Chandigarh: A 49-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Hisar district allegedly hung himself from a tree on Sunday, about seven kilometers from the protest area on the border at Tikri, police said.
The farmer, who supported the riot against the new farm laws of Center, apparently left behind a suicide note.
‘The victim, Rajbir, comes from a village in the Hisar district. He was hanged from a tree, “said Bahadurgarh City Police Department SHO, Vijay Kumar said by telephone.
His body was hung by some farmers who notified police.
In the suicide note that Rajbir allegedly left behind, it is mentioned that the three farm laws were responsible for taking the extreme step. He also said the center should fulfill its last wish by repealing the legislation, police said.
Last month, a farmer from Jind in Haryana, who also supported the riot against the center’s farm laws, allegedly hung himself from a tree just two kilometers from the Tikri border protest area.
Earlier, another farmer from Haryana allegedly consumed a toxic substance at the Tikri border. He later died during treatment at a hospital in Delhi.
In December last year, a Punjab lawyer killed himself by taking poison a few kilometers from the protest area on the Tikri border.
Earlier, Sikh preacher Sant Ram Singh also allegedly ended his life near the Singhu border protest, claiming he “could not stand the farmers’ pain”.
Thousands of farmers have been protesting at the Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh since November last year, demanding that the Producers ‘Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the farmers’ price insurance agreement (empowerment and protection) is returned. and Farm Services Act, 2020, and the Modified Commodities Act (Amendment Act), 2020.
The protesting farmers expressed their fear that these laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum aid price system (MSP), which would leave them at the mercy of large enterprises.
However, the Center maintained that the new laws would provide better opportunities for farmers and introduce new technologies in agriculture.
Source: Telangana Today