poison at a bank in Adilabad on Saturday, January 18, allegedly unable to pay his mounting debts.

The deceased farmer, Jadav Deva Rao, was a farmer from Saidapur in Bela Mandal of Adilabad.

In a disturbing CCTV visual that emerged online, the Telangana farmer is seen entering the bank where he had loans and consuming pesticide from a canister. According to Adilabad police, the farmer had a loan of Rs 3.5 lakh with the local ICICI bank branch.

The bank manager was reportedly harassing Rao after he defaulted on two loan instalments of Rs 25,000 each that he had taken by pledging 5 acres of land he owned.

The farmer is survived ...