LUDHIANA —Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa who has been sitting on 160 days of hunger strike since January 16 seeking the release of Sikh political prisoners, was discharged from PGI yesterday and shifted to his native village Hassanpur amidst tight police security.
Support of Sikh sangat continued to pour in at the PGI hospital in Chandigarh where visitors started arriving from far and near. Sikh jatha from Delhi and Jatha Thikriwala reached at village of Bapu ji especially to enquire about his health.
Bhai Gurdeep Singh Bathinda, the conveynor of the Bandi Singh Rihai Sangarsh committee stated that the doctors at PGI were pressurising Bapu Ji to undergo medical treatment, however Bapu Ji remained firm in his stance and did not take any medicines or undergo treatment.
According to Sikh Siyasat, Sangarsh committee too is firm that Bapu Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa has declared to go with the committee’s decision about medical aid like glucose drips. He said that the committee had decided against the medical aid and soon after Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa was taken away from PGI.