Farmers Movement Archive

Another protesting farmer dies in Barnala

BATHINDA: Another farmer died in Punjab during a protest against farm laws on Friday. Zora Singh (70), of Sekha village here, was returning home on a tractor trolley after participating in a protest outside BJP leader Archana Dutt’s house in Barnala earlier in the day, when he suffered a cardiac arrest around 4pm and died. His body has been kept at Barnala civil hospital. “The tractor trolley carrying some farmers, including Zora, had just left the dharna outside the BJP leader’s house, that he (Zora) lay down in the trolley. When his co-passenger noticed him lying motionless, he checked the pulse and alerted others. They returned to the protest site, where information was given to policemen posted outside the residence of the BJP leader,” said farm organisation BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) activist Balour Singh Chhana. He said the deceased was a regular at the protest and even his wife used to come sometimes. “We want a compensation of Rs 10 lakh and a job to one of the family members. We will not allow postmortem till our demands are met,” he added. So far, 12 farmers have died during nearly two months of protests against Centre’s new farm laws.

The Times of India

2020-11-14

Amritsar