IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor): „Information on Amarjit Singh, leader of the Mehta Chawla Federation group, who was arrested in the Punjab in October 1991 and imprisoned at Amritsar; and information on Amrik Singh of Muktsar, Sukhbir Singh of Delhi, Tarsam Singh of Talwandi Bhai and Kamaljeet Singh of Gundaspur, all of the Chawla Federation group [IND13860]“, Dokument #1132293

Information on Amarjit Singh, leader of the Mehta Chawla Federation group, who was arrested in the Punjab in October 1991 and imprisoned at Amritsar; and information on Amrik Singh of Muktsar, Sukhbir Singh of Delhi, Tarsam Singh of Talwandi Bhai and Kamaljeet Singh of Gundaspur, all of the Chawla Federation group [IND13860]

The Associated Press in a news report from Amritsar (the Sikh holy city and the centre of the separatist campaign) on 11 June 1992, quoting senior police superintendent Jasminder Singh, said 10 gunmen wearing police uniforms took one Amrik Singh, his wife, three daughters and other villagers into the fields outside Kilian Wala village, 75 miles from Amritsar, and shot them. Reuters also in its report of 2 June 1992 from Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab, referred to one Amrik Singh Kauli as a local chief of the Babbar Khalsa International Group who was gunned down in an encounter in Chandigarh. BBC report of 23 December 1991, quoting All-India Radio, stated that the two major factions of the Akali Dal in the Punjab, the Akali Dal-Longowal and Akali Dal-Panthic, had merged to form a new party. The source said the announcement was made at a press conference which was attended by one Captain Kamaljeet Singh.

Reporting from Amritsar on 17 June 1991 the Chicago Tribune quoted one Amarjit Singh, a senior official of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, during the final days of what the Tribune described as the bloodiest general election campaigns in India's history. Amarjit Singh said that Sikhs "never forget an insult to our religion, as Mrs. Gandhi found out" (17 June 1991).

A BBC report of 14 May 1991 stated the death of one Kamaljit Singh, an independent candidate in the elections to the provincial assembly. According to this report Mr. Kamaljit Singh was reported missing on 10 May 1991, and his body was found near Pragpur village on the following day. Finally, the Xinhua News Service also reported from New Delhi that one Sukhbir Singh was shot dead by Sikh militants at Doburji village in Amritsar district.

Additional and/or corroborative information could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB in Ottawa.

References

Associated Press (AP). 11 June 1992. PM Cycle. "Sikh Militants Massacre 11." (NEXIS)

BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 23 December 1991. "Akali Dal Factions Merge to Form New Party." (NEXIS)

. 14 May 1991. "Punjab Election Candidate Killed." (NEXIS)

Chicago Tribune. 17 June 1991. Uli Schmetzer. "Balloting a Bloody Affair in Sullen Sikh Homeland." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 2 June 1992. BC Cycle. "Police Kill Sikh Militant Wanted for 200 Murders." (NEXIS)

Xinhua General Overseas News Service. 24 May 1990. "Local Congress-I Leader Among 16 Killed in Punjab." (NEXIS)