CHANDIGARH: Over the week, 57 persons were killed and two activists of the Congress (I) and CPI were killed in an “encounter” with security forces in village Mansoor Wala Chhota in Ferozepore district last night. The encounter took place when the security forces raided a farm house where the men were hiding.
In another encounter near village Daulat Ram also in the same district one man was killed and his accomplices escaped. One AK 47 rifle along with 15 cartridges and a rocket launcher were recovered from the spot.
In another encounter Sukhbir Singh was killed near Drain Bridge of village Bhakhri na in Kapurthala district Thursday night.
Reports said that a police party was taking Sukhbir Singh to a place in the police jeep when they were attacked. In the return fire Sukhbir Singh was killed.
Police picked up a bullet ridden body from Nawan village area of Majitha police district. Intergang rivalry was stated to be the cause of killing.
Two persons, bearing same name Iqbal Singh were shot dead in village Batala in Jalandhar district last night.
In another incident militants shot dead one Mohinder Singh in village Santuwala in Ferozepore district.
One Sadha Singh of village Nangal Kazot in Batala police district was shot dead. Empties of AK47 were recovered from the spot. A bullet riddled body was recovered from Bhinder village under Beas police station area of Amritsar district today.
In another incident an unidentified person was shot dead in Nijjar village under Jandiala police station area of Amritsar district.
Two intruders from Pakistan were killed in an encounter with security forces in the Khem-Karan sector of IndoPak border Thursday night. One .32 bore revolver and some cartridges were recovered from the spot.
Twenty seven persons, including nine militants, one of them belonging to the Babbar Khalsa, Malagar Singh, who carried a reward of RS five lakh on his head, and eight security men were killed in Punjab since Wednesday night.
An Amritsar report Thursday night said four Babbar Khalsa men and two security men were killed and four commandos of the National Security Guards were seriously wounded in a 34 fierce encounter near village Lallu Ghuman in Amritsar district.
The men had not yet been identified, but arms, ammunition and other material recovered from the encounter scene indicated that they were dreaded Babar’s, police said.
The security men killed in the encounter were identified as Swaran Singh of the Punjab Police and Baneshwar Singh of the CRPF,
Eighteen people, including four security personnel were killed and 10 people injured in terrorist violence in Punjab on July 31.
Two paramilitary border security force (BSF) men were killed in a powerful bomb blast near Dale Chack village in Batala area of Gurdaspur district.
BSF company commander Rajinder Singh and his driver Malkiat Singh were killed as their jeep was blown up while rushing reinforcements to a BSF post in Fatehgarh Churian area which was under attack.
A special police officer, Inderjit Singh, attached as gunman with a former chairman of the market committee, Patti, Rajinder Singh, was shot dead by two terrorists near Kairon village in Amritsar district shortly before noon.
Militants shot dead a home guard, Jaswant Singh, in Haripura village in Ferozepur district. His bullet riddled body was picked up this morning, police said.
Three members of a family were gunned down in Thikari Wala village under Subhanpur police station, in the same districts.
A man was shot dead after a brief encounter with security forces in Bikhiwind area in Tam Taran district. Nine hand grenades, three stick bombs, one mini rocket launcher and some cartridges were recovered from the spot.
Another man was killed in an encounter near Gondara village in Faridkot district. Three of his accomplices escaped.
Yet another man fell to the security forces’ bullets in Kot Kapura area of the district.
An unidentified bullet riddled body of a youth was picked up by the railway police near Mauli railway station in Jalandhar area, police said here.
Two persons identified as Karamjit Singh and Darshan Singh were shot dead in Ghumani Kalan village of Kapurthala district.
Three persons, including a sub inspector and a constable were injured when a powerful time bomb exploded in the Sultan wind area of Amritsar city.
A woman was injured in an encounter with security forces in village Nasir Khan on the outskirts of Amnitsar city.
A militant, who was arrested, and a Punjab police sub inspector were injured in an encounter near village Jaithu in Bhatinda district.
A report from Amritsar said two men of Khalistan Commando Force with rewards of Rs 40,000 and Rs 25,000 on their heads were killed in a fierce encounter with security forces in Amritsar district Monday. One person injured in the encounter Monday died later in a hospital.
Police picked up the body of a youth from near a railway track in Kapurthala district Monday.
Gunmen looted a central cooperative bank branch in a village of Amritsar district Monday.
Four militants were killed and five persons injured in an encounter near the railway crossing in Jalandhar district,
Some militants forced their entry into the house of retired a sub inspector in Ludhiana district and shot him dead along with two other persons.
In another incident in the district, gunmen shot a brick kiln worker and kidnaped kiln worker.
Article extracted from this publication >> August 10, 1990
