Hyderabad, Feb. 24 -- Distressed over unpaid loans, a Telangana farmer committed suicide in the early hours of Monday, February 24, in the Sircilla Assembly constituency of Telangana.

The deceased farmer has been identified as Jella Devaiah, 51, a native of Pothugal village in Mustabad mandal of Rajanna Sircilla district.

According to locals, after midnight, the farmer went out of his house towards paddy fields, where he consumed pesticide and killed himself. His family members found his dead body in the morning.

Village elders said that his crop had dried up and got withered in this season. They added that Devaiah was distressed over the threat of pending loans that he could not repay, which led him to take the extreme step.

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