Mysore, June 18 -- K.R. Pet, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) this morning visited Aghalaya village in K.R. Pet taluk, where a debt-ridden farmer ended his life on Monday after making a selfie video appealing the CM to attend his last rites.

Yesterday, 50-year-old farmer Suresh, who was reportedly unable to repay debts, had ended his life by hanging self from a tree near his farmland. Before taking his life, Suresh had made a self video, wherein he had claimed that he was an ardent fan of Kumaraswamy and that he should attend his last rites.

Suresh had also urged the CM to fill all water bodies in Santhebachahalli hobli limits and thus come to the rescue of distraught farmers, who are worried over drought and failing crops.

The fa...