Lakhwinder Singh Comrade

Lakhwinder Singh Comrade

Name: Lakhwinder Singh Comrade

Sex: M

Domicile: Village Baupur, Sultanpur Lodi, Kapurthala district, Punjab 

Occupation: Farmer; Former Zone President and current member of KMSC

Age: 50-65

Date of Death: 24 March 2021

Cause of Death: Suicide; consumed poisonous liquid after being depressed from the deadlock at farmers’ protest and rising debt.

Place of Death:Domicile

Union: Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee 

He used to take part in the state level action programmes of KMSC against the three Farm Laws of 2020

His harvest would usually be destroyed in the annual flooding around the rBeas river where he had his farmlands which led to debt amounting to 15 lakh rupees.

Source: https://jagbani.punjabkesari.in/punjab/news/another-farmer-commits-suicide-due-to-debt-burden-1275315

https://www.jagran.com/punjab/kapurthala-troubled-by-debt-the-farmer-swallows-the-place-dies-21495745.html

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