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Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/f...llnews&id=88058 Sikh bodies hail denial of visa to Narender Modi [india News]: Amritsar, Mar.19 : Various Sikh organizations have hailed the decision of the denial of visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by US Consulate in India, terming it as "a principled and courageous action". While talking to ANI over phone, Dr. Pritpal Singh, the convener of the American Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, said on Saturday that Sikhs in America were against Modi getting the visa because of his alleged venomous speeches against the minorities. "We in U.S. had been demanding for not granting visa to Modi as his presence could have created tension among minorities in U.S. We appreciated the step taken by the Consulate in India. The step taken by the US consulate indicates that the United States retains a deep commitment to human rights and the rights of the minorities. across the world," Pritpal Singh said. The president of the All India Sikh Students Association, Manjit Singh Bhoma ,said that that other countries should also follow the path of the U.S. Bhoma also criticized the Indian Government for backing Modi on the issue. He alleged that both the Congress and the BJP were hand in glove in their machinations against the minorities. (ANI)

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! I have copied and pasted relevant info from the webpages: http://www.damdamitaksal.com/lit_rehat_23.htm Summary of the Rehat of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji Akhand Paath & Sehaj Paath To take Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji from one place to another there are to be a minimum of 5 Singhs present with Guru ji. A gong or other relevant instruments are to be played to make others aware of Guru ji’s arrival. Water is to be sprinkled in front of Guru Sahib. If you are taking Guru Sahib in a car/vehicle, then the container of water is to be placed in the car. Where Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji is present and Karah Parshad is to be prepared, the floor covering must not be made of inappropriate materials (e.g. in India, animal dung mixed with clay and hay is sometimes spread on a dirt floor to stop dust from flying around). Once a suitable room is selected, the floor, walls and ceilings should be broomed, cleaned or washed as appropriate. Where Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji is Parkash, a beautiful canopy is to be placed over Guru ji. If Guru ji is Parkash in a Palki, then there should be a small canopy in the Palki and in turn a larger one is to be hung over the Palki. http://www.damdamitaksal.com/lit_rehat_22.htm Respecting Gurbani "The Word, the Bani is Guru, and Guru is the Bani. Within the Bani all the Ambrosial Nectar is contained. If His humble servant believes, and acts according to the Words of the Guru's Bani, then the Guru, in person, emancipates him." (SGGSJ Ang 982) "That person who does not respect and fear Gurbani cannot be my Sikh." (Gurpartap Suraj Granth) At Sri Anandpur Sahib, a Singh was reading Gurbani slightly wrong and Guru Gobind Singh Sahib Ji said, "O Singh! You are breaking my limbs." This is why Guru Sahib Ji taught and explained all the meanings and correct discourses of Gurbani to a number of Singhs. The chosen Singh’s would then pass on this knowledge, understanding and correct pronunciation of Gurbani to all. "Oh Sikhs, listen to this teaching - recite Gurbani correctly (i.e. pronounce it correctly). Read it and obtain many pleasures, herein and thereafter." Satguru ji gave the utmost respect to Gurbani in all his ten forms. In same way, we should also show the same respect. In order to do this, the following should be adhered to: - No one should seat themselves behind Guru ji’s throne without having bathed or washing their feet (if they have worn shoes). Nor should they do so whilst wearing socks or gloves. - A person who has had sex or a nightly emission should have a full Ishnaan (from head to toe, including washing his hair), wash his clothes, then recite Japji Sahib and then do an Ardas. Then he is ready to go sit behind the Guru ji’s throne. - Some ignorant people, under the influence of the bad company they keep, masturbate. This leads to problems with ejaculation and is a sin, therefore masturbation should never be performed. - If your hands have touched your, or someone else’s, feet, face, Kashera or if they are wet or dirty, then they must not to be placed on Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji, Pothis (volumes of Granths) or Gutka sahibs (collections of bani’s). - Whilst in Guru ji’s Hazoori nothing is to be eaten or placed in the mouth, i.e. sweets or cardamom. - A Singh sitting in Guru ji’s Hazoori is not to sit on any form of cushion. He is not to put his feet under the Manji Sahib (Guru’s Sahib’s platform/throne) or lean against it in any way. He is to sit cross-legged without leaning on anything. - You must never put your feet in the direction of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Maharaj ji is never to be placed in a closet or cupboard. On the contrary, Guru Sahib must be placed on a nicely