Mysore/Mysuru: Depressed over Bank officials denying loan citing technical reason, a sugarcane grower attempted suicide by consuming poison in the Bank. The incident took place at Antharasanthe hobli in H.D. Kote taluk on Monday and the farmer, who attempted suicide, is 70-year-old Ningegowda, a resident of Hosaholalu village in Antharasanthe hobli.
Ningegowda, under the leadership of State Sugarcane Growers Association State President Kurubur Shanthakumar, had applied for a loan of Rs. 2 lakh at Karnataka Gramin Bank at Antharasanthe hobli about two months ago.
