Farmer burns self after crop loss

Kadapa: A farmer allegedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze after losing agricultural crop, at Raghunathapalli village of Siddavatam mandal in Kadapa district late on Monday night. Local shepherds noticed the charred body of the farmer, Sirigireddy Siva Reddy, 45, lying in the village outskirts and informed the police.

According to local police, Siva Reddy had incurred heavy loss due to successive crop failure. He had borrowe

Though farmers committing suicide over mounting

crop loss

is quite common, it is for the first time at a farmer had chosen to immolate himself. Farmers usually consume pesticide or hang themselves from a tree.

RIMS police are investigating the case. Local police inspector Mohan Prasad visited the spot.