MYSURU/ HUBBALLI/BENGALURU: As two more debt-ridden farmers committed suicide in the state on Friday, agriculture minister Krishna Byregowda said the government will constitute a committee of experts next week to study the reasons for these deaths happening on a daily basis since June.

"We are not able to understand the reasons for the rise in the number of suicides," he told TOI. At least 28 suicides were reported in June, most of them in Mysuru-Chamarajanagar-Mandya belt .

On Friday, one farmer died and another is battling for life after attempting suicide in Hunsur taluk of Mysuru district. One more farmer hanged himself in Tarihal village near Hubballi.

Sannaswamy Gowda, 45, of Mudala Koppal village in Kasaba hobli of Hunsur taluk died after consuming pesticide at home. He had taken a loan of Rs 83,000 from Vijaya Bank. His relatives said Gowda had also taken loans from private moneylenders.

Sangappa, 33, of Channasoge village in Hanagodu hobli, is fighting for life in a private hospital in Mysuru after consuming pesticide. Police said Sangappa had borrowed around Rs 7 lakh from private financiers and attempted suicide after he failed to repay it.

Elsewhere in Hubballi, Veerupakshappa Betageri, 55, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree at Tarihal village on Friday evening. Police said the farmer's soybean crop failed this year, pushing him into debt.He had reportedly taken a loan of Rs 5 lakh from moneylenders and was struggling to repay it.

Instill confidence: Minister

Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, who was in Hubballi for an event on Friday, asked all states to put in place measures to instill confidence among farmers.

High command asks questions

The Siddaramaiah government is concerned as there have been enquiries from the Congress high command about suicides by farmers and the JD(S) is set to move a no-trust motion during the legislature session in Bengaluru next week. Though the Congress is comfortably placed with 123 members against 102, the combined strength opposition, no ruling party would like to have a no-confidence motion moved against it.