Malout farmer dies at Tikri

Tribune News Service Chandigarh, November 19 For a year, farmer Jaswinder Singh of Nandgarh village in Malout had been sitting in protest at the Tikri border. An activist of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Kadian), Jaswinder had reportedly told his family...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 10:57 AM Nov 20, 2021 IST

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, November 19

For a year, farmer Jaswinder Singh of Nandgarh village in Malout had been sitting in protest at the Tikri border. An activist of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Kadian), Jaswinder had reportedly told his family he would not return home till the laws were repealed.

Today, when the announcement came, he was elated at the farmers’ victory and was looking forward return home. His son went to meet him at the border, but Jaswinder died and his body was sent home.