Chandrapur, Dec. 18 -- A farmer from Maharashtra's Chandrapur district allegedly sold his kidney in Cambodia after a loan of Rs 1 lakh taken from illegal moneylenders ballooned to Rs 48.53 lakh due to exorbitant interest rates and daily penalties, police officials said on Wednesday.
According to the police, Roshan Sadashiv Kude, who had been facing repeated crop failures, borrowed Rs 50,000 each from two private moneylenders in February 2021 to start a dairy business by purchasing milch cows. However, before the venture could succeed, the cows died, and his crops failed, pushing him deeper into financial distress.
Despite selling two acres of farmland, his tractor, other vehicles, and gold ornaments to repay the loan, the moneylenders all...