NAGPUR: Five farmers from Vidharbha region committed suicide on Independence Day, a NGO said today.
The deceased farmers have been identified as Bhikan Ratna Jadhav (Akola), Sunil Subhash Dumale (Amravati), Sagar Derva Ingole (Yavatmal), Devidas Suryawanshi (Nanded) and Kankar Apparao Harkad (Parbhani), President, Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti Kishore Tiwari said in a release here.
As many as 32 farmers have ended their lives during the last ten days, Tiwari claimed in the release.