All bus passengers are pulled off buses at hundreds of check points, by Indian paramilitary men in Punjab. Sikhs are separated for humiliating body searches and questioning. Those who resist are taken away and shot in what the Indian press call “encounters” or in “attempts to escape”. The police is free to do anything as fundamental rights of Sikhs are non- existent in India.
Tortured at Ladha Kothi be monetarily compensated. It _ recommended minimum of Rs. 10,000 to 17 detenus; Rs. 15,000 to 11 detenus who had been brought to Ladha Kothi twice and has also been tortured at Patiala and Nabha jails and Rs 20,000 each to two detenus.
