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3 held guilty in anti-Sikh riots case

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday described the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as a “holocaust” in independent India and convicted three persons for lynching three members of a Sikh family during the riots which broke out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
   The three accused — Harparsad Bhardwaj, RP Tiwari and Jagdish Giri — all residents of Mansarovar Park in East Delhi, were held guilty for killing three persons, including a Delhi police head constable by leading a mob of over 150 rioters.
   “It was virtually a holocaust in independent India. Complainant Harminder Kaur lost her husband Niranjan Singh, a head constable in Delhi Police, young son Gurpal Singh and son-in-law Mahender Singh in that massacre,” additional sessions judge Rajender Kumar Shastri said.
   The court would hear the arguments on the quantum of sentence on Wednesday.
   However, the court acquitted two other accused — Suraj Giri and a woman Kamlesh — of their involvement in the crime for want of evidence.
   Former union minister HKL Bhagat, who is no more, was also named as one of the accused in the case, but had been discharged earlier due to insufficient evidence.
   While convicting the other three accused, the court gave credence to the eyewitness account of Kaur who had lost her husband and young son and rejected the contention of the accused that there was an inordinate delay in registration of the FIR. It also dismissed the plea that the victims’ bodies or any looted article were recovered during the probe.
   “There was remote possibility of producing such evidence,” the court said and termed the case as an “exceptional one” in which the FIR was registered in 1996, 12 years after the carnage following the directions by a committee set up by the Delhi government.
   The committee of Justice ML Jain (former judge of Delhi High Court) and AK Banerjee (retd IGP) had recommended registration of criminal cases after examining the affidavits filed by the affected families of the riots.

SGPC member summoned to Akal Takht

Jalandhar: Akal Takht Jathedar has summoned a member of SGPC for clarification regarding carrying an effigy of Parkash Singh Badal during a protest at Jammu in November, 2006. The effigy had allegedly depicted Badal as Ravana and one of the heads of the effigy was depicted as that of the Akal Takht Jathedar.
   Asking SGPC member and Akal Purakh ki Fauj coordinator, Jaswinder Singh Advocate to appear before the five high priests on March 29, Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti has asked him to clarify about his organisation’s involvement in the demonstration. It is learnt that Akal Takht has taken serious note of a protest against Dasam Granth, by some Sikh youth organisations, including Akal Purakh Ki Fauj.

Church, interfaith body to take up Sikh issues

 Amritsar: Before Sikhs’ single largest representative body , Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, could raise the issues pertaining Sikh identity crisis, especially the turban ban in France post 9/11, at the international platform, the Church of Scientology, World Council of Churches and International Interfaith, Switzerland, came for its rescue.
   The Church of Scientology has decided to take up the issues pertaining to protecting Sikhs’ distinct identity with their counterparts in France with an aim to generate a pressure group to press upon French government to withdraw its controversial and alleged anti-minority decision so they could enjoy their religious freedom.
   World Council of Churches Programme Executive president Jurg Stettler, chairman Hans Ucko and secretary general Charles Graves announced their decision in a special programme held at Gurdwara Sahib, Langenthal, Switzerland on Monday. The function was organised by Gurdwara Langenthal founder president Karan Singh.
   Talking to TOI over phone from Langenthal on Monday Hans Ucko hailed the efforts of tiny Sikh community of Europe in upholding their religious practices despite odds at various countries.
   “French example of curtailing rights of minorities was regrettable,” said Hans, adding that French government was taking the secular option too far. He said the World Council of Churches would take up the matter with their French counterpart to try to work out the protection of Sikhs’ identity and their religious symbols.Jurg Stettler said the Church of Scientology was also subjected to discrimination in France.
   He said he had already taken up the issue with his French counterpart Danielle Gourord of in Paris. Stettler was of view that incidents of violation of Human Rights, be it religious issues, should be taken up assertively on the international platform so that justice could be delivered to the minority communities being subjected to discrimination.
   Charles Graves expressed concern over the incidents of hate crime on Sikh community especially post 9/11. He said they would also give a representation to the UNO for the cause.

