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2 farmers killed in tractor-truck collision on way back home after ending protests

After the Samyukt Kisan Morcha decided to suspend the over a year-long farmers' movement, farmers started returning back home to their villages in Punjab and Haryana.

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At least 2 farmers were killed after their tractor collided with a truck on their way back home on the Delhi-Hisar Highway. After the Samyukt Kisan Morcha decided to suspend the over a year-long farmers' movement, farmers started returning back home to their villages in Punjab and Haryana. Several farmers got injured in the accident.

The victims -- Sukhdev Singh (40) and Ajaypreet Singh (32) -- belonged to Assa Buttar village in Gidderbaha in Muktsar district. Another youth from the village, identified as Raghbir Singh, suffered injuries in the accident.

They were returning to their village in two trailers attached to a tractor, when a canter hit a trailer at around 5 a.m. The deceased along with others had gone to the Tikri border on Thursday.

(IANS Inputs)

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