Today 6 Punjab Police officers have been
convicted for the abduction and murder of Baba Charan Singh Ji Kaar-seva
wale and 5 of his family members in 1993.
In
Sikh history, Bhai Mati Daas Ji’s body was sawn alive into 2 pieces by
the Mughals in 1675. The Indian state, no better than the Mughals,
similarly shredded the body of Baba Charan Singh Ji Kaar-seva wale in 2
pieces. He was mercilessly tied to two jeeps that drove in opposite
directions, resulting in Baba Ji’s body being ripped into two pieces.
One of the perpetrators, Police Inspector Suba ‘Singh’, was from Sirhind, where in December 1704 the younger Sahibzaade were bricked alive by the orders of Wazir Khan, Suba (Governor) of Sirhind. Punjab Police’s Suba Singh boasted that Sikhs will forget Suba of Sirhind (Wazir Khan) and will remember Suba Singh Sirhind instead. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 30,000. When the media were taking photos of Suba Singh being taken to jail, he said with egotistical pride “take good photos.” It has taken 27 years to get this case to trial. Originally there were 15 people accused of kidnapping and murdering this family, but six of the accused died before the case reached trial. More than 25 prosecution witnesses also died before the case reached trial.
The dead bodies were never handed to the family and it has still not been disclosed what ultimately happened to them.
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| Baba Charan Singh Ji's brutal martyrdom at the hands of Panjab Police in 1993 |
One of the perpetrators, Police Inspector Suba ‘Singh’, was from Sirhind, where in December 1704 the younger Sahibzaade were bricked alive by the orders of Wazir Khan, Suba (Governor) of Sirhind. Punjab Police’s Suba Singh boasted that Sikhs will forget Suba of Sirhind (Wazir Khan) and will remember Suba Singh Sirhind instead. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 30,000. When the media were taking photos of Suba Singh being taken to jail, he said with egotistical pride “take good photos.” It has taken 27 years to get this case to trial. Originally there were 15 people accused of kidnapping and murdering this family, but six of the accused died before the case reached trial. More than 25 prosecution witnesses also died before the case reached trial.
The dead bodies were never handed to the family and it has still not been disclosed what ultimately happened to them.
Bhai Satnam Singh Ji Khande Wale, one one Panj Pyare of the Akal Takhat Amrit Sanchaars, spoke to the media... “This case still proves Sikhs will not get full justice in India. Someone who tortures and murders a whole family should receive the death penalty or at least life imprisonment. My family has not received full justice and many eye witnesses were intimidated and bought by the Police with bribes. However today’s verdict is welcomed and is very small success in the fight for justice against the Indian State for its atrocities committed against Sikhs from 1984-1995.”
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