CHANDIGARGH : AISSF, ‘organized rallies in some parts of the Punjab to protest against the death sentences to Satwant Singh and two others, The Secretary of Federation, Mr. Mohinder Singh Sandhu told newsmen at Ami tsar that the students held rallies at Sarhali, Khadoo, Nawakot and at Amritsar, A Punjab Roadways bus and a private car were damaged by students of Guru Nanak Polytechnic on Gill Road, Ludhiana while they were protesting against this verdict at Ludhiana. Traffic on the road was blocked for a while the closure of shops in Rama Mandi in Jullunder cantonment to protest against the verdict.

38 members of A.I.S.S.F. and 12 army deserters in Patiala Central Jail refused to eat on Wednesday in protest against the conviction of Satwant Singh, Kehr Singh, and Balbir Singh. Members Of A.I.S.S F also enforced closures of certain educational institutions in Patiala, 400 A.I.S.S.F. workers observed a fast Faridkot as protest against the verdict,

Himachal government has instructed all district magistrates to keep a watch in their respective areas in the wake of the decision given in the Indra murder case.

Article extracted from this publication >> January 31, 1986