Under Sl. No. 148/585, the list identifies the 01 December 1991 cremation of Ex. Constable Ranjit Singh No. 3293/ TT, s/o Moora Singh, r/o Dodey, carried out by SHO Ram Nath of Patti police station under FIR No. 168/91. The postmortem report is marked SLG 112/91. The cause of death is said to be “police encounter”.

The Committee has the following information through its Incident-Report Form No. CCDP/01538. The main informant is the victim’s father Guran Singh Fauji, the actual name of Ranjit’s father that has been mistakenly recorded in the CBI’s list as Moora Singh.

Twenty-four year old Ranjit Singh, son of Guran Singh and Dalip Kaur, was a Mazhabi Sikh resident of village Dode [Sodhian], under Khalra police station, in Patti subdivision of Amritsar district. Ranjit was the youngest of four brothers and after completing his secondary education, he, like his elder brother, joined the Punjab police. He was unmarried and had no political associations.

In early 1990, various militant groups in Punjab began to target family members of policemen for murderous attacks and warned all Punjab police officials to either leave the service or face consequences. Ranjit’s worries about the situation of his family members increased and, in November 1990, he stopped reporting for duty.

One day in the last week of November 1991, Ranjit along with his friend Lakhbir Singh Fauji, s/o Tara Singh of the same village Dode, and his brother Nirvail Singh were on their way to Patti. All three were riding on the same scooter. They were stopped at a police check post that had been set up near the main crossing in Patti town, and separately questioned about their identities and addresses. Nirvail Singh was allowed to leave. The police, however, took Ranjit and Lakhbir into custody.

Returning to his village, Nirvail Singh told his parents and other village elders about the detention of his brother and friend. The family members looked for them in several police stations, and also met the DSP Patti and the DSP Bhikhiwind to find out what had happened to Ranjit Singh. But they were not able to obtain any information and remained traumatized by the lack of information about Ranjit Singh’s fate. When the Committee members told Ranjit’s father about Ranjit’s name in the CBI’s list of identified cremations, he expressed shock. He had asked the DSP of Patti specifically about Ranjit’s abduction and his whereabouts. The DSP had categorically denied any knowledge.

The CBI’s 3rd list, under Sl. No. 382/584, shows another 01 December 1991 cremation carried out by SHO Ram Nath of Patti police station under FIR No. 168/91. The postmortem report is marked as SLG-113/91 and the cause of death is given as “police encounter”. Clearly, this was the cremation of Lakhbir Singh Fauji, s/o Tara Singh, r/o of Dode [Sodhian], which was recorded as an unidentified body. As Nirvail Singh testifies, his brother Ranjit and Lakhbir had been detained after the officers at Patti checkpost verified their names and residential addresses. ')"

Report | Database | Backgrounder |Articles | Legal Battles | Interviews | Links |Get Involved |
News |Advocacy | About us | Home | Search this site |
Copyright©CIIP