PROTESTER DIES OF CARDIAC ARREST

A farmer, who was protesting at the Singhu border against the three contentious farm laws, died due to cardiac arrest yesterday, the police said.

The deceased farmer, identified as Baghel Ram, 55, was a resident of Khela village in Punjab and was a member of Kirti Kisan Union (KKU).

Another KKU member Raghuveer Singh said that Baghel Ram was not keeping well for some time and was taking rest in his tent.

The police said as soon as they received information about Baghel’s death, they rushed to the spot and took him to a nearby hospital where the farmer was declared brought dead. After the post-mortem, it was learnt that the farmer died due to heart attack. Earlier there were reports of chaos due to the farmer’s death, but the police denied all such reports.