| Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab |
| Report - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Mentions Sub-Inspector and SHO Mohinder Singh as the officer who requisitioned the cremations |
| The Final Report - Committee for Coordination on Disappearances in Punjab (CCDP) |
| Articles - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Legal Battles - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab |
| interviews - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Get involved - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| News Updates - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| The CBI's Three Lists of Illegal Cremations With CCDP Summaries |
| Advocacy, Events - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| About - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab |
| Committee for Coordination on Disappearances in Punjab |
| SAFHR Publications - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Report on disappearances in Punjab - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| PART ONE: EVIDENCE OF MASS ILLEGAL CREMATIONS |
| IMPUNITY BY ALL MEANS: RIGHTS AND THE DEAD-ENDS OF LAW |
| METHODOLOGY - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| ANALYSIS OF CASE SUMMARIES - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| SUMMARIES OF CASES OF ILLEGAL CREMATIONS INCLUDED IN THE CBI LISTS |
| REFLECTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS |
| Database - Sarwan Singh, s/o Gurmej Singh, r/o Assar Utar (CIIP) |
| Database - Name of deceased - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Database - Date of cremation - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Database - Police station & FIR - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Database - Police officer - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Lakhwinder Singh @ Lakha s/o Kartar Singh r/o Kanowal Kala - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Daljit
Singh @ Billu s/o Sucha Singh r/o Mohalla Bog, Distt. Phagwara -
Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Gulzar Singh @ Bola s/o Jagtar Singh r/o Bahouru - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Anoop Singh @ Kala s/o Mohinder Singh r/o Sultanwind - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Surinder
Singh Chhinda Jaggu s/o Mohinder Singh r/o Mehandipur, Khemkaran -
Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Vijay Pal Singh s/o Gurbachan Singh r/o Lidhar - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Kewal Singh s/o Hazara Singh r/o Kamalpura - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Hardayal Singh Mehta s/o Jaswant Singh r/o Mehta - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Gurbaljit Singh @ Gurjit @ Bittu s/o Sewa Singh r/o Lohgarh, Beas - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Prem Singh - Prema - Pappu - Japani s/o Ajit Singh r/o Sathiala - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Harmeet Singh , Laddi s/o Nirmal Singh r/o Dadupura - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Gulzar , Baba Bullet s/o Achhar Singh r/o Ghanshampur - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Post Mortem Report - Database - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Death cause - Database - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| CCDP data - Database - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Manjinder Singh s/o Ajit Singh r/o Rataul - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Rashpal Singh , Paala s/o Pratap Singh r/o Harpal - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Tejinder Singh , Fauji s/o Bara Singh r/o Varnala - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Balbir Singh s/o Jassa Singh r/o Kaler - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Rajinder Singh , Doctor s/o Baldev Singh r/o Awachak - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Inder Singh s/o Jagir Singh r/o Dhavwal - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Sukhwinder Kaur w/o Satnam Singh r/o Khara PS City TT - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Kewal Singh s/o Amrik Singh r/o Badeshan - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Punjab Singh , Punjaba s/o Sardool Singh r/o Chappa - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Tara Singh, r/o Kamboke village in Patti subdivision of Amritsar district |
| Harnam Singh, r/o Sursingh, carried out by Inspector Madan Gopal of Harike |
| Puran Singh, r/o Bhorsi, carried out by ASI Aatma Singh of Verowal - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Harbhajan
Singh, r/o village Sekhchack carried out by ASI Aatma Singh of Verowal
- Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| SHO Karnail Singh of Bhikiwind- Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Mohinder Singh of Valtoha police station - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| The UN Human Rights Mechanisms and Issues of Accountability in Punjab |
| Judicial Blackout: Judicial Impunity for Disappearances in Punjab - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Ram Narayan Kumar - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| PRESS RELEASE ON PROPOSED POLICE AMNESTY - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| India�s Constitutional Discourse:Some Unanswered Questions - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Human Rights in Punjab: Constitutional Guarantees and Institutional Practice |
| Punjab and Autonomy Annual Seminar of the Institute of Sikh Studies |
| RIGHTS GUARANTEES AND JUDICIAL WRONGS:ARGUMENTS FOR AN APPRAISAL - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| National Human Rights Commission - The Matter of Police Abductions leading to Illegal Cremations |
| People's Commission and its Subsequent Banning - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab |
| Other Legal Battles - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab |
| DISAPPEARED: CREMATION GROUNDS - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab |
| Supreme Court Order Referring the Matter of Illegal Cremations to the NHRC |
| ORDER ON THE PRELIMINARY ISSUES - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| ORDER ON THE SCOPE OF INQUIRY - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SADAR PATEL BHAWAN - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| THE
PROPOSALS OF SETTLEMENT IN THE ILLEGAL CREMATIONS MATTER: THE VICTIMS
REJECT THE MIDCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE BY THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
COMMISSION |
| Peoples� Commission on Human Rights Violations in Punjab - CIIP |
| RULES OF THE PEOPLES' COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN PUNJAB- (CIIP) |
| IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH In CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO |
| IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (CIIP) |
| UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN GENEVA Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH |
| IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH |
| High Court Order Bannin People's Commission |
| Kulwant Singh Advocate in the Supreme Court of India |
| Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) |
| Protection Order for Punjab Human Rights Lawyers |
| Dateline NBC Report - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| THE LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODIES - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Incident-Report - information about the cremation |
| CBI officers at their temporary office in Amritsar |
| The cause of death is given to be police encounter |
| The list does not show the FIR number - Punjab (CIIP) |
| The Committee's Incident-Report - THE LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODIES |
| Information about the cremation - THE LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODIES |
| The cause of death is given as fire arm injuries - THE LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODIES |
| Press Conference by Human Rights Watch in Amritsar, Punjab |
| ASSOCIATION OF FAMILIES OF THE DISAPPEARED IN PUNJAB (AFDP) |
| Harvard Law Student Advocates for Human Rights and Human Rights Watch
urge Indian National Human Rights Commission to investigate Punjab
disappearances |
| Center for South Asia Studies, Human Rights Center, and International Human Rights Law Clinic |
| Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Surjeet
Singh, s/o Jagga Singh Jat, r/o Ghariyala, [2] Chanan Singh, s/o Puran
Singh Jat, r/o village Assal Utar and [3] Swaran Singh, s/o Gurmej
Singh, r/o Assar Uttar |
| Amrik Singh, s/o Gurmej Singh Mahajan, r/o Ratoke, carried out by SHO Mohinder Singh of Valtoha police |
| Shinda, s/o Sarwan Singh Jat, r/o Sur Singh under Bhikhiwind police station |
| Karam Singh, s/o Teja Singh, r/o Durgapur and [2] Balwinder Singh, s/o Darbara Singh, r/o Warian |
| Dalbir Singh, alias Beera, s/o Surjan Singh, r/o Kang, carried out by SHO Surinder Singh of Tarn Taran�s Sadar police |
| Karaz Singh, s/o Suba Singh, r/o Bhure Kane, and [2] Ramesh Singh, s/o Sher Singh, r/o Bhode Khurd |
| Hardeep Singh, s/o Raghubir Singh, r/o village Gago Bua, and [2] Gurdev Singh, s/o Darshan Singh, r/o village Tatle |
| Baldev Singh alias Gulla Singh, s/o Ajit Singh Jat, r/o Khabe Rajput,
carried out by SHO Surinder Singh of Tarn Taran�s Sadar police |
| ASI Shingara Singh of Harike police station |
| Sarbjeet Singh, s/o Tirath Singh, r/o Nagoke, and [2] Gurbir Singh alias Raju, s/o Joginder, r/o Jhabbal |
| Sukhwinder Singh, alias Nikku, s/o Darbara Singh, r/o village Balgalipur carried out by Constable Lakha Singh |
| Baldev Singh, s/o Jagmohan Singh, r/o Bhikiwind, carried out by Inspector Paramjeet Singh of Bhikhiwind police station |
| Rattan Singh, s/o Chanan Singh, r/o Kalah, carried out by ASI Tarlochan Singh of Tarn Taran�s Sadar police |
| Kartar Singh, s/o Makhan Singh Jat, r/o Bhai Ladoo, carried out by ASI Mohal Lal of Bhikhiwind police station |
| Gurdev Singh, s/o Amrik Singh, r/o Harike, carried out by ASI Govinder Singh of Harike |
| Dara Singh, s/o Geja Singh, r/o Verowali village, carried out by SHO Ram Nath of Valtoha |
| Kuldeep Singh had no political or militant affiliations and had never been arrested before. |
| Hazura supported the Akali agitation for more autonomy for Punjab |
| The Committee has spoken to the family members of Harbhajan Singh |
| The same set of officers came back to Pargat Singh�s house |
| Golden Temple of Amritsar, the police began to arrest and interrogate people |
| Sukhwinder was very upset after Operation Blue Star |
| According to Balkar Singh, a nephew of Jagtar Singh who now lives in the town of Bhikhiwind |
| The body was taken back to the village and buried according to the Muslim religious custom |
| Police officials visited Charan Kaur several times and forced her to put her thumb impression |
| He had been arrested before and charged with offences under TADA |
| Student of a technical institute at Amritsar, was a resident of House |
| Despite evidence and testimony to the contrary, the CBI�s list of identified cremations |
| Two brothers joined the Indian army and Channan Singh himself |
| House at village Lakhna, the police surrounded the house from all sides and started firing |
| Mehmoodpura is a village very close to India�s border with Pakistan |
| Police cordon laid by Harike police between Rooriwal and Chamba villages |
| Livelihood, like his four brothers, as a laborer. Sardool had no political or militant associations |
| Police took Darshan�s two companions into custody |
| Land in Dhariwal village and had shifted his residence |
| Mukhtiar�s father had also expired and he used to help his brothers manage the family farm |
| Suspicious that he may be maintaining ties with militants |
| Family not to reveal how Gopal Singh had actually been killed so that they may continue |
| Government Senior Secondary School at Naushehra Pannuan (CIIP) |
| Studied for a post-graduate degree in Punjabi literature and became a Gyani |
| Police confiscated all valuable goods in the house |
| Sukhchain was able to obtain his release on bail within six months |
| Bundala village in Ferozepur district came to visit him |
| Father and one brother were themselves officers of the Punjab police |
| News about his arrest spread and was announced by his associates at the public function organized in village Shaheed |
| However, his elder son died suddenly after remaining feverish for some days and, in the shock |
| Village Poonia and, thereafter, continued to view all others members of the family with suspicion and distrust |
| Suffered a brain hemorrhage following the incident that left him paralyzed |
| Tarn Taran police performed the cremation |
| Dr. Bhullar in the town of Bhikhiwind and then opened a clinic at his village |
| Police officers asked these people to form a frontal phalanx, and to walk ahead of their forces into the marked house |
| Committee members to explain the purpose of their inquiries |
| One of his elder brothers was then in the Indian army |
| The main informant is the victim�s brother Dalbir Singh |
| His wife was also in hiding and her younger sons were too young to know the details of the incident |
| Meanwhile, two other companions of Nishan Singh and Gurinder Singh |
| Group of officers led by DSP Sukhdev Singh Brar of Valtoha police captured Amarjit |
| Committee has the following information in this case through its Incident-Report Form |
| According to Sadhu Singh, he had consulted several astrologers |
| Accompanied by members of the village council and some of her relatives |
| Punjabi newspapers reported the killing of Bikram Singh |
| He belonged to the Sansi community, one of the Sikh scheduled castes recognized by the Scheduled Castes |
| According to his brother Gurnam, Banta Singh could not endure these excesses |
| The police started raiding his house from the middle of 1989 |
| He collected his son�s ashes the next day with help from a cremation ground attendant |
| They looked for him at various police stations, and talked to several officers, but to no avail |
| They were regularly tortured and told to help procure Natha Singh�s arrest |
| security forces probably mistook him for a militant and without giving him any warning fired |
| The DSP had categorically denied any knowledge |
| Zira subdivision of Ferozepur district |
| Roots of Conflict - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Decade of Disappearances - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Counter-Insurgency Legislation - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Laws Governing Detention and Disappearances - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Habeas Corpus Jurisprudence - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| The Decision To Approach the Courts - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Choosing the High Court - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Problems as Cases Progressed and the Decision to Withdraw - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Families Who Chose Not To File a Petition - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Analysis of the Cases - General Trends,Dominant Judicial Attitudes |
| Police Responses to Petitions - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Reasons for Dismissing Petitions - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| The Decision To Order an Inquiry - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Experiences of Lawyers - Police Harassment |
| The Failure of Other National Remedies - National Human Rights Commission |
| People�s Commission - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Conclusion - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Appendix - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Ajaib Singh: A Paradigmatic Case - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| Human rights abuses, their documentation and the search for justice |
| CONCLUSION - Committee for Information and Initiative on Punjab (CIIP) |
| ENDNOTES - HUMAN RIGHTS IN PUNJAB |
