Over the week 42 people, including the two SYL engineers were killed while gunmen looted about rs 300,000 from a bank in Punjab since Sunday night.
The two militants killed in an encounter with security forces at Malian in Amritsar district have been identified as area commanders Harjinder Singh Gujjar and Daya Singh of the Bhindranwale Tigers Force of Khalistan.
On July 19, eleven people, including four security men, were killed and 15 security men injured.
Constable Baldev Singh and Constable Driver Jasbir Singh were killed and another 10 jawans of paramilitary forces injured when a land mine exploded near village Bhagat in the border district of Gurdaspur.
The explosion took place when reinforcements were being rushed to a BSF post after it came under attack. However, no one was injured
CRPF party was attacked near village Alamgir in Ludhiana district wounding six CRPF jawans. Later, two of them—sub inspector Narain Lal and Naik Ram Lal— died in a hospital at Ludhiana.
Two men were killed by security forces near Harike in Amritsar district Wednesday.
Two men were killed in an intergang rivalry in village Barel of Amritsar district.
One man was killed in an encounter with police near Ferozepur city.
Terrorists shot dead a revenue officer identified as Satnam Singh in village Palla in Amritsar district and one Kamaljit Singh in village Wijwan in Gurdaspur district.
Constable Manmohan Singh was injured in an encounter near village ratual in Amritsar.
On July 1 7, 25 persons, including three security men, were killed and seven were arrested.
The security forces arrested two government railway police (GRP) jawans in connection with the looting of 35 weapons and a large quantity of ammunition from the GRP armoury at Ferozepur on June 2 6 last, police said.
The two cops, identified as constables Sukhvinder Singh and Gurnam Singh, were arrested under the Terrorists Act.
Three militants dead two Punjab Police head constables, who were father and son, in village Bham of Gurdaspur district. They were identified as Sarabjit Singh posted in the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) at Jalandhar and Rajinder Singh posted in the police training college (PTC), Jahan Khalan was on leave, police said here. :
Militants killed five persons in the Tarn Taran, Amritsar and Majitha area, police said.
Some men intruded into a house in village Bhikhiwind and shot dead the wife of one Joginder Singh and gunned down ‘watchman Sardara Singh in village Sakhera. Also shot dead were two persons, Amrik Singh and Baldev Singh, near village Thatian under be as police station.
One Arvinder Singh was shot dead in Amritsar Sadar area.
Five militants were killed in an alleged encounter in Dhilwan police station area of Kapurthala district. One AK4 7 rifle, one gun, one revolver and a large quantity of ammunition were recovered from the scene.
Militants attacked two vehicles carrying the National Security Guards commandos near gurdwara Datuwal in Amritsar district killing a passerby Labh Singh in the cross fire.
In Amritsar district, a woman, Amarjit Kaur was kidnapped and killed in Bhikhiwind, a retired BSF jawan, Atinder Pal Singh was shot dead in Amritsar city and an unidentified person was gunned down in village Sakira.
Two militants shot dead, Jatinder Kumar Soni, who was working as a librarian in the government college at ropar, near the local government girl’s high school. Sarpanch Bishan Singh of village Siswan in Ropar was also shot.
Two persons, Gurpreet Singh and a woman, Jammu Shanti, were killed in the cross fire when militants attacked the Nihal singh wala police station in Faridkot district.
The body of one Swaranjit Singh was recovered near village Verana in Amritsar district while an unidentified bullet riddled body was picked up by police from the Bangali Kalan area in Ferozepur district.
Militants shot dead one Raghvir Singh in village bhars in Gurdaspur district.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 27, 1990
