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âIt wasnât suicide but sacrificeâ: At Haryana gurudwara, hundreds mourn Baba Ram Singh
Associates and followers of the Sikh priest, who died by suicide on Wednesday, say his âqurbaniâ for the farmer protests will pay off.
17 Dec, 2020
Twenty kilometres from Haryanaâs Karnal, in a gurudwara landlocked by green farms, rests the body of Baba Ram Singh. On Wednesday, Singh shot and killed himself at the protest against the farm laws at Singhu on Delhiâs border.
âTo support farmers, some have returned their awards to the government. I have decided to sacrifice myself,
Baba Ram, 65, was a revered Sikh priest based out of Karnalâs Singhra village, where he ran the Ek Onkar Ashram, home to the towering Nanaksar gurudwara. Thousands poured into the ashram this morning to pay tribute to the priest who had made the village his home nearly three decades ago.
Day before death, Sikh preacher went to farm protest site, say associates
In a purported suicide note, Baba Ram Singh, also known as Nanaksar Singhra Wale, had expressed pain over the plight of farmers protesting against the Centre’s farm laws. Updated: December 18, 2020 8:29:11 am
Followers queue up to pay respects to Baba Ram Singh at Singhra gurdwara. (Express photo by Sukhbir Siwach)
THE SIKH preacher who died of a bullet injury Wednesday at Kundli near the Singhu border of Delhi, with his associates saying that he shot himself with his licensed revolver, had visited the farm protest sites twice earlier, including on the day before his death, according to followers.