decorated throne in a well-ventilated room. Clothing appropriate to the season is to be placed upon the throne of Guru ji. In the summer, thin clothing and in winter, warm clothing i.e. a thick blanket/duvet must be used. If Maharaj is kept in a palki then a small canopy is to be hung inside the palki and a larger one over the top of the palki. The canopy is placed as a mark of respect for Satguru ji who is the Master of all beings. The spread that is placed under the palki and Manji Sahib is to be of better quality, and separate, to that of the Granthi Singh. The Manji Sahib is to be well built and attractive in appearance. In the summer or in warm weather, thin Rumala’s should be placed over Guru Sahib and in the winter/cold weather, warm Rumala’s or a thick blanket. Whenever Satguru ji is brought somewhere, the Sangat are to remove their shoes and perform Kirtan. When Satguru ji passes you are to rise and clasp you hands together as a mark of respect and are to humbly bow. For as long as you can see Satguru ji, you are to remain standing with both hands clasped. Whilst Satguru ji is on the move, five Singhs are to accompany him at all times and they are to remain bare-footed. One Singh is to do Chaur Sahib Seva whilst one is to go ahead of Satguru ji and sprinkle water. In order to make the Sangat aware that Satguru ji is coming in their direction, gongs or other appropriate instruments are to be played. When doing Paath from a Pothi or Gutka you should sit on a clean cloth placed on the floor. If there is a settee/bed or other furniture on a higher platform that you can sit on, then you should sit upon this furniture to recite Paath. Whilst sitting on the bed of another, Gurbani is not to be recited sitting directly behind them (i.e. with their back to you). You are not to recite Gurbani sitting on the floor when someone is sitting on a higher platform than yourself (at home) or facing the side of the bed where your feet are placed at night. When reciting Gurbani, you are to face your pillow or the place where your head rests for sleep. A person who gives Santhia (teaches how to correctly pronounce Gurbani) should not sit on a pillow or on a higher platform than those being taught. Pothia of Gurbani, Gutka Sahibs, Sri Dasam Granth Gurbani, Bhai Gurdas ji’s writings are all to be given the utmost respect and care, this includes any other writings about Gurmat or those which contain Gurbani. Normal books are not to be stored along with scriptures of Gurbani. A Gutka is not to be used whilst having your head uncovered and/or with your shoes on. A bookmark or any form of sign is not to be kept in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Gutkas and Pothis of Gurbani are to be stored in a nice place, high up, towards which your feet will not be facing and where your back will not be turned against. Rumala’s with images/pictures on them are not to be placed upon Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Expensive, beautiful and clean Rumalas are to be offered to Guru Sahib. In the presence of Guru Sahib a candle of paraffin/white spirit is not to be lit. When listening to Gurbani from a radio, cassette player (or CD/video etc) the audio-visual aid is to be placed on a higher platform than the person listening to it, as a mark of respect to the Gurbani being listened to. Newspapers, magazines, books etc in which Gurbani may be written should not be carried in carrier bags etc and are not to be thrown away or allowed to fly around on the ground – after use, they should be burnt. When going to sit in the Hazoori of Guru Sahib, clothing that was worn when going to the toilet is not to be worn (until washed again). After going to the toilet, the hands are to be washed 5 times with soap, soil, sand, ashes etc. Dishes are to be cleaned with sand, soil and are not to only be cleaned with washing up powder (as used in India). Brushing your teeth daily is essential. After passing water, it is essential to wash your hands. Weapons are to be shown utmost respect. They are not to be kept in a place towards which your feet will face. In the same way no one is to be bowed to or believed in other than Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. No faith/belief is to be placed in your ancestors. In your homes, dirty photos/posters are not to be put up, rather photos of warriors, saints and the Satgurus are to be put up but your feet are not to be put in there direction. In Gurdwara’s or at home, no photo is to be placed in front of Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji. Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh !

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Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! Khalsa Jee, You are right this is Beadbi if Guru Jee's rehat is not kept. If you have Maharaaj in the house then there your house is Guru Ghar so Maryada has to be kept. Khalsa please up load those procedures .... it would be very useful..... we are looking to compile a procedures for when Maharaaj is brought to house like strictly no meat or alcohol in the permises. Treating your house like a Gurudwara etc... I have found some very good info to get started.... i will upload it. Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh !

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! That programme was really good.... I watched half and got it recorded so plan to watch rest of it.... it shows their true colours and basically the 'Nazi' people these RSS people are.... some of the witness accounts were too sickening ...... it was so gruesome what they did to them ..... it just made you think about the 84 Delhi Riots aswell and what they went through aswell. Inspired by this program and links off the bbc4 website. Check out this video in real media from website http://www.awaazsaw.org/c4script.htm It is an investigation into Sewa International (UK), so called charity that funds RSS: http://www.stopfundinghate.org/resources/mm/c4news.rm (5MB - right click save traget as...) Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh !

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! Did anyone (UK) watch storyville last night ? INDIA: FINAL SOLUTION Rakesh Sharma, India, 2003 Sunday 20 March 2005 9.50pm-11.20pm A study of the politics of hate. The film graphically documents the changing face of right-wing politics in India through a study of the 2002 killing of Muslims in Gujarat. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documentaries...-solution.shtml

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Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050317/punjab1.htm#4 Handwriting expert disputes alibi in Khalra case Tribune News Service Patiala, March 16 The accused in the human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra disappearance case got a jolt when a government handwriting expert today submitted a report in a local court disputing the alibi of a Head Constable, who is an accused in the case. The handwriting expert, Mr B.A. Vaid, who is the general examiner of questioned documents (GEQD), was summoned as a witness in the case by the Central Bureau of Investigations in the court of Additional Sessions Judge S.P. Bangarh. The crux of the issue is the presence of Head Constable Jasbir Singh on October 5, 1995, just before Khalra was allegedly liquidated by a Punjab Police team at the Jhabal police station in Taran Tarn. The accused had claimed that he had booked a room at Gobind Dham on October 1 the same year while on a pilgrimage to Hemkunt Sahib. The accused had claimed that due to landslides he was stranded and had to book a room at Gobind Dham on October 5 again. He had also claimed that he had even got a blanket issued from the “serai”. The alibi aimed to prove that there is no way the Head Constable could have been at Jhabal police station at the same time. According to sources, Mr Vaid in his report submitted to the court has claimed that though the signatures on the register of the “serai” on October 1, 1995, are that of the police official, the signatures on October 5 do not seem to be that of Jasbir Singh. He said the same was the case with regard to the blanket which Jasbir claimed was issued to him by the ‘serai’ on October 5. Meanwhile, defence counsel — Satnam Singh Cler demanded a copy of the opinion submitted by the handwriting expert to the court. The demand was accepted by the court and the same was provided to him. The defence will cross examine the witness tomorrow.

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050310/punjab1.htm Key witness says he was forced to retract statement Tribune News Service Patiala, March 9 Central Bureau of Investigation’s key witness in the Jaswant Singh Khalra disappearance case, Special Police Officer Kuldeep Singh, today claimed that the accused police officers in the case, had forced him to retract the statement given by him to the CBI regarding the disappearance of the human rights activist. During his cross-examination in a local court here, he said after giving a statement before the CBI in Delhi, implicating a number of senior police officials, he had retracted the same under pressure from the accused police personnel. The witness said he was forced to do this because he had been provided with Punjab Police personnel for security. He said faced with threats, he had held a press conference to retract the statement. Kuldeep Singh said the accused police personnel forced him to give a statement to the press that he had been offered Rs 50,000 by Mrs Paramjit Kaur Khalra, wife of the human rights activist. He said due to pressure, he had also got a case registered against Mrs Khalra. The witness said he built up courage to stand by the truth as well as his convictions only after he was provided CRPF security. He said once CRPF security personnel were provided to him, he decided to stand by the truth. The witness also claimed that he had not met Mrs Khalra except outside the court and that he had not visited the Kabir Park residence of the human rights activist in Amritsar.

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1055064.cms TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2005 01:18:14 AM] NEW DELHI: The Opposition today took the Manmohan Singh government to task in Parliament for dragging its feet on tabling the Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Proceedings in the two Houses of Parliament were stalled during the zero hour, when angry BJP and Akali Dal members gave vent to their feelings by raising slogans against the Congress and the government led by it at the Centre. In the absence of a satisfactory reply from the government, they rushed to the well, forcing the presiding officers of the two Houses to adjourn the proceedings for a brief period. In the Lok Sabha, the issue was raised during the zero hour by BJP deputy leader VK Malhotra, who alleged that it had been more than 40 days since the report was handed over to the Union home minister, but it’s contents hadn’t been made public till date. “Over 4,000 Sikhs were killed in the riots, but not a single person has been punished so far, even though it is common knowledge that prominent leaders from a political party were involved in instigating the mobs,’’ Mr Malhotra asserted. “Even otherwise, the prospects of truth being brought out are bleak as not a single FIR was lodged, and all the relevant documents were destroyed,” he added. Amidst cries of “shame, shame’’ from the opposition benches, the senior BJP leader sought to contrast the fate of the Nanavati Commission report on the anti-Sikh riots with that of the Bannerjee committee’s report on the Godhra train tragedy. “The interim report was made public at a press conference even before it was handed over to the railway minister,” he said. To this, leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee replied that the Bannerjee committee was a department-related panel, and not one set up under the Commission of Inquiry Act. He simultaneously sought to assure the House that the report, along with the action taken report (ATR) would be submitted soon, but his statement was buried in the din created by the opposition members. With the opposition members unrelenting, speaker Somnath Chatterjee was forced to adjourn the House for 15 minutes. The issue was raised in the Rajya Sabha by BJP member S S Ahluwalia, who levelled charges similar to those made by his party colleagues in the Lower House. He was supported by BJP deputy leader Sushma Swaraj, who alleged that the government was adopting double standards as the Bannerjee committee report was tabled even without the ritual of government examination, and wondered why it was taking so long for the government to study the Nanavati Commission report.

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! Thanks for all the replies..... So basically saying it might be the serial number ........... can someone pm me the crack that works :TH: ...... or it might the firewall blocking the connection ... i could try to stop the firewall (sounds bit risky) and then try updating Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh !

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Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050301/punjab1.htm#12 Heritage status to Golden Temple hangs fire Tribune News Service Amritsar, February 28 The heritage status to the Golden Temple, proposed to be given this year, may run into rough weather even as the SGPC chief, Bibi Jagir Kaur, has written to the Director of UNESSCO to keep the process in abeyance, following objections raised by a section of Sikh panth. Meanwhile, immediately after the protest dharna, staged by the Shiromani Akali Dal (Longowal), headed by Mr Prem Singh Chandumajra and other senior leaders, including Mr Inderjit Singh Zeera, Mr Hardip Singh Mohali, Mr Baldev Singh Mann and Mr Karnail Singh Panjoli, the SGPC today put the dossier of Golden Temple on its website. The SAD (Longowal) and other leaders demanded making the dossier public so that the Sikh community could give suggestions before the Golden Temple was accorded the heritage status. The SGPC members, Mr Mohali, Mr Panjoli and Mr Sanmukh Singh, said it was a matter of great concern that even the members of the Shiromani Committee did not have access to the dossier of the Golden Temple which was sent to UNESCO for granting the status. A press note bearing the signatures of Mr Chandumajra, Mr Zeera, Mr Mann and three SGPC members alleged that the dossier had glaring distortions which were inserted at the behest of BJP/RSS. It alleged that the dossier attempted to compromise on sovereignty of Akal Takht which could not be tolerated. found more info on: http://www.witness84.com/unesco/

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050228/punjab1.htm#7 2 cops get jail for journalist’s disappearance Tribune News Service Patiala, February 27 A local court yesterday awarded three-year imprisonment to two police personnel on charges of causing the disappearance of Aj Di Awaz journalist Sukhpal Singh Palli in 1994. Palli had disappeared after he was nabbed from the residence of his in-laws at Chular village in Moonak. Both police personnel —ASI Massa Singh and Havaldar Baljit Singh — who were awarded punishment by the court had been held responsible for taking him away from the village. The Court of Additional Sessions Judge, Mr Surinder Gupta, however, acquitted the then Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police Jasminder Singh, at present Inspector General, Computers and Wireless, in Chandigarh, Deputy Superintendent of Police Surjit Singh, presently SP, Moga, ASI Harminder Singh, Havildar Malkit Singh and Home Guards Ram Chand and Sukhwinder Singh. According to the prosecution, Palli, who was reporting for the Punjabi daily from Moonak, had been picked up from his home at Sekhuwas village under Lehra Ghagga police station 15 days before he eventually disappeared. He was released at the instance of the village panchayat. The prosecution had charged that the journalist was later picked up from his in-laws’ residence by personnel belonging to the Sunam CIA staff after which nothing was heard about him ever again. The family of Palli had filed a writ petition regarding his disappearance in the Supreme Court with the help of Human Rights activist Inderjit Singh Jaijee and the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) President, Mr Simranjit Singh Mann.

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.webindia123.com/news/showdetail...69052&cat=India Government unlikely to table Nanavati riot report:- New Delhi | February 24, 2005 9:51:28 PM IST New