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Lakhvir suffered a heart attack this morning. (Twitter/Raakhi Jagga)Less than 24 hours after 60-year-old Gurjant Singh, a farmer from Punjab’s Mansa district, died at Tikri border, another farmer, identified as Lakhvir Singh, who hailed from Bathinda and was at the same border, died late Wednesday evening of a suspected heart attack. He was part of the BKU (Ugrahan) protest group.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Jhajjar Superintendent of Police, Rajesh Duggal, said, “He had been brought to the General Hospital in Bahadurgarh at 10.30 pm last night with chest pain and vomiting. He had then been referred to PGIMS, Rohtak, where he died around midnight.”
“The symptoms indicate a heart attack, but only a postmortem can confirm the cause of death. The body is right now at the mortuary in Rohtak, once the statements are taken and permission of family obtained, the postmortem will be conducted,” he said.
He was the sixth person associated with the farmers’ protest to have died in the last few days. On November 27, Dhanna Singh (45) died on the way to Delhi in a road accident near Bhiwani. Earlier this week, Janak Raj (55), a tractor repair helper, died while sleeping in a car at Tikri border. In the following days, Gajjan Singh (55) and Gurjant Singh (60) passed away after falling sick at the Tikri border.
The bodies of Gajjan Singh, Janak Raj and Gurjant Singh are still at the Bahadurgarh Civil Hospital. Janak Raj’s body will be sent to his Dhanaula village in Barnala district on December 3.
Dhanna Singh’s family wanted to cremate body as it was badly crushed under tyre of a tractor, and so the compensation demand was given up by BKU (Dakaunda) in his case. Gajjan Singh was member of BKU (Sidhupur) and the union has demanded a job for a family member from the Centre and loan waiver.
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