Rajkot farmer dies by suicide, family blames crop failure but police disagree

Makwana’s elder brother Babubhai said, “We were three brothers. Jesing farmed a two-acre plot owned by the family while my other brother and I work as labourers. Jesing had cultivated groundnut and coriander in the plot. He had suffered losses on two occasions earlier too (due to excess unseasonal rain). He again suffered crop loss due to the recent excess rain. He had been restless for the past few days.”

Jesingbhai Makwana (Express Photo)

Digpalsinh Jadeja, Head Constable, Aji Dam Police Station, ruled out crop failure as the reason for the suicide. Jadeja said, “He has died by suicide due to financial distress and not due to crop failure.”

Makwana is survived by his wife and two sons.