CHANDIGARH: A group of gunmen in police uniform on Wednesday night shot dead eight persons and injured about 13 others at village Talwandi Bhai in Ferozepur district, increasing the toll in Punjab state to 5 6 since Tuesday night.
According to police sources in Jalandhar, six persons, including a girl, died on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries in hospital.
The gunmen who were armed. With automatic weapons, had come in a jeep and escaped after the shooting.
Police have cordoned off the area. The injured were admitted to nearby hospitals, the sources said.
Six gunmen were killed in an encounter near Kala Bakra in Jalandhar district on Wednesday, police said here, adding that some. Arms and ammunition were seized from the spot.
Militants shot dead one Jarnail Singh in village Asal Uttar in Amritsar district.
About three feet of rail track was blown up in a bomb explosion on the Jalandhar Ferozepur section on Tuesday night disrupting traffic which was restored this morning.
Assailants shot dead a special police officer (SPO) in the Kalanor police station area in Batala district.
Militants intruded into a house in Guraili village in Ferozepur district and shot dead Bishan Singh and his daughter in law, Balbir Kaur.
In another incident a woman was shot dead in Garari’ village
Bhai Gurbhaj Singh of the Khalistan Commando Force was among 12 people killed in northern Punjab State since Wednesday night.
Militants kidnaped Basant Singh a son in law of a former Congress I MP, Teja Singh Dardi, from his house at Sema village in Bhatinda district.
Bhai Gurbhaj Singh tried to escape from Lalpura village in Tam, Taran on seeing the police. When the police compered him he consumed cyanide and died instantly, police said.
Militants shot dead two persons, Mahant Mukhtiar Singh and Surjit Singh in Kareer Wali village in Faridkot district.
One Surat Singh was killed in house in Chacho Ke Pandori village in Batala district. Police recovered two bullet ridden bodies from near Dhariwal Sahian in the same district.
Unidentified person was killed in an encounter with the Border Security Force while crossing over to India from Pakistan near Surwala village in Tarn Taran district early Thursday.
Article extracted from this publication >> June 8, 1990
