A farmer who came to join the ongoing protest of his fellow agriculturalists at the Shambhu border near Haryana's Ambala died of a heart attack on Friday.
The 63-year-old Gian Singh who joined the protest just two days ago had a complaint of chest pain this morning after which he was taken to a Civil Hospital in Punjab's Rajpura, the sources informed.
Singh later was hurried to Rajindra Hospital in Patiala, where he was declared 'brought dead' by the doctors.
Singh was a resident of Punjab's Gurdaspur district and had come to participate in the farmers' 'Delhi Chalo' march, aimed at pressing the central government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of minimum support price (MSP) for crops.
The call for the march was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha.
Farmers began the march on Tuesday and have been camping at Punjab and Haryana's Shambhu and Khanauri borders ever since.
A third round of talks between farmer union leaders and the government on Thursday remained inconclusive with the next round of talks to be scheduled for the upcoming Sunday.
The protesting farmers will stay put at the two borders of Punjab and Haryana.
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