Hunsur: In separate incidents, two young farmers, who had taken crop loans from banks and others, committed suicide as they were unable to repay the loans following crop loss.
In the first incident, Sridhar (30), a resident of Hosur Kodagu Colony here, committed suicide by consuming pesticides. He owned about 5.8-acre land, used to grow tobacco & ginger and had taken Rs. 1 lakh from a nationalised bank and Rs. 3 lakh from a Mahila Sangha and his friends.






