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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]