Punjab Human Rights Organization has from time to time been bringing out investigative reports on atrocities and reign of terror let loose by the Indian Security Forces and the police in Punjab, the homeland of the Sikhs. Torture, killing of Sikh youths in faked encounters, molestation of Sikh women at the hands of the dehumanized police force and abductions have become order of the day.
The report at hand is a detailed account of a few Sikh families’ agony. The incidents took place between 1986 and 1991. These bear testimony to the fact that the state can kill anybody on the pretext of “fighting terrorism” and that the Sikhs have no rights, not even the right to live. The police “can” pick up any member of militants’ family, harass, torture or even eliminate him without attracting any provision of law for these crimes. They can keep in illegal custody even women and sexually violate them. They “are” not guilty for they are fighting “terrorism”.
