JHAJJAR: A 65-year-old woman protester from Punjab reportedly died of cardiac arrest at the Tikri border on Monday night.
Balbir Kau, of Mandi Kalan village (Bhatinda), had been actively participating in the farmers’ agitation.
Dr Sanjay Dahiya, Civil Surgeon, Jhajjar, said she was brought dead to Civil Hospital in Bahadurgarh town late on Monday night. The exact cause of death would be ascertained after the postmortem, he added.
Balbir Kaur is the first woman protester to lose her life at Tikri during the agitation.