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More than 300 farmers lost their lives around Delhi borders over the last four months in the protests against farm laws. Some died due to illness, some in cold, or road accidents; but the spate of 28 suicides, where reasons may vary from person to person but linked with participation in farm laws protest, is a more worrisome suicidal trend among farmers. A well-known Sikh preacher Sant Ram Singh shot himself dead, leaving behind a handwritten suicide note that purportedly says, “the government is not doing justice to the farmers” and that is why he is ending his life.
Tikri Border: Another Haryana Farmer Dies By Suicide Near Protest Site
In February, the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha had said that as many as 10 protesters had died by suicide at Delhi s borders.
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New Delhi: A 49-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Hisar district was found dead around seven kilometres from the Tikri border protest site. Thousands of farmers have been protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws at Delhi’s borders for over 100 days now.
Police suspect that the farmer, named Rajbir, died by suicide. He left a note,
PTI quoted Bahadurgarh City police station station house officer Vijay Kumar as having said.
Farmers protests | Another farmer from Haryana dies by suicide near Tikri border
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March 07, 2021 20:17 IST
The farmer, who supported the agitation against Centre’s new farm laws, has purportedly left a suicide note, police said
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Thousands of farmers have been protesting since November last year at Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Centre’s farm laws. File
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The farmer, who supported the agitation against Centre’s new farm laws, has purportedly left a suicide note, police said
A 49-year-old farmer from Haryana’s Hisar district on March 7 allegedly hanged himself from a tree, some 7 km from the Tikri border protest site, police said.