CHANDIGARH: An area commander of the Khalistan Commando Force Bhai Bakhshish Singh and five other militants were among the 22 persons killed overnight Sunday Jan 13.

Eight persons were kidnapped and 19 militants were arrested with arms and ammunition during the period police said.

Bhai Bakhshish Singh and two other militants were killed in a three hour encounter in village Butala in Amritsar district Monday police said. A large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the spot.

Bhai Bakhshish Singh carried a reward of Rs 40,000 for his capture.

Two militants were killed during a shootout with security forces near Pan grain station village in Faridkot district. Two civilians Sukhwinder Singh and Lakhbir Singh were also killed in the cross fire.

In yet another incident in the district gunmen shot dead Gurdip Singh and Gulzar Singh Seela wali village.

Militants gunned down an assistant subinspector of police in his village Dalla in Batala police district Jan 5. One woman of the same village was also shot dead.

CHANDIGARH: Seventeen persons were killed and an indefinite curfew was clamped in the walled city of Patiala in Punjab overnight Jan 11.

Balwant Singh a listed militant of the Bhindranwale Tigers Force of Khalistan (BTFK) was killed in Tulla Nangal village in Majitha police distinct. His bullet riddled body was recovered on Friday.

Curfew was clamped in Patiala as a precautionary measure following Thursday nights incidents of arson and looting by antisocial elements.

The trouble started when members of two communities exchanged heated words at an all-party meeting convened by the authorities to maintain communal harmony

The security forces recovered three bullet riddled bodies in Surakhpur village of Kapurthala district on Friday.

The victims were identified as Balwant Sing and Ajaib Singh and Karnail Singh.

Militants shot dead Sujit Singh and his son Jagjit Singh and injured another son in Harnam pura in Roopd a man Singh was gunned down by militants in Baghe village in Hoshiarpur district.

 His son and daughter in law were also wounded in the shootout Kartar Singh was gunned down in Bangla Rai village of Tarn Taran police district while one Pritpal Singh fell to bullets in Bachittar Nagar in Patiala district.

Article extracted from this publication >> January 18, 1991