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Nagpur: A Debt Ridden farmer committed suicide along with his one-and a-half daughter by jumping into a lake near village Wadegaon, about 11 kilometre from Kuhi the other day.
Bodies of Gyaniwant Rajeram Bante (32) and his one-and-a-half daughter Simran were fished out from the lake by villagers on Monday. Bante had allegedly taken loan from some banks and money-lenders. He was unable to repay the loan to them.
According to Nagpur(Rural) Police, Bante and his wife were working in the fields around 8.30am on Monday. Bante returned to Wadegaon village .He then took Simran along with him and jumped in to the lake.
Initially, Kuhi Police had registered a case under Section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure. Later, cops registered an offence u/s 302 of the IPC against deceased Bante for killing his daughter.