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Farmer commits suicide

The Newspaper's Correspondent Published October 29, 2014

BAHAWALNAGAR: A farmer committed suicide in Chishtian on Tuesday allegedly after suffering losses in sale of cotton yield.

According to police, Abdul Ghafoor of Chak 41-F, Cheezalabad, had got agricultural inputs on credit for his cotton crop. But, due to various factors he could not meet the expenses incurred on cultivation.

Police said that in a fit of depression the farmer committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.

Published in Dawn, October 29th, 2014

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