Under Sl. No. 131/464, the list identifies the 16 July 1991 cremation of Baghal Singh, s/o Labh Singh, r/o Sabhra, carried out by Inspector M. Singh of Tarn Taran’s Sadar police station under FIR No. 95/91. The postmortem report is marked as SM?25/91. The cause of death is mentioned to be “firearm injuries”.

The Committee has the following information in this case through its Incident-Report Form No. CCDP/01675. The main informant is the victim’s father Labh Singh.
The correct name of the person identified by the CBI’s list as Baghal Singh was Gehla Singh alias Baghel Singh. Son of Labh Singh and Jagdeep Kaur, 23-year old Gehla Singh was a motor mechanic resident of Sabhra village, Patti Gadai Ki, in Patti subdivision of Amritsar district. Gehla Singh’s workshop was next to the bus stand in his village Sabhra. He was unmarried.

In 1990, Gehla Singh came in contact with persons involved with the militant movement and began to associate with their activities. The police found out and started raiding his house to arrest him. But Gehla Singh dodged the police and began to stay away from the house.

In the afternoon of 15 July 1991, around 3 p.m., Gehla Singh was on the highway close to village Jaura and signalled a truck to stop for a lift. Unfortunately for him, a group of policemen were travelling in the truck. They recognized Gehla Singh and immediately shot him dead.

The family members found out about the incident on 16 July but did not dare to approach the police to claim the dead body. The police carried out the cremation.')"

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