Tempers flare up in Phagwara

 Phagwara: After a peaceful half-day bandh, tension prevailed in the township late on Monday evening. As angry Sikh protesters and devotees, from inside the temple, fought pitched battles and hurled stones at each other, the police had to resort to lathicharge to bring a semblance of order.
   Sikh organisations had given a bandh call in protest against a programme held by Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthaan. The tension eased following parleys between representatives of Sikh and Hindu bodies. But in the evening, Sikh protesters again blocked traffic, alleging breach of compromise by the other party.
   Late Sunday evening, the Sikh organisations had blocked traffic on National Highway for around two hours and damaged three buses, leading to tension in the town. In place of “Sikhs versus Sansthaan”, the situation had turned into “Sikhs versus Hindus”. Sikh organisations took umbrage at the sermons delivered by preachers of Sansthaan during a religious function at Hanuman Garhi Mandir. They had submitted a memorandum to the SDM, requesting him to stop the Sansthaan programme. SDM Balwinder Singh Dhariwal said it was decided that the religious programme, which was being organised in connection with Ram Navami, would continue but the Sansthaan would not participate. Both sides agreed to this proposal. However, when the programme started on Tuesday evening, preachers allegedly from the same Sansthaan started conducting it. As the news about it spread, Sikh protesters blocked the national highway at Hoshiarpur Chowk point. Even as SSP Rakesh Aggarwal and SDM Balwinder Singh Dhariwal reached the spot the groups began pelting stones. Following this the police lathicharged the protesters and also used tear gas shells to disperse them.
   Earlier, the police booked Sikh activists for damaging property, blocking road and for hurting religious sentiments.

Sikh leaders in Punjab welcome conviction of 84 riot victims by Delhi court

PATIALA: Several senior Shiromani Akali Dall leaders here Monday hailed the verdict  of the delhi additional sessions judge court convicting three persons a 22-year-old anti-Sikh riots of 1984 case in which three members of a family were lynched in east Delhi.

A Delhi Court on Monday convicted three men for lynching three of a family in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.

Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri held Harparsad Bhardwaj, RP Tiwari and Jagdish Giri guilty of killing three of a Sikh family, including a Delhi police head constable.

Capt kanwaljit singh, Punjab minister for cooperation, welcoming the judgement said that even though the  verdict had come after a long wait of 22 years, at least it gave solace as the accused had been convicted.

Similar sentiments were voiced by karnail singh pirmohammad, an activist of the all India sikh students federation,  who said that the victims of the anti-sikh riots of 1984 must have got solace with the judgement pronounced today.

He said that the agonizing period of wait that the family members of the deceased had to go through could  well be appreciated. But it was a good ending with the accused being held guilty.

A delhi court on Monday had convicted three persons in a 22-year-old anti-Sikh riots case in which three members of a family were lynched in east Delhi. Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, had on march 16 after completion of arguments reserved judgement in the case in which five persons including a woman were charged under various sections including 302 (murder) 395 (dacoity), 436 (burning houses) and
147 (rioting) of the Indian penal code.

The FIR in the case was lodged in 1996 when harminder Kaur, who survived the riot, filed an affidavit with the Jain and Banerjee committee constituted to look  into the anti-Sikh riot cases. Former Union Minster H K L Bhagat, who was also named an accused in the case, was later discharged as the evidence against him was found to be insufficient. The trial which began in 1996 involves accused --  Harprasad Bharadwaj, R P Tiwari, Suraj Giri, Jagdish Giri and a lone woman Kamlesh -- who on November one
and two in 1984 had allegedly led a mob and killed three relatives of complainant Harminder Kaur.

As per the prosecution, Kaur's husband Niranjan Singh,  a head constable who was stationed at Shahdara railway station, was lynched and set ablaze by the rioters on November one, 1984, a day after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Her 17-year-old son Gurpal Singh and  son-in-law Mahender Singh were killed a day after.

Pak Sikhs want to sattle kids in Indian Punjab

PATIALA: Many Sikh families living in Pakistan are finding it difficult to find suitable match for their children for wedlock and are keen to settle them in India. 

These were the views of Pak Sikhs who were on pilgrimage to Punjab in the leadership of Bishan Singh president, Pakistan Gurdawara Parbandak Committee (PSGPC). 

Talking to this correspondent on Tuesday they said that in due to restrictions imposed by both the countries for not a free access to each other has forced to marry their wards in maternal families. They said that only 30000 Sikh has been residing in Pakistan and now they wanted to settle their daughters and sons in India and especially in Indian Punjab. 

"We are in a minority in Pakistan and want to settle our sons and daughters in India, especially in Punjab, for enhancing their marriage prospects," a Pakistani Sikh hailing from Peshawar, said here. 

Another Sikh women on condition of anonymity said that "there're few families of Sikhs and Hindus in Pakistan. We never marry our children in Muslim families. Therefore, we are finding it difficult to find suitable partners for our children." 

Bishan Singh president of PSGPC said that if both the government has open borders we will not find any difficulty in such matter. 

Swaran Singh another leader of Jatha said that though there was difficulty in marrying there children for finding suitable match but they now have started marrying their children to countries other than India as there was free access to these countries as compared to India.

Sarbat Singh who hailed from Peshawar also the president of local Gurdawara committee said that "if our daughter or son married to an Indian Sikh family and when need arises to visit them we has felt insecurity for getting visas from Indian Government". 

Regarding higher education and teaching Punjabi language in gurmukhi script DR. Sahib Singh of Peshawar said that now Sikh families were more aware to give higher education to our children and they have been choosing field of Medical, engineering, management and even defence forces of Pakistan, he added.