AMRITSAR SAHIB, Punjab—Chief of Damdami Taksal (Ajnala) has appealed to the Panthik organizations of India and abroad to take suitable initiative to ensure the release of 10 old aged Sikh detainees imprisoned in the case of the Ludhiana bank robbery. While talking to Sikh24, Bhai Ajnala said that these detainees have already spent 26 years while facing torture of the police and attending court dates. He said that all of them have exceeded the 6th decade of their life. He expressed his worry about these detainees saying that Human Rights organization also didn’t give attention towards their old age.
“As we have already lost most of our youth while struggling for our rights, so it is our responsibility to take suitable initiative to ensure the release of these old aged Sikhs’ he added. He also appealed to Giani Gurbachan Singh (Jathedar of Sri Akal Takht Sahib) to come forward for the well being of these Sikhs. He represented a list of these old aged Sikhs with their current age that is given below:
Bhai Harbhajan Singh – 85 years
Bhai Avtar Singh – 76 years
Bhai Sewa Singh 73 years
Bhai Mohan Singh – 72 years
Bhai Gurjant Singh – 72 years
Bhai Mann Singh – 70 years
Bhai Saroop Singh – 66 years
Bhai Balbir Singh – 62 years
Bhai Harjinder Singh – 55 years
