CHANDIGARH, India: Mr, Sukhjinder Singh, former Punjab Minister, has urged Ujaggar Singh Sekhwan, the acting President of the Unified Akali Dal to convene an emergency meeting of the party 10 launch an action oriented program 10 pre~ vent murders of Sikh young men by the security forces. In a statement to the press, Sukhjinder Singh said that the recent policy of the Punjab police was to kill Sikh youths in judicial custody which had created a stir in the Sikh circles. He said that the killing of ‘Tarsem Singh Kohar and Sukhdev Singh and their companions was. Clear case of murder. He urged the judicial court to take cognizance of such gross violation of human rights.
Sukhjinder Singh said that the story concocted by the police to cover up the fake encounters has become notorious and even people arrested for over yearend lodged in judicial custody were being eliminated. He alleged that even the Prisoners of War were not killed in this fashion; He said the government has not learnt any lesson from the earlier failure of the policy of police solution in Punjab. By shutting its doors to negotiations, the government will lose its credibility even among the moderate Sikhs. He also alleged that the government was adopting double standards, While Sikh freedom fighters were categorized into ‘A and B categories, no such classification was done for those who indulged in the Sikh massacre at Delhi and other places in November, 1984, Such double standards have sent a wave of anger and resentment in the community.
Article extracted from this publication >> November 20, 1987
