NEW DELHI: Parvinder Kaur hates being photographed. She fears that if pictures of her get published she could be harassed more than she already is, for being the sister of Atinder Pal Singh one of the five accused of waging war against the state and plotting to kill Mrs, Indira Gandhi an Indian daily reported.
The young school teacher from Nabha in Punjab is presently in the Capital to see what legal help she can muster for her brother who was charge sheeted along with four others on Friday by the Special Investigation Team.
“Atinder’s defense was destroyed the day Satwant and Kehar were hanged. They better than anyone else could have thrownlight on Atinder’s role. “Why was the government in such a hurry to hang Satwant and Kebar,” she added.
And, she added if the courts had heard Atinder, his statement could have saved at least Kehar’s life.
Parvinder met Atinder, her younger brother for the first time in four years in December 1988, when he was brought from the Nabha jail to Delhi by the Crime Branch. He was kept in the Ashok Vihar police station lock up.
”When I met him, he said it was of the utmost importance that his statement should be recorded in court before the Government went ahead and hanged Kehar and Satwant,” she said.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 28, 1989
