EMERGING: Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa (Haryana) Passes Away

Posted: 20 Mar 2018 11:21 AM PDT

LUDHIANA, Punjab—Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa, renowned for initiating struggle to seek release of Sikh political prisoners today passed away. As per our sources, Bhai Gurbaksh Singh today jumped off a water tank in protest of lack of Government action in releasing Sikh political prisoners.
Bhai Papalpreet Singh, a renowned Sikh activist who provided coverage of Bhai Gurbaksh Singh’s struggle at Amb Sahib and later at Lakhnaur Sahib told Sikh24 that Bhai Khalsa was re-initiated hunger protest to seek release of Sikh political prisoners. “Due to the fact that this was his third attempt to seek permanent release of Sikh detainees, there was lack of enthusiasm amongst Sikh masses to support his cause,” he said.
Meanwhile, Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa who is also on indefinite hunger protest at DMC Hero Heart Hospital referred to Bhai Khalsa as a shaheed. He called upon the Punjab and Union Government to move swiftly and release political prisoners who have completed their sentences. A statement by Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa reads, “Bhai Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa is a true martyr of the Sikh Nation. He initiated this task so the entire world could know about slavery of the Sikhs in India.”
Bhai Gurbaksh Singh had reinitiated his protest at Thaska Ali, near Ismailabad block. He was taken to the Lok Naik Jai Prakash Civil Hospital where he was pronounced dead after he jumped from the overhead water tank.