I, Mohinder Singh Jawanda s/o S. Rattan Singh aged 69, resident of S56-Model Town, Ludhiana, Punjab, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under;

  1. That I am the president of Punjab Kheti Bari Zimidara Union (Punjab Agricultural Farmers Union) and an agriculturist by profession. Our Union is coordinating with the Punjab Human Rights Organization.
  2. That I appeared as a witness before the court of J.S.Mander, Judicial Magistrate 1st Class, Ludhiana in a complaint filed by the Punjab Sikh Lawyers Council against Bhajan Lal, Union Environment and forest Minister, Government of India and deposed as under:

“That I had gone to Hissar (Haryana State) on 23.8.87 in connection with a personal matter. I happened to attend a public rally at Hissar addressed by the accused Bhajan Lal. I was present at the spot when Bhajan Lal started his speech. He started speaking very bitterly against the Sikhs. He stated that the Punjab Sikh extremists should be shot dead. They need not be apprehended, produced and tried in law courts. He further said that all the Sikhs are extremists and they can only be dealt with an iron hand. I have already taught them a lesson during 1962 Asian Games. Whenever you find any extremist you should beat and shoot him dead. He also spoke against V.P.Singh. I also read Bhajan Lal’s statement in the Tribune’ dated 24.8.87. He was openly instigating the public that Sikhs, who were raising their voice against the present Government, should be killed. On reaching Ludhiana I told this to my friends who were also to the view that on the instigations by Bhajan Lal there would be mass killings of Sikhs in Punjab. I read three newspapers daily. Almost every day Sikh youth are killed in false encounters. Sikhs are taken out of jails and killed after showing them to have escaped from Police custody. All this is being done on and after the instigation by the accused”

  1. That the Court issued bailable warrants against the accused Bhajan Lal after I and a few others appeared as witnesses on 20.11.87. The Court order is annexed.
  2. That I am of the opinion that in these circumstances the persons facing extradition proceeding will not have the benefit of due process of law in Courts as there is no rule of law worth the name in India. Even the under trial jail inmates are not safe. They are being eliminated due their political ideology.

Ludhiana :

January 4, 1988.