A farmer, who had been participating in the protest against the Centre's contentious agricultural laws, was found dead at the Kundli-Singhu border adjoining Delhi on Wednesday, 10 November.
Forty-five-year-old Gurpreet Singh, who had hailed from Punjab's Fatehpur Saheb, had allegedly died by suicide after hanging himself to a neem tree by a rope. Singh had reportedly belonged to Bharatiya Kisan Union Ekta Sidhupur.
"1 person died by suicide after hanging himself from a tree near Sushant City, Sonepat this morning. The reason for death is not known, but we've been told that he was mentally disturbed. Dead body brought to Civil Hospital," investigating officer at Kundli Police Station Pradeep Kumar was quoted.An inquest has been initiated into the matter by the police.
Hundreds of farmers have been camping at Delhi borders since November 2020 with the demand that the government repeals the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
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They are also demanding a new law to guarantee the minimum support price (MSP) for crops. The Centre, which held 11 rounds of formal dialogue with farmers, has maintained that the new laws are pro-farmer, while protesters claim they would be left at the mercy of corporations because of the legislation.