{
  "id": 15724425,
  "title": "‘My Daughter’s Medical Fees Remain Unpaid, No Loan Waiver for Me’: Distressed Farmer Dies By Suicide In Maharashtra",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/my-daughters-medical-fees-remain-unpaid-no-loan-waiver-for-me",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T08:42:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/my-daughters-medical-fees-remain-unpaid-no-loan-waiver-for-me-distressed-farmer-dies-by-suicide-in-maharashtra"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nanded, Maharashtra: A 46-year-old farmer named Shankar Abanrao Kshirsagar has passed away by suicide on October 20, 2026, after experiencing crop losses due to a prolonged dry spell and facing financial hardships. His daughter's medical education expenses remained unpaid, prompting Kshirsagar to record a video expressing his grievances and appealing to authorities. \"My daughter's medical fees remain unpaid. No loan waiver for me,\" he can be heard saying in the video. The farmer, who grew soybean on his small landholding, had hoped for a good harvest but was devastated by the impact of the delayed rainfall on his crops.",
  "summary": "Nanded: A 46-year-old farmer allegedly died by suicide at his farm in Borgaon village in Nanded district after suffering crop losses due to a prolonged dry spell and struggling with mounting debt and his daughter’s medical education expenses, police said. Before his death, Shankar Abanrao Kshirsagar uploaded an emotional video on social media, appealing to the authorities over his failure to…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}