With no end in sight to the ongoing farmers’ protest against the Centre’s three farm laws, Punjab’s two more farmers have “sacrificed” their life to the agitation.
A 63-year-old farmer from Gurm village in Barnala district, Sukhdev Singh, died of cardiac arrest at the ongoing protest outside the residence of BJP Barnala district president Yadwinder Singh Shunty.
A farmer leader said that a meeting was going on when Sukhdev Singh felt uneasy, and immediately he was taken to Barnala civil hospital but was declared ‘dead’ at the hospital.“The dharna outside Yadwinder’s house was going on since October 1, and that too 24X7, and Sukhdev was a regular at the protest and he was an active member of Bharti Kisan Union (BKU), Ekta-Ugrahan,” said a farmer leader, adding that he left behind wife and a son.
Meanwhile, Mansa’s 70-year-old Malkit Kaur died in a road accident at Fatehabad town of Haryana while returning from the farmers’ protest at Delhi border late Sunday night.
A member of Mazdoor Mukti Morcha, she was crossing the road at Fatehabad after alighting from the trolley while returning from Delhi protest that a vehicle hit her and she died after a few hours.