Farmer from Katamvaripalli village commits suicide

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Press Trust of India Ongole (AP)
Last Updated : Sep 22 2015 | 11:22 PM IST
P Koti Reddy, a farmer from Katamvaripalli village under Kurichedu mandal of Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district committed suicide by swallowing pesticide on Tuesday night at his farm, a police official said here today.
Prakasam DFistrict Special Branch Deputy Superintendent of Police R Srinivasa Rao said that a land dispute was the cause for his suicide.
Koti Eeddy had been cultivating a 5.96-acre plot for 20 years, but he did have any official document to prove it, since he had tried to get the document and failed, the police official said.
Another villager claimed that the land belonged to him after which Koti Reddy got depressed and committed suicide, the police official said, adding that the Kurichedu police has registered a case.
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First Published: Sep 22 2015 | 11:22 PM IST

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