CHANDIGARH: A top militant Bhai Hardev Singh was among the six people killed on Jan 27.
Bhai Hardev Singh alias Deba who carried a reward of Rs one lakh on his head was killed in an encounter in village Kot Dharma Chand in Tarn Taran district.
Elsewhere two militants and 7 security-men were among five persons killed while militants snatched eight rifles provided under village defence scheme.
The Border Security Force men forced some Pakistani infiltrators to flee back to other side of the border after a fierce encounter and recovered arms and ammunition from them.
Bhai Hardey Singh of the Babbar Khalsa was involved in about 35 ambushes on police vehicles in the past two years Narinder Pal SSP Tarn Taran said.
Over the week 83 persons were killed in the state.
Police intercepted him while he was travelling on a scooter along with his accomplice who managed to escape. He was mainly operating in the Patti sub division and reported to have come to Jhabbal area on a mission the SSP said.
One Ak-47 rifle two magazines and some cartridges were recovered at the scene.
Another militant Bhai Jaswant Singh was killed in an encounter.
Police recovered the bullet-ridden body of a militant Bhai Nirmal Singh in village Baler in Tarn Taran.
Militants shot dead a home guard volunteer Mohan Singh near Badhowal village of Hoshiarpur district. They also took away his 303 rifle.
One Ajit Singh fell to bullets in Kaleke village.
Militants blew up a portion of rail track and 12 persons including six militants were killed in violence on Friday police said here.
A bomb exploded on the rail track between Tangri and Buttari railway stations in Amritsar district blowing up about four feet of track.
The distrusted rail traffic was restored Saturday morning after repairs police said.
Militant Satnam Singh alias Satta was killed in Batala district police said.
Two militants of the Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) were killed in Tarn Taran district. One of them was identified as Kashmir Singh a listed militant of the KCF Zafarwal faction.
Two militants one identified as Rasal Singh alias Rasala were killed in an encounter with the police in the same district. A large quantity of arms and ammunition was recovered from the spot police said.
Gunmen shot dead a former village headman in Jalandhar district. Two persons were shot dead by three militants in Ropar district. Four gunmen abducted one Bawa Masiha from Batala district and later shot him dead.
Two gunmen shot dead an “extortionist” in Ludhiana district while a village leader was kidnapped from Halwara village in the same district and then gunned down.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 1, 1991
