The Plight of Maharashtra Farmers is deeply concerning day by day, since the data stated that 781 farmers have committed suicide in just the first months of 2025. These suicides have been appeared in the Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra due to mounting loans, crop failures and heavy rainfall. A recent case of a Maharashtra farmer selling his kidney to repay debt is yet another case that gives blow to this gruesome reality.
The Terrible Plight of the Maharashtra Farmer
According to reports, Roshan Sadashiv Kude from Chandrapur, a miserable Maharashtra Farmer, had been forced to sell his kidney for Rs. 8 lakh in Cambodia in October 2024. His terrible plight began when his crops failed and his struggling dairy business in 2021. This Maharashtra farmer borrowed Rs 1 lakh from multiple private moneylenders to save his failing enterprise. The miserable death of his cows made that debt unmanageable. The harrowing fact of this situation was that lenders allegedly charged exorbitant daily interest, which turned 1 lakh principal amount into a mounting amount of Rs 74 lakh.
To get rid of this, he sold his land and assets, including his household items. Still, he was not able to repay his full debt and then a time came when he had to sell his kidney. After all, he was contacted by an agent and trafficked to Cambodia, where the illegal organ removal surgery took place on 14 October 2024. He received only 8 lakh for his organ, which barely made a dent in his staggering liability.
Following the initial reports of inaction, the Brahmapuri police, under the supervision of Chandrapur S, registered an offence and took all six named accused moneylenders into custody for their predatory practices.