CHANDIGARH: A top militant was among 24 people killed May 20.
Bapu Singh Canadian Lt. Gen of Bhindranwale Tigers Force of Khalistan (Manochahal group) was killed in a fierce encounter with security forces near village Farangipur in Amritsar district. Two securitymen were also killed in the encounter.
The army was called to assist security forces during the encounter in which a senior police official was also injured.
According to a report from Amritsar a police party raided a farm house in Farangipur village of Bhikiwind area on an up off that some militants were hiding there.
The militants opened fire killing two policemen on the spot and injuring the deputy superintendent of police seriously. One militant identified as Canadian of “KCF” (Jaffarwal group) was also killed in the encounter.
In a different incident a gunmen of a bank was shot dead near village Nahera in Patiala district while a Pakistani intruder was killed in Jalalabad sector of Indo-Pak border.
Militants killed one constable Bhinder Singh gunman of Bir Davinder Singh former chief whip of the Congress (1) legislature party in Patiala district. Eighteen Persons including four militants and two Hindu fundamentalist Rashtriya Sewak Sangh (RSS) workers were killed while police arrested an Akali Dal (B) candidate May 19.
Police arrested Partap Singh an Akali Dal (B) candidate contesting from the Majitha assembly constituency and another person Santokh Singh at Udhoke in Amritsar district Sunday. One scooter and some “objectionable material” were recovered from their possession police said.
Militants fired at RSS workers performing their morning exercises in the Kidwai Nagar area of Ludhiana Sunday morning killing two workers and injuring four who have been hospitalized.
Militants shot dead Amarnath in Dhola village in Sangrur district while an unidentified person was shot dead in village Dala in Majitha district on Saturday night.
Harbhajan Singh Sandhu the former Punjab Agriculture Minister and Akali Dal (Badal) candidate from Naushehra assembly constituency two militants and a school principal were among 14 persons killed May 18.
Militants kidnapped the son of superintendent of police and looted about five lakh rupees during the period in the state.
Armed men shot dead a passenger Darbara Singh after alighting other passengers from Bassi Paihana-Chandigarh bus near village Shehjadpur in Pauala district Saturday a report sard.
Sandhu was gunned down by militants in village Thothian in Tarn Taran district late Friday
He is the ninth candidate to be shot dead in the state so far. Election to the constituency has since been countermanded taking the number of constituencies where election has been countermanded in the state to 12. Of these one is a parliamentary constituency and eleven assembly constituencies.
Militants gunned down Manmohan Singh principal of the Damesh Public School (Khanna) at Mansa in Ludhiana district late Friday. They also took away Rs 5000 in cash and some gold ornaments Amarjeet Kaur was gunned down in Kevatti village of Ludhiana district while one Jarnail Singh fell to bullets in Marar village of Patiala district while a Pakistani intruder was killed in the Jalalabad sector of Indo-Pak border. Assistant sub inspector Sukhdial Singh was killed and two constables injured when a bomb exploded under their vehicle near Nullewal village in Sangrur district. Later the body of an unidentified militant was also found on the spot.
An unidentified militant was killed in a shoot-out with security forces near Dhudi village in Faridkot district.
A home guard Harjinder Singh was killed when militants opened fire at a police picket in Kasel village in Amritsar district.
Gumam Singh a village elder was gunned down in Thothian village Darshan Singh was shot dead in Ebban Kalan village and Daleep Singh was hacked to death in the same village.
Ten militants two security per sonnel and an assembly candidate were among 22 persons killed May 17.
Six militants belonging to the Khalistan Liberation Force and a CRP soldier were killed in a fierce encounter between villages Chajjarual and Romi in Ludhiana district Friday afternoon.
The encounter took place when security forces were searching the area. The militant is opened fire and the search parties retaliated After sometime when the militants tried to escape in a car on a motorcycle they were given a hot chase.
They were engaged in another encounter in which the six militants who were.in police uniforms and a CRPF Jawan were killed. Police recovered four Ak-47 Chinese assault rifles with 8 magazines one S L R with two magazines and four pistols.
In another encounter reported from village Aulakh in Fandkot district an area commander of the KCF Charan Singh and an assistant sub inspector Puran Singh were killed while the deputy superintendent of police Bachan Singh and station house officer Bishan Das were seriously injured.
The election in yet another assembly constituency of Dharamkot (reserve) was countermanded when militants gunned down Pritam Singh Cheema a nominee of the All India Sikh Students Federation on Thursday His bullet ridden body was retrieved from village Malah Khurd in Faridkot district.
Cheema is the eighth candidate slated for June 22 has been countermanded so far. An independent candidate has been missing since May 7.
One intruder from across the border was killed in the border area of Mamdot.
Four armed men gunned down one Prem Singh in Dhuni area of Sangrur district Thursday night while another person was shot dead in Moga town of Faridkot district on Thursday.
An independent candidate Balwinder Singh contesting from reserve assembly constituency of Sherpur and a CPI leader along with his eight family members and three gunmen were among 30 persons killed May 16.
Balwinder Singh was shot dead by scooter-borne men while he was going in a rickshaw at Bamala in Sangrur district Thursday He died on the spot while the killers escaped.
The election in the constituency has been countermanded.
With this the number of candidates killed by militants has gone up to seven and elections in one parliamentary seat and eight Assembly constituencies have been countermanded.
The election commission had only Thursday announced a fresh schedule for the constituencies where election had been countermanded
Two unidentified bullet-ridden and high decomposed bodies were recovered from village Akalgarh in Majitha police district Thursday. Ten armed men entered the house of Balwant Singh a CPI leader in village Chela in Amritsar district and opened fire killing him eight members of his family and three gunmen provided to him on the SpoL.
Those killed were identified as his wife Paramjit Kaur brother Sukhwant Singh daughter Paramjit Kaur Inder Kaur Surinder Kaur Gudu Bindu and Sukhwant Kaur.
The gunmen were identified as Sukha Jagguand Surinder Singh all special police officers (SPOS)
In another attack three members of a family at Ratta village in Gurdaspur district were killed.
The victims were kidnapped and later shot dead on the outskirt of the village. They were identified as Banta Singh his sons Paramjit Singh and Santokh Singh
Militants also attacked a patrol party near Barpal village in Majitha police district and shot dead a constable Harmesh Singh and a civilian Shinder Singh.
Article extracted from this publication >> May 24, 1991
