CHANDIGARH,(PTI): Fourteen militants, including Babbar Khalsa and a member of the Sikh Students Federation (Bittu faction), were among 21 persons killed in the northern Indian state of Punjab on June 25.
Security along the Rajasthan federal canal near Doda village in Faridkot district was tightened following fresh threat by militants. The canal was breached by militants on June 8.
Three unidentified militants were killed in an encounter with the security forces near Lehra Mohabbata village in Bathinda district Wednesday night.
Babbar Khalsa militant Harbhajan Singh was killed in an encounter with the police near civil lines at Patiala Thursday, police said.
Militant Baljit Singh was killed in an encounter near Bhagocha village in Tarn Taran police district while another unidentified militant was killed in a separate encounter near Malloke village in Mansa district.
One rickshaw puller was killed in the cross-fire between a militant and the police in Patiala city Thursday. The militant was later over-powered by the police,
Gunmen shot dead a person, Michael Dost, in Mari Nagar village while an unidentified body was found near Kul-Nagoke village in Tam Taran police district.
One Hardayal Singh was shot dead in Khurana village in Sangrur district.
Militants Gurbaljit Singh, a member of the AISSF (Bittu group), was killed in an encounter with security forces near Sathiala village while another identified as Jaswinder Singh alias Jassa, a militant of the Khalistan Commando Force (Panjwar group) was killed in Khatra Kalan village in Majitha police district.
An unidentified militant was killed in another encounter with police Naka party of Gurdaspur near Tung village while two other unidentified militants were killed near Nanakpur village in Faridkot district,
Article extracted from this publication >> July 3, 1992
