Updated: December 21, 2020 6:49:57 pm
Protest site on the Singhu border of Delhi
A farmer from the Tarn Taran district of Punjab allegedly tried to commit suicide on Monday in the Singhu border area of Delhi.
According to sources, the 65-year-old farmer was first admitted to the Sonipat civil hospital, but was later referred to the Rohtak Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. He also wrote a note in support of protesting farmers.
A police spokesman said the farmer is currently in treatment and the matter is being investigated.
The incident comes days after a Sikh preacher Baba Ram Singh died by suicide in the same area. So far, 41 farmers have died in Punjab and Delhi since Sept. 15 when protests against farm laws escalated in Punjab and Haryana. Of these, 30 were only from Malwa’s belt, six from Doaba’s belt, two from Majha’s belt, and three from Haryana.
There are no exact lists of people who died in Morcha Delhi or on the way to Delhi. More than 26 of them are said to have died after November 26 in Delhi or on the way to or while returning from Delhi. Among these victims were two women: Tej Kaur, 80, who died in Budhlada by accidentally falling on the train track on October 8, and Gurmail Kaur, who died of a heart attack during a protest in Bathinda.
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