Three farmers have committed suicide in different parts of Chhattisgarh in the last four days reportedly due to crop failure and accumulation of debts. Himmat Sahu, a farmer from Sambalpur village of Rajnandgaon district, hanged himself early morning of November 16. Rajanandgaon is the Assembly constituency of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Lok Sabha constituency of his son Abhishekh Singh. In the second incident reported from Balod district, Harban Halba of Ghogopuri village ended life on Monday. The third case was reported from Dhamatari district where Jugeshwar Sahu of Jalampur village district, killed himself by consuming poison on Monday morning. The State government and the respective district authorities did not react to two suicides in Rajnandgaon and Balod districts, despite one of them happening in the Chief Minister’s constituency. In a press statement issued by the Directorate of Public Relations (DPR) late on Wednesday evening, the State government denied that Jugeshwar Sahu from Dhamatari district died due to “farm-related causes.” “The farmer did not commit suicide due to any debt burden on him. According to the family members of Mr. Sahu, he was a heavy drinker. The post-mortem report also found a large amount of alcohol inside his body even after 12 hours after death. According to an inspection done by an agriculture officer, Mr. Sahu did not suffer crop loss this year,” claimed the DPR statement. The Congress held the State government responsible for the spurt in farmers’ suicide and claimed that till date this year, 14 farmers had taken the extreme step in different parts of the State. The State government and district authorities did not react to two suicides in Rajnandgaon and Balod districts, despite one of them happening in the Chief Minister’s constituency.