Distressed over crop damage due to the recent bout of heavy rains, a tenant farmer and his wife allegedly committed suicide at their house in Nellipalli village in Manthani mandal of Peddapalli district in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as K Ashok, 35, and his wife Sangeetha, 29.
Sources said that Ashok and Sangeetha allegedly ended their lives by consuming pesticide at their house in the small hours of the day apparently due to financial distress.