BHANDARA: The Harne family of Sangaon village in Bhandara district's Sakoli tehsil suffered a double tragedy in two days. On Tuesday, paddy farmer Hargovind Harne (45), heavily indebted and reeling under a severe crop loss, committed suicide. So utterly penniless had he become, that he bought the bottle of pesticide, which he gulped to end his life, on credit.Fate's second blow was cruelly swift: Hargovind's father Bajirao (70), too shocked to bear the loss, passed away on Wednesday night.Hargovind, a master's degree holder in arts, had six acres of fertile land. After investing almost Rs 1 lakh in paddy cultivation in the kharif season earlier this year, his crop suffered due to untimely rains. To make matters worse, paddy fetched abysmally low prices this year, denying Hargovind an opportunity to recoup at least some of his crop loss.His family members said he had loans worth Rs 3 lakh from the Vainganga Rural Bank, primary sale purchase cooperative society of the village and a private money lender.After the harvest, creditors started queuing up at Hargovind's door, pressuring him to pay up. "He tried to reason out with them but in vain. The mounting debt pushed him into depression," a relative said.On Tuesday, Hargovind bought on credit a bottle of pesticide from the agro service centre at the nearby Sangadi village. He returned home in the afternoon. Seeing that no one from his family was present, he consumed the poisonous pesticide.After some time, his younger brother came to the house and saw his brother in critical condition. He was rushed to the nearby hospital but had breathed his last before he could get medical attention. He left behind his wife, a daughter, three brothers and an aged father. His last rites were performed on Wednesday.On the same night, Hargovind's father Bajirao, unable to bear the loss of his son, too passed away. His cremation took place on Thursday. A grieving villager said, "Many villagers are in a similarly pathetic condition. Who knows if this is the beginning of a spate of suicides?"