Sikh activist commits suicide

Sikh activist Gurbaksh Singh Khalsa has allegedly committed suicide by jumping from a water reservoir at his native Thaska Ali village here yesterday, police said.

Gurbaksh had been demanding the release of Sikh prisoners who had completed their jail terms.

52-year-old Khalsa, who earlier also had gone on an indefinite fast twice on this issue, last evening jumped from an overhead tank where he was holding a fast unto death, police said.

He was rushed to the district civil hospital Kurukshetra where he succumbed to his injuries last night, they said.

Earlier in the day he was also given 'Siropa' by the family members and friends for the "success of his mission."