Farmer Lal Chand. File photo
Fazilka, January 10
Another farmer has fallen prey to the biting cold amid the agitation. Lal Chand, 67, a resident of Maulviwala, alias Chack Jandwala village, had gone to the Tikri border in Delhi to participate in the agitation on December 28.
Lal Chand’s neighbour Rajinder Kamoj said when Chand was returning from Delhi in a train on January 7, he suffered a heart attack but recovered from it. Later, he suffered another heart attack on Saturday and passed away. Chand’s body was wrapped in a BKU (Ekta Ugrahan) flag and cremated in his native village.
Earlier, Jalalabad advocate Amarjit Singh Rai ended his life at Tikri border on December 27. After that, farmers Kashmir Lal (65) and Kashmir Singh (69) from the district had lost their lives. — OC
Tribune Shorts
Most Read
Don't Miss
View All
Top Stories
WHO classifies South Africa variant as VOC, asks people to reduce exposure
WHO has named the variant 'Omicron'
Amid global concerns over new strain, PM Modi chairs important meeting on Covid situation
The meeting is being attended by Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gau...
Arvind Kejriwal urges PM Modi to stop flights from countries affected by new Covid variant
In a tweet, he emphasises that the country has ‘recovered’ f...
Daily rise in new Covid cases below 20,000 for 50 consecutive days
Active cases come down to 1,07,019, lowest in 541 days
Long overdue for perpetrators of Mumbai attacks to face justice: US Secretary Antony Blinken
On November 26, 2008, a group of 10 LeT terrorists from Paki...
