In the last part, Punjab Insurgency – An untold story (Part 1) we saw how the men of Jhanjoti, a village near Amritsar, suffered at the hands of the terrorists. It is both disturbing and frightening, even to imagine what Rooprani and Surjit Rani went through on that horrible night. Men were dragged from their houses and killed at point-blank range; this was undoubtedly a barbaric act. Just the thought of losing your loved ones is enough to give …
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It is through the daily roll call of death that you can have a record of the massacre that took place during the 80s in one of the prosperous states of India, i.e. Punjab. In 1986, the number of people killed in terrorist killings was more than 600. However, the number reduced to mere 60 in 1985, but still the numbers are quite staggering. The numbers cannot expound the mental agony of all those people who lost their loved ones. …
Paramraj Singh Umranangal (Inspector General), who is currently facing the charges of Kotkapura firing, enquired from the court the call details of SIT (Special Investigation Team) and their supporting staff. Another step towards fair probe in PS Umranangal case, SIT Chargesheet point fingers at Mantar Singh Brar over police firing. SIT is probing to know the real culprit of Kotkapura sacrilege. IG Paramraj Singh Umranangal, through his counsel, also claimed the records by filing two separate applications in Faridkot court. …
Big disclosure in SIT’s charge sheet. According to the charge sheet page 48, the SIT found that there was a peaceful protest going on from the protesters sitting at the residence. There was nothing which has forced them to do anything wrong until someone provokes them to do so. According to the SIT, the shootings on the protesters were a deliberate conspiracy and the conspiracy was led by a high profile politician, a police officer, a Dera chief, and his …
Both Kotkapura firing case and Behbal police firing cases 2015 are two unfortunate and sensitive cases of Punjab. SIT has been investigating the case, but it seems that instead of resolving the case, they are perplexing the whole case. The dominance of disagreement, amongst the SIT members, can be seen where four members are on one side and Kunwar Pratap Singh is on the other side. Four members have raised doubts and questions on the challan which was produced in …