Protest Held in Gurdaspur to Seek Justice for Bhai Jaspal Singh’s Killing

—A large scale protest was organized in Gurdaspur by various Sikh Jathebandis to seek justice for the killing of Bhai Jaspal Singh of Sidhwan. 18 year old Bhai Jaspal Singh was killed by the Punjab Police whilepeacefully protesting the hanging of Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana in March. Bhai Jaspal Singh was murdered by police despite there being no provocation by the protesting Sangat.

Tight security arrangements were made by the Punjab Police to ensure the protest remained peaceful. As a result of that process, around a dozen Sikhs, including Baba Baljit Singh Daduwal and 10 other Singhs were taken in precautionary custody. Baba Daduwal was later released.  Gurdaspur was put under section 144 of CrPC, which bars any large gatherings in public but despite these orders, Sikh Sangat carried out the large scale protest march to seek justice for Bhai Jaspal Singh’s murder.

Organizations including the Shiromani Akali Dal (Panch Pardhani and Amritsar) along with the Dal Khalsa played an eminent role in the protest. Various Panthik personalities, such as Daljit Singh Bittu, Gurtej Singh (IAS), Harcharanjeet Singh Dhami and others have spoken in support of Bhai Jaspal Singh. These leaders, along with the Sikh Sangat presented a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner Abhinav Trikha demanding the arrest of Police Officers responsible for Bhai Jaspal Singh’s death.  It is important to note that leadership of Shiromani Akali (B) and SGPC remained missing at the protest.

The memorandum also sought strict action against Shiv Sena militants who had tried to disrupt peace during the Punjab Bandh call on March 28. Although the Shiv Sena terrorists were booked at first, bail was granted to them immediately. Some sources have indicated that the police had fired upon Bhai Jaspal Singh upon orders of the Shiv Sena.

S. Gurcharanjit Singh, father of Shaheed Bhai Jaspal Singh, alleged that the two panels set up to investigate the murder of his son have failed entirely as no arrests have been despite having had 3 months to conduct a thorough investigation. He alleged that instead of bringing the culprits to justice, they were being protected by the administration.

2 COMMENTS

  1. so you want he should be thrown out of sikhi….. you are a retard, he’s doin all possible things to support sikhi and he’s there for every dharam morcha…

  2. Daduwal is a congerss man .He told on sikh channel on 15th august that bjp lost election in uhtrakhand due to him as his supporters supported congress.Now the current cm in turn will offer him kar sewa .
    Daduwal must not be part of the sikh committee as he is a black mole.
    As per him sikhs in India live in poor quality ,etc.
    He is Bedawa sikh as per sikh tradition during the time of sikh guru.Anyway he is not even a true sikh as guru ka sikh guru jhea.These sarkari agents need to be kicked out from panth who favors congress outside panjab in order to get the kar sewa.This Akal takht sewa jatha is a sarkari jatha of oongress to divert the community intentions from 84 issue.

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