CHANDIGARH: Fourteen people swore killed overnight Sunday in Spara is violence in Punjab, where trans set ret four banks in the northern Indian state Monday. This week 111 persons lost their lives.

Tree Security men including a Punjab police sub inspector were injured in a landmine explosion triggered by Sikh militants near Ratoke village in Amritsar district early Monday.

Militants set afire to two banks in C.Chogowsan village, one in Khiala village and a bank in building Lopoke in Majitha police district Sunday night.

The bullet -ridden body of police head constable, Jhirmal Singh, who was kidnapped by militants was recovered from near Nawan Pind village in Amitsar Monday.

Militants shot dead a medial practitioner, Bikramjest Singh after kid napping him from his home in Patti in  Taran police distric Sunday night.

A farmer Ajit Singh was shot dead by militants in Ata village in Amritsar district while Ajit Singh Nihang was killed in Bhandi village in Batala police district.

Militants shot dead Jasbir Singh Mari, general secretary of the Faridkot district Congress Committee (I). At his farm house Saturday morning.

One person was shot dead in Hotian village of Amritsar district Friday night. Armed persons shot dead liquor vend contractor and his sales man in Sangrur.

In the same district, an unidentified militant was killed while his accomplices escaped after an encounter and & home guard, Baldev Singh, was gunned down in another encounter

A bullet ridden body was recovered in Ludhiana district

 Militants killed Amrinder Singh and injured brother constable Narinder Singh, in Faridkot district, Police recovered a dead body while a man and a woman, were gunned down in Amritsar district.

A militant, Gureharan Singh, committed suicide by consuming cyanide on being surrounded by security forces in Majitha district while a militant, Mehar Chand, was ill in an encounter in Bhatinda district.

Twelve persons, including four security men and a L.T.Gen of a new militant outfit were killed over night Saturday in violence tom northern Indian Punjab while six more persons, injured in Saturdays shoot out by militants in Sirsa town of neighboring Haryana, succumbed to injuries Sunday.

With this, the toll in the Sirsa incident has risen to 16. Ten persons were killed on the spot late Saturday when militants opened fire on devotes coming out of a religious place near the Shiv Chowk area in Sirsa. According to official sources, officer in charge of Rania district later engaged the assailants in an encounter near Dhanoor village forcing them to flee into fields. Intensive combing operations are on to nab the militants.

A top militant was shot dead by security forces in an encounter in Inderpuri colony of Amritsar disturbing in Punjab Saturday night. He was later identified as the L.t Gen of a new militant outfit “Fauj -E Khalistan”, Police said the militant was involved in about 50 killings in Amritsar.

Militants killed a home guard Parsa Singh, posted at police station Dhanaula at his nave village Bhure in Sangru district late Saturday, Four militants gunned down three security men, including a head con Stable at village Chokan in Jalandhar district on Saturday night while an unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces near village Kak Wala in Sangrur district Sunday.

Militants shot dead two brothers near village Khanna in Batala police district. One person was shot dead near village Rure Kalan in Sangrur district while another was gunned down and one injured in village Ruska Kalanin Jalandhar district Militants shot dead a 12yr.old boy. In village Mathoke and another person in village Maluwal in Amritsar district

The death toll in Saturday night’s shootout by the militants on the out skins of Sirsa town in Haryana has risen to fourteen with our persons succumbing to their injuries in the hospital Sunday,

Unofficial response said sixteen People had died in the shootout,

Militants fired indiscriminately on devotees coming out of religious place in Siva town Saturday night, Killing 10 people on the spot end injuring several others,

Twelve people were killed over night Monday in continuing 1st Violence in the northern Indian slate of Punjab, police said,

Paramjit Singh alias Pammasa Ly Gen. of Saffron Tigers and involved in many killings in neighboring Uttar Pradesh including two bomb blast in which over70 people were killed, at shot dead by security forces in Amritsar district, police said.

Pamma, who was caught by the police at Amritsar Monday night was leading the police to an aims dump in Wanchiri village when the group was ambushed by a gang of militants, Parma was Killed in the ensuing shootout

Sahib Singh alias Sahibe of the Khalistan Commando Forces (Major Singh Group) was killed in a un-battle with security forces in Tam Taran police district, while another militant was killed near Pachhacian in ferozepur district.

Police the home of the official, Gurbachan Dass at Boparai village and shot him and his son Ganpat Rai dead,

Militants also shot dead Pal and Jaswinder in Allawal Dherian village,

Article extracted from this publication >> November 15, 1991