Fundamental Questions
thrown up by the
Sukhi Rehabilitation case
1. Mr. Prakash Singh Badal is pretending that he does not know
about the ‘rehabilitation’ of so called militants. He has been the
Chief Minister of the
Punjab for five years up to 2002. His party was aligned to the
coalition ruling at the centre. If Mr. Badal does not know it means
only one thing that the information was kept away from both the
central government and the
Punjab
government. People are entitled to know who is ruling the country
and the Punjab even when elected governments are firmly in the
saddle? Was Prakash Singh a ‘second class chief minister’ whom it
was dangerous to trust with such information? Are the people of the
Punjab
slaves to be ruled over by someone’s, faceless and anonymous
nominees?
2. It has been a long maintained open secret that the police has
been patronizing groups of ‘official terrorists.’ A Santokha Kala
group surfaced in
Amritsar more than a decade ago and speaking to the international
Press made sensational revelations (like ‘we are issued identity
cards, we are allowed to murder and rob cars, we stay in government
guest houses’ and so on). Dalbir group was exposed in a big way in
Patiala a little later. J. Ribiero, former DGP Punjab admitted in
his book that such gangs were maintained by the police. Now KPS Gill
and SS Virk have admitted as much. It is time to come clean
regarding who laid down this policy to recruit ‘official terrorists’
(did the Akalis consent to it), from which funds or activity were
their expenses met, who controlled these groups ultimately, who
ordered the execution of individuals they were asked to eliminate,
were any secret laws enacted to legalise such killings, how many
people did they kill, what record is kept of their activities, when
did these groups start the killing spree, are they still at it, what
are they given for each executions?
3. It has been admitted that there are at least 300 such people
who are operating as the ‘living dead.’ They are still patronised by
the police as is obvious from the concern about their welfare shown
by KPS Gill and SS Virk. They are reported to be operating from
India
and abroad. What tasks are assigned to them? Was the downing of the
Air India Kaniska flight their handiwork as has been recorded in the
government records of Canada? Are they causing and promoting
friction amongst the Punjabi community abroad? There is obviously a
file on each of them and maybe a full-fledged department is
monitoring and guiding their activities. A complete account of their
‘accomplishments,’ their funding and controlling machinery must be
made public so as to avoid serious consequences in future.
4. Prominent politicians of
India
and the Punjab have been propping up a considerable force of
‘god-men’ in the Punjab. Today we have at least one per village. Is
this a complementary activity to recruiting, training and
maintaining a devastatingly effective striking force of officially
dead militants, as some knowledgeable people believe? Who are the
‘venerable Babas’ who are aiding the government in its task of thus
maintaining ‘national unity and integrity?’
5. Can the deeply divided, faction ridden Punjabi society
afford to have amongst them hundreds of ‘living dead’ who are
legally not accountable? It must be considered that a large,
organised, well-funded force of hundreds of ‘legally dead’ people is
a blind fury in the hands of few officials or a single politician.
What havoc are they not capable of creating?
6. At the beginning of the last Akali Dharam Yudh Morcha,
Darbara Singh the then CM Punjab often gave public statements to the
effect that the murderers were coming out of the Gurdwaras and were
taking shelter there. In reply Sant Longowal’s oft repeated and
frequently published statement was that the killers issue forth from
police stations, stayed in government rest houses and were
patronised by the police. All evidence now shows that Longowal was
more right. Enough evidence has also emerged in the last two decades
to establish that the attack on the Darbar and the indiscriminate
killing of thousands of Sikhs including Sant Jarnail Singh Khalsa
Bhinderanwale was at the behest of some motivated individual who was
able to arrange the consent of political
India for the venture. This is the underlying cause of the present
Prime Minister’s apology in the Parliament.
1. This loudly calls for a full fledged enquiry into the
circumstances leading to the armed forces’ attack on Darbar Sahib,
the destruction of the Akal Takhat, the Sikh Reference Library(?)
and the killing of thousands upon thousands of innocent Sikhs.
Who are we? We are a group of very ordinary people who have been
engaged in investigating Human Rights abuses in the
Punjab for over two decades. Our names are: Dr. Sukhjit Kaur Gill,
Harshindr Singh Advocate, Prof. Kulbir Singh and Gurtej Singh.
We
appeal to our representatives in the Punjab Legislature, leaders of
various political parties and Media-persons connected with the
Punjab
to try and get the whole truth out for once and for all.
Authenticated By
(Harshinder
Singh Advocate)
February 24, 2006
Well-done and fight
till the end for justice-Thanks
A few words
for the characters like Dr. Awatar S. Sekhon
On
2/27/06, Dr. Awatar S. Sekhon <assekhon@shaw.ca>
Whether you were staying in
Norway or not is not the issue at the moment. Conduct of the
individual is material. It is good that you are an expert in English
language. I am thankful that you have declared me as such, "Indeed,
you are playing this CAT and RAT game of the Research and Analysis
Wing, advocate Balbir Singh Sooch." I feel you have equated me with
you. If my writings depict so, in the present circumstances when DGP
VIRK and his Sukhi alleged that Cats are even staying abroad, then I
am happy that at least I am here in field and nothing more to share
with you about Sikh affairs. Thanks for your conclusion. Here many
became slaves of circumstances and finally turned CATS but it is
difficult now to guess about you. I can expect something better from
the slaves of circumstances in near future but not from you. Still I
am safe as you can not bite me from the far away distance, if you
are really "Khalistani"? To my mind, you are more than this.
Balbir Singh Sooch |