4 farmers returning from protest killed in seperate accidents, 1 dies of heart attack, Punjab CM assures help
Four Punjab farmers returning from protest sites near Delhi borders were killed in two separate road accidents, while one more died of heart attack in Delhi on Tuesday. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh assured assistance to the families of deceased farmers.
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Farmers gather at Singhu bordr in Delhi-NCR. (Image: PTI)
Four Punjab farmers returning from protest sites near Delhi borders were killed in two separate road accidents on Tuesday. One more farmer died of heart attack in Delhi.
Expressing grief over the death of five farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said that the state government will provide assistance to the families of deceased farmers as well as take care of treatment of all the injured.
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Karnal/Chandigarh, December 15
Four Punjab farmers returning from protest sites near Delhi borders were killed in two separate road accidents on Tuesday.
In the first incident, two farmers were killed and four others were injured after a truck hit their tractor-trolley near Taraori flyover in Karnal in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The farmers were returning to Patiala in Punjab from Singhu border after participating in the protest against the contentious farm laws.
The deceased have been identified as Gurpreet Singh (24) and Labh Singh (65), from Safera village in Patiala district. As per the farmers, Gurpreet died on the spot, while Labh Singh died in Patiala.