CHANDIGARH: Twenty six militants including seven members of a family were among the 43 people killed March 18.
Over the week 102 people’s lost their lives in continuing violence in Punjab Space does not permit reports of all incidents.
Police said seven members of a family were killed in inter-gang rivalry at Shamsinghwala village of Ferozepore district on Monday.
Those killed were identified as Kulwant Singh his wife Malkiat Kaur their son Jinda Sohan Singh and his wife and Swaran Singh and his wife.
An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in village Aklian Kalan in Bathinda district police said here.
Bullet-ridden bodies of two persons SPO Mukhitiar Singh and his son Balwinder Singh were found near village Kot Dharam Chand in Tarn Taran police district.
Militants gunned down one Sukhpal Singh and seriously injured his father in Gomu Kalan village of Sangrur district
One Mahant Sital Dass was shot dead in Tholiwal village of Sangrur district.
Two suspected Pakistani intruders were killed in the Khem Karan sector of Indo-Pak border police said.
Eighteen militants’ two security personnel and a Sikh priest were among 29 people killed in the trouble-torn northern Indian state of Punjab since Sunday night.
Three militants were killed in an encounter police said near village Bhattiwal in Batala police district area Sunday night. One AK-47 rifle with 25 cartridges one H.E.36 grenade two AK-47 magazines were recovered from the site.
In another encounter three militants Kulwant Singh Tarlok Singh and Jaswinder Kaur were killed in Ferozepore district Sunday night.
The encounter took place following an attack on the house of the deputy inspector general of police of the area. Some of the militants escaped.
In another encounter a militant was killed while two escaped near village Ragulpur in Tarn Taran police district securitymen near Chusle Warh village of Tarn Taran police district Sunday night while another militant was killed in an encounter near Thaliwala Mour in Valtoha area.
In yet another encounter an unidentified militant was killed near village Ahmedpur.
Two militants Harbans Singh and Kamailjit Singh were killed in a clash near Kharar in Ropar district.
Reports here said an unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces while another shot dead near a drain bridge at Khalchian in Majitha police district.
Militants shot dead Balbir Singh a Punjab police constable and injured another village Samind Garh under Dhuri police station area of Sangrur district Sunday night.
In another incident militants broke into the house of one Kabal Singh in village Khelan in Jalandhar district and shot him and his uncle Gurmail Singh dead.
Rajinder Singh of Kaulsar Mohalla in the same district was gunned down by militants who also shot at and injured Rajinder’s mother and sister.
Assailants shot dead a Sikh priest Kishan Singh in the Kartarpur area of Jalandhar. They also shot dead two women Sarla Devi and Runa Malhan in the same area.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 22, 1991
