OUTJUSTICED – The Untold Story: Sikh Media Group Releases Documentary on Human Rights Day

:dateline:Punjab based Sikh media group �Sikh�Siyasat�News� on Wednesday�released�it�s�first�documentary�titled��OUTJUSTICED�-�the�untold�story��on the�66th�World Human�Rights�day.

Parmjit Singh, Editor-in-Chief of Sikh Siyasat News shared a�brief�introduction�of the documentary:

The early�1990s in�Punjab�were�marred�by�blatant,�widespread�and�systematic�human�rights�abuses�by� Indian�security�forces.�Illegal�confinement,�torture,�custodial�killings,�enforced�disappearances,�fake�encounters and�secret�cremations�had�become�common�policing�practice.

In�July�1992�a�Punjab�police�Inspector�Gurjeet�Singh��picked�up��several�Sikh�youths,�most�of�them�were on�government�services,�from�Bathinda-Mansa�region�of�Punjab.�Victims�were�subjected�to�custodial�torture and�they�were�ultimately�exterminated�by�the�police.

One�of�them�was�Paramjeet�Singh�S/O�S.�Gudit�Singh,�resident�of�Bathinda�who�was�picked�up�by�Gurjeet�Singh and�his�police�party�from�Bibi�Wala�Chowk�Bathinda�on�17�July,�1992.�The�police�killed�him�after�custodial torture�and�faked�a�story�that�Paramjeet�Singh�had�escaped�police�custody.�

Paramjeet�Singh’s�father�Gurdit�Singh’s�efforts�to�get�death�certificate�of�his�son�ultimately�turned�into�a struggle for�securing�justice.

Bapu�Gurdit�Singh�pursued�his�struggle�for�more�than�20�years�to�secure�justice�for�his�son,�but�he�could�not see�it�during�his�lifetime.

On�14�January,�2014�a�trial�court�(Bathinda)�convicted�and�sentenced�8�police�personnel�to�imprisonment�for life�for�their�part�in�the murder�of�Paramjeet�Singh.�But�the�main�accused�DSP�Gurjeet�Singh,�who�was�sentenced�to imprisonment�for�life�in�another�case�related�to�the murder�of�a�Sikh�youth,�absconded�while�he�was�released�on�parole. Two�accused�had�died�during�the�pendency�of�the�trial.

In�Paramjeet�Singh’s�case�DSP�Gurjeet�Singh�was�declared�as�proclaimed�offender�and�as�per�Punjab�police records�he�is��most�wanted��absconder.�Gurjeet�Singh�is�also�wanted�in�several�other�cases.

This�documentary�is�an�attempt�to�present�the�long�struggle�of�Gurdit�Singh�and�his�family.

Paramjeet�Singh�s�case�is�one�of�the�few�cases�where�persistent�efforts�of��outjusticed��people�brought�some�results but�there�is�a�long�list�of�cases�where�no�proceedings�took�place.