As farmers compromised their lives and comfort sitting in biting cold in
protest against the farm laws, a lawyer from Punjab allegedly died by suicide
on Sunday, in solidarity with their agitation over farm laws.

Amarjit Singh from Jalalabad in Punjab’s Fazilka district consumed
poison a few kilometres from the site of protest at Tikri border, PTI reported.
He was taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in
Rohtak where doctors declared him dead on arrival, police said.

In his supposed suicide note, he said he is giving his life so that the
government is compelled to listen to the voice of the people. Singh wrote that the
common people like farmers and labourers are feeling ‘defrauded’ due to the
three ‘black’ agriculture laws and ‘the worst life is inevitable’.

The police said they are verifying the authenticity of the suicide note,
dated December 18.

“We have informed the relatives of the deceased and once they reach
here their statements will be recorded and further proceedings will be
conducted,” a police officer from Haryana’s Jhajjar district said, adding
that they were informed about the suicide by the hospital authorities.

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Earlier, at least two suicides have been linked to the farmers’ protest.

The farmers have been protesting at the Singhu border for 32 days on the
trot. They have been protesting against the thre new farm laws.