Operation Rape Sikh Women (shudhee Karan)

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Role of Sikh Women in the Movement

Many Sikh women participated in the Sikh resistance movement as fighters. Like their sisters from past ages, Sikh women joined their brothers in the fight for freedom. Many brave Singhnees fought side by side with their Singhs and attained Shaheedee. The examples of Shaheeds Bhai Harvinderjit Singh Taini Babbar and Bibi Manjeet Kaur Babbar (their story will be posted later), Bhai Pritpal Singh and Bibi Harjeet Kaur, etc, are notable.

Sikh women often worked as messengers for Sikh Resistance groups as well as preparing hideouts and serving tired Sikh fighters.

But unfortunately, many Sikh women were also the target of the bloody thirsty Indian Security forces. Sikh women were ruthlessly tortured, not only physically but also mentally. They were used as tools to force the surrender of Sikh fighters who were their relatives and also as a means of humiliating families. When Sikh women were arrested with their husbands, the husbands were often forced to watch the rape of their wives. Rape was used as an interrogation tool.

Humiliation: A common form of torture used on Sikhs

The Indian Forces also began a program of “shudhee karan”, which was a code name for the rape of Sikh women. They joked that the offspring of their rapes would change the genetic makeup of the Sikh community and they would kill the Resistance in this way. Many rape victims took their own lives, unable to live with the ongoing humiliation at the hands of the Indian police.

[dalsingh101]

One plain fact that we often deny is that many (if not most) of the people doing this were from "Sikh" backgrounds themselves.

In the words of a Giani I met here in England "It wasn't lalas killing like that but our own lot"

[Bijla Singh]

No rational sane person can classify those criminal goons working for the government as human beings let alone being a Sikh. It is a clear fact that the government had setup networks of Black Cats to eliminate the Sikh fighters. Wearing a turban and Sikh traditional dress without keeping rehat does not make anyone a Sikh. A Sikh does not harm others, rape women and commit immoral acts. A Sikh is of high character as shown by numerous shaheeds of the panth.