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Daughter's Wedding 20 Days Away, Rain Betrays, Farmer Father Ends Life; Ahilyanagar Mourns
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News18•02-10-2026, 12:28
Daughter's Wedding 20 Days Away, Rain Betrays, Farmer Father Ends Life; Ahilyanagar Mourns
- •Datta Vitthal Suryavanshi (48), a farmer from Hanga, Ahilyanagar, committed suicide.
- •He took this extreme step due to immense debt and crop failure, with his daughter's wedding just 20 days away.
- •The Suryavanshi family's livelihood depended solely on farming, but drought conditions led to no income this year.
- •He was burdened by worries about repaying loans taken from nationalized and cooperative banks.
- •He was found hanging from a tamarind tree behind his house, plunging the entire village into sorrow.
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A 48-year-old farmer named Datta Vitthal Suryavanshi died by suicide by hanging himself from a tamarind tree behind his house. The incident occurred after he returned from work in Parner.
He was under immense mental and financial stress due to drought conditions causing crop failure, a heavy burden of loans from nationalized and cooperative banks, and worries over managing expenses for his daughter's upcoming wedding on October 22.
He was immediately rushed to a private hospital in Supa, but unfortunately, he passed away before any medical treatment could be provided.
