LUDHIANA, Punjab—Yesterday, our Sikh Relief team went to visit the family home of Satpal Singh in the village of Bohapur. Almost a fortnight ago, tragedy hit when both his sons were shot dead at close range in a cold blooded murder, committed by the very people who are supposed to uphold the law – the Punjab police. Both boys, who were in their early twenties, were keen sportsmen and higher education students. They leave behind their distraught mother, Gurmit Kaur and younger sister Rupinder Kaur.
An Inspector General of Police and 2 SSP’s have been suspended from duty, after an official report indicated they had “committed misconduct and dereliction of duty.” A police team from Machhiwara (Khanna) raided the brothers’ house in Jamalpur (Ludhiana), accompanied by Gurjit Singh, of village Takhana, who is a member of the Akali Dal (Badal). With the matter taking political overtones, Additional Director General of Police, V K Bhawra, has been appointed to head an enquiry into the incident and his report is to be submitted within 15 days.
Talking to our team, Satpal Singh spoke highly of the expertise and experience of the Sikh Relief (SOPW) team, who have been dealing with fake encounters, corrupt police and unlawful arrests of innocent Sikhs for many years and would value our input with advice and guidance. An upstanding and humble Gursikh, Satpal Singh provides for his family by working as a labourer and his financial standing is very basic. Despite this, Satpal Singh kindly declined our offer of financial assistance at this time. The family are truly broken and only seek justice for their sons, without whom Satpal Singh says, the family are nothing and the police have turned their house into ‘a graveyard’. In the coming days, we will bring a video of Satpal Singh’s message to the sangat.
Law and order is fucking shit, were are all the politicians who promised for corrupt free environment.The responsible peoples is just suspended, they sho should be killed in the same way……