Kerala Farmer Dies By Suicide After Bank Sends Property Attachment Notice

The police suspect that it was a case of suicide, and M R Albert Mundakkal took the extreme step after a bank served him an attachment notice due to default on repayments.

A 73-year-old dairy farmer was found hanging at his residence in Kolakkad, in this north Kerala district on Monday, police said.

The police suspect that it was a case of suicide, and M R Albert Mundakkal took the extreme step after a bank served him an attachment notice due to default on repayments.

Albert, a long-time president of the Kolakkad Diary Cooperative, had borrowed Rs two lakh from the Peravoor branch of Kerala Bank by pledging his property.