Under Sl. Nos. 105/306 and 106/307, the list identifies two cremations carried out by ASI Amrik Singh of Valtoha police station on 03 December 1990 under FIR No. 127/90. They are of: [1] Satnam Singh alias Satta, s/o Tara Singh, r/o Bundalla and [2] Kulwant Singh, s/o Pala Singh, r/o Assalutar. The postmortem reports are marked as JS 3/90 and JS 4/90. The cause of death is identified as “police encounter”.

The Committee has the following information in the case of Kulwant Singh through its Incident-Report Form No. CCDP/01248. The main informant is Pala Singh Fauji, the victim’s father.

Kulwant Singh, a 24-year-old resident of Qila Sodhian Wala under Valtoha police station and the son of Pala Singh Fauji and Mohinder Kaur, had received a religious education at Dam Dami Taksal when it was under the leadership of Jarnail Singh Bhildranwale. He participated in the agitation for the implementation of the Anandpur Sahib resolution before Operation Blue Star and was arrested after the Indian army stormed the Golden Temple in June 1984. The police later arrested him again and detained him under TADA. He was acquainted with many involved in the militant movement.

On 03 December 1990 morning, Kulwant Singh was at his village house when Satnam Singh, alias Satta, resident of Bundala village in Ferozepur district came to visit him. Satnam Singh, a known militant, was wanted and traced by the police. Minutes later, a large police force from Valtoha police station raided the house and arrested both Kulwant Singh and Satnam Singh. With their hands tied to their back, the police asked them to walk towards village Kotli. The police told the family members and other villagers to stay indoors and not look out. But after the police had moved away some distance, they saw that both Kulwant Singh and Satnam Singh were still walking towards Kotli.

After an hour, the Valtoha police staged the “encounter” with a lot of gunfiring. After waiting for sometime, Kulwant’s father Pala Singh, accompanied by several village elders, went to Valtoha police station where he found out that the bodies had already been sent for a postmortem to Patti hospital. He saw the dead bodies of his son and Satnam Singh at the hospital. The police allowed him to attend the cremations. On 4 or 5 December 1990, Ajit carried a report on the encounter.

Kulwant Singh’s maternal uncle Lakhwinder Singh, s/o Thakar Singh, resident of Bahadargarh Nagar under Valtoha police station, was also killed in a separate incident. ')"

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