CHANDIGARH: Bhai Harjit Singh Kairon a listed militant and area commander of Bhindranwale Tigers Force of Khalistan (Manochahal) and nine other militants were among 11 people killed in trouble-tom Punjab since Monday night.
Five militants were nabbed by security forces during the period
Bhai Harjit Singh Kairon was killed in an encounter with a joint Party of police and the army in Dayalpur Rajputana village in Tam Taran police district Tuesday evening police said here.
The bullet-riddled body of a militant was recovered in Khalra police station area of Amritsar district police said and described it as a case of inter-gang rivalry.
Two bombs were found in a Kiosk in front of the city police station at Moga on Tuesday. They were defused by the army police said adding that no casualties were reported.
Four unidentified bullet-riddled bodies of suspected militants were recovered from near Hui village in Batala police district early Tuesday. Police described the crimes a5 a result of inter-gang rivalry.
The listed KLF militant Harbans Singh was shot dead in an encounter with security forces in Shergarh Cheema village in Sangrur district Tuesday.
A militant was killed in an encounter with police at Rajasansi in Amritsar district while another was killed in a separate encounter near Pandori Lamel village in Hoshiarpur district.
A militant was Killed in an encounter near Karaud village in Bathinda district while suspected militants shot dead one person in That Khera village in Tam Taran police district.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 24, 1992
