MOGA, Punjab -- A debt-ridden farmer allegedly committed suicide along with his three children after jumping into a canal in the district, police said today.
The deceased has been identified as Jagjit Singh (45) and his children - Harmanbir Kaur (10), Jashandeep Kaur (8) and Jagsir Singh (8).
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The farmer allegedly took the extreme step yesterday in Machaki Mal Singh village here as he had to pay back a loan of ā¹8 lakh, police said.
The wife of the deceased had left him three years back, they said.
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