Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a water reservoir at his native Thaska Ali village in Kurukshetra. Gurbaksh had been demanding the release of Sikh prisoners who had completed their jail terms.
52-year-old Khalsa, who earlier also had gone on an indefinite fast twice on this issue, on Tuesday evening jumped from an overhead tank where he was holding a fast unto death, police said.
He was rushed to the district civil hospital Kurukshetra where he succumbed to his injuries Tuesday night, they said. Khalsa had been seeking the release of prisoners, including those convicted for assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in 1995.