CHANDIGARH: A hundred militants, belonging to various outfits, including the younger brother of the slain BTFK chief, Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochahal, surrendered before the Director General of Punjab Police, K.P.S.Gill, at a function here on March 2.
Apart from Narinder Singh, Manochachal’s brother, chief of Khalistan Armed Force, Harbhajan Singh Udoke, and five militants carrying rewards from Rs one lakh to Rs five lakh, also surrendered at the largely attended function.
Among those who surrendered, 35 belonged to the Babbar Khalsa International, 23 to the Khalistan Commando Force (Panjwar), 22 to the Bhindranwale Tigers Force of Khalistan, and others to outfits like the Khalistan Liberation Force, the Khalistan National Army KCF (Zafarwal) and the Dashmesh Regiment Harbhajan Singh Udoke had recently taken over as chief of the Khalistan Armed Force after the killing of his mentor, Chanchal Singh Udoke, Later, police chief K.P.S.Gill told a gathering that so far this year 255 militants had surrendered before the police.
Gill said there had not been a Single militant strike during this year in the two border districts of Amritsar and Gurdaspur. These two districts, he observed, were at one time considered as the most volatile parts of the State and a breeding ground for militants. Gill said the next 15 days would be crucial not only for the State but for its people as well as those who had come out of the “shadow of militancy.”
The police chief said a clear picture of the law and order situation would emerge in the next fortnight.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 5, 1993
