Archive for the 'Punjab' Category

Khalra’s Last International Speech Highlights Mass Crimes of KPS Gill: Watch Movie with English Subtitles

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

On September 6, 1995, the Punjab police abducted, tortured, and murdered human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra because he exposed the disappearances and killings of thousands of Sikhs by the Punjab police. In his last speech made to a Canadian audience in April 1995, released with subtitles by Ensaaf, Jaswant Singh Khalra discusses his investigations […]

Case against Punjab cop shifted to Haryana…justice delayed.

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

Lawyers for Amreek Singh, father of the deceased Avtar Singh, moved the five-year-old murder case against Punjabi Police Inspector Gurmeet Singh Pinki to a Haryana Sessions Court from Ludhiana (Punjab) on Aug. 8. Inspector Pinki, who served two years of jail time on the charge of beating and shooting Singh (Jr.), continues to deny involvement […]

Judicial Impunity: Two cops get ten years jail for torture death…

Friday, July 28th, 2006

On July 5th, Jalandhar District and Sessions Judge Karnail Singh sentenced two members of the Punjab Police to 10 years of “rigorous imprisonment” for torturing a Dalit man, known as Satpal, to death. The officers allegedly kept Satpal in illegal custody at the instance of an unidentified Congress leader. Satpal is survived by his wife, […]

Man alleges police torture; SSP orders inquiry

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

Moga Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Pawan Kumar Rai ordered an inquiry into the alleged torture of Karaj Singh while in custody at the Kot Isse Khan police station on July 21st.  Police arrested Singh on complaints lodged by Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Jarnail Singh and Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) SDO Charanjit Singh Mann. He […]

An Addendum to Madan Lal’s Case

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

Punjabi Chief Minister Amarinder Singh ordered a magisterial inquiry into Madan Lal’s case on June 30th, following a similar action by Firozpur DC Dr. Arvinder Singh the day before. The 20-year-old Dalit died in police custody on June 28th.
Newer evidence showed that Lal died within a half hour of being taken to the police station […]

Conflicting stories of crime and torture…

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

The Jagraon Police “nabbed” Kulbir Singh, Kehar Singh and Harmesh Singh on the evening of June 17th, charging them with arms and narcotics possession. Amar Singh, whom the trio called “a friend,” came under police custody with similar allegations to his name. 
The three Sultanpur Lodhi (Kapurthala District) men claimed to be in their fields sowing […]

Mob goes on rampage after custodial death…

Sunday, July 16th, 2006

An angry mob vandalized a Firozpur police station on June 28th in reaction to the alleged suicide of 20-year-old Dalit Madan Lal (alias Tinku) while in police custody. The crowd blocked traffic around the station, threw stones at the building and destroyed windows of police vehicles.
The police arrested Lal earlier that morning on a […]

Torture victim seeks action against cop

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Cable operator employee Vinod Kumar suffered acute renal failure after officers beat him “for bribe.” Kumar’s afflictions, according to a medical report from PGI, were a direct result of being “thrashed with a rod” in police custody.

“Where should I go for justice now? My family made a representation to almost every top government functionary, […]

Three cops suspended for beating up pregnant woman

Monday, July 10th, 2006

Over the July 4th weekend in the Amritsar district of Punjab, the Dhariwal police arrested one constable and suspended three others on allegations of abuse inflicted upon a pregnant woman, Simranjit Kaur, and her father-in-law, Tarsem Singh. These individuals were identified as constable Sukhpal Singh, head constable Chanchal Singh, constable Gurdev Singh, and driver Raghubir […]

The Twelve Year Cover-up: Disappearance of Human Rights Attorney Sukhwinder Singh Bhatti

Monday, May 15th, 2006

On May 12, 1994, Indian security forces abducted Punjab human rights attorney Sukhwinder Singh Bhatti in broad daylight. Over the following weeks, security forces clandestinely detained and tortured Mr. Bhatti. Twelve years after disappearing him, the Indian Government continues to deny justice to Mr. Bhatti’s family. On May 12, 2006, the anniversary of Mr. Bhatti’s […]


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