Farmer's suicide: Two bank officials among five booked

Two bank officials were booked by UP police after a suicide note was recovered from a pocket of a debt-ridden farmer. The farmer had committed suicide and had allegedly blamed bank officials and a middleman for the extreme step of suicide as he was unable to pay the loan amount which he had taken from a bank.

Saharanpur (UP): Police have booked five people, including two bank officials, two days after a debt-ridden farmer committed suicide in UP's Saharanpur, officials said here on Monday.

They said the wife of the victim, Vedpal, had lodged a complaint at the Fatehpur police station here on the basis of a suicide note recovered from his pocket.

According to police, the farmer had taken a loan of Rs 2.5 lakh from the bank, which he was unable to pay.

He was allegedly harassed for it due to which he hanged himself from a tree outside a bank.

Police have launched investigation after registering a case under Section 307 of the IPC.

In the suicide note, Vedpal had allegedly blamed bank officials and a middleman for the extreme step.

PTI report.