CHANDIGARH (PTI): Eleven: militants including five belonging to the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan (BTFK) were among 35 persons killed in the North Indian state of Punjab.
In an encounter in Harike area in the border police district of Tarn Taran the security forces shot dead five top militants belonging to the BTFK outfit (Manochahal) .
Three of them were identified a8 the deputy chief of the out Sarwan Singh area commander of Patti region Gurdarshan Singh and area commander of “Terai region in Uttar Pradesh Sukhwant Singh. ll the three were wanted in hundreds of Killings in Punjab and Uttar Pardash and carried rewards on their heads.
A listed militant of the KCF (Wassan_ Singh Group) Charanjit Singh was killed in an encounter following a police aid ta Dera in village Dhandhoi in Batala district.
Police said three unidentified militants were killed in an encounter in Tarn Taran district.
Two residents of Jind (Haryana) Rajinder Singh and Shankar working as salesmen at liquor vend in village Kharba in Patiala distirct were shot dead by militants police said
Two people were kidnapped from village Golwar and later shot dead on the village road last night a report from Amritsar said.
Article extracted from this publication >> July 24, 1992
