CHANDIGARH: In a swift action militants on Tuesday kidnapped Maktiar Singh a brother of Punjab Minister of State Gulzar Singh in Bhatinda district. Elsewhere in Punjab one militant was among three persons killed and a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol party escaped unhurt in a mine blast during the past 24 hours.
A report from Dehradun in a Joint operation the police and the Border Security Force shot dead top militant Sainam Singh Satta area commander of Khalistan Liberation Force following a brief encounter in the early hours on Tuesday.
Satta who was wanted in the four states of Himachal Pradesh Haryana Uttar Pradesh and Punjab carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh for his capture.
According to police sources the militant had been injured during an encounter on March 9 near Chihiderwala jungles. However he had managed to escape. Police sources said that during search operations it became clear that Satta had either moved to Delhi or was in Dehradun town.
A joint search of nursing homes in Dehradun began on Monday. It was around 1:30 a.m on Tuesday that Sata was traced to a nursing home-on Rajpur road als0 known as Mussoorie road. He fired a volley bullet from his AK-47 assault rifle He was killed when security mea returned fire.
Five militants kidnapped Makhtiar Singh brother of Gulzar Singh Minister of State for Labor and Employment from his general store shop at Bhucho Mandi in Bhatinda district at 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
This is the second case of abduction of relatives of Congress (I) leaders in the state after the February general elections. Earlier Bhupinder Singh son-in-law of Lok Sabha member Gurcharan Singh Galib was kidnapped from his gas agency office at Ludhiana two weeks ago. Gill is still being held as captive by the militants.
Security forces gunned down an unidentified militant near Neel Khurd village in Batala police district His accomplice escaped. A .62bore rifle and 35 cartridges were found with the slain militants.
The bullet-riddled body of an unidentified person was found at Chahena village in Sangrur district.
The bullet-riddled body of Jaswant Singh was found at Sultan wind locality of Amritsar district on Tuesday. A letter of Khalistan commando force owning responsibility for the crime was found at the spot.
Militants entered the area of Dault Ram at Mahikpur in Kaparthala district and opened fire killing him on the spot. A civilian identified as Lakha Singh, was killed and a security man injured in a four-hour Jong gun battle at Gehari Mandi in Majitha police district.
Article extracted from this publication >> April 10, 1992
