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21-Year-Old Farmer Killed In Clash With Haryana Security Personnel

Farmer leaders said this was the first death in clashes since the 'Delhi Chalo' march began on Februray 13.

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Farmer killed and several others injured at the Punjab-Haryana border Photo: PTI
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A 21-year-old farmer was killed and a few others injured following a clash between security personnel and protesting farmers at Khanauri on the Punjab-Haryana border.

Farmer leaders said this was the first death in clashes since the 'Delhi Chalo' march began on Februray 13. The victim has been identified as Subhkaran Singh, a resident of Baloke village in Punjab's Bathinda district, farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa said.

Patiala-based Rajindra Hospital's medical superintendent H S Rekhi told reporters that three people, one of them dead, were brought to hospital from the Khanauri border point.