Farmers' agitation: Rs 8 lakh relief for family of advocate who ended life

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Farmers' agitation: Rs 8 lakh relief for family of advocate who ended life

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Fazilka, January 3A large number of residents took part in the last rites of advocate Amarjit Singh Rai who ended his life in support of farmers’ agitation at the Tikri border a week ago.Jalalabad MLA Raminder Singh Awla, Fazilka MLA Davinder Singh Ghubaya, former minister Hans Raj Josan, Jalalabad Bar Association president Rohit Dahuja and farmer leaders paid tributes to Rai at a ceremony at Jalalabad on Saturday.Awla handed over a cheque for Rs 5 lakh to the family members of the deceased on behalf of the Punjab Government. Besides, Rs 1 lakh each were given to the family by the Jalalabad Bar Association, Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana High Court and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee.

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The Tribune

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2021-01-04