Baba Ram Singh

Domicile: Village Saferha, Patiala Distt, Punjab

Occupation: Sikh Priest

Date of Death:16 December 2020

Age: 65 years

Cause of Death: Died by Suicide [Suicide as a form of protest in the same manner as Tibetan Monks who self-immolate to protest illegal occupation of Tibet by China].

Place of Death: Near Singhu Border

“A Sikh preacher supporting the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s agriculture laws died by suicide near the Singhu border in Delhi on Wednesday. A handwritten note in Punjabi from the deceased was found, which the police are reviewing. It purportedly says that Sant Ram Singh (65) felt the government is not doing justice to the farmers.

The Sonipat police said they had received a call that Singh, who hailed from Singhra village in Nissing area of Karnal district had shot himself. He was rushed to a hospital in Panipat where doctors declared him brought dead.”

Source:

https://thewire.in/rights/farmers-protest-sikh-cleric-sant-ram-singh-dies-suicide