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Buldhana: 'Pledged wife's mangalsutra but couldn't repay loan...', farmer ends life before minister's visit!
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News18•04-10-2026, 11:08
Buldhana: 'Pledged wife's mangalsutra but couldn't repay loan...', farmer ends life before minister's visit!
- •Shankar Rambhau Bharsakale, a farmer from Chondi Takaleshwar in Sangrampur taluka, Buldhana, committed suicide.
- •In his suicide note, the farmer expressed anguish over selling land, mortgaging a field, and even pledging his wife's mangalsutra, yet failing to repay his loan.
- •Farmers are facing severe financial crisis due to drought, crop failure, and increasing debt this year.
- •State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was on a drought assessment tour in Buldhana district when Shankar Bharsakale took the extreme step before the minister reached his village.
- •Villagers have demanded government assistance for the affected family and immediate measures to address farmers' financial problems.
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Shankar Rambhau Bharsakale took his own life due to severe financial distress caused by agricultural losses, continuous crop failures from drought, and overwhelming debt that he could not repay despite selling land, mortgaging a field, and pledging his wife's mangalsutra.
State Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was on a tour to assess the drought situation in the Buldhana district on Saturday when the farmer took the extreme step before the minister reached his village.
Following the incident, villagers expressed deep sorrow and demanded that the affected family receive government assistance along with immediate measures to address ongoing financial problems faced by farmers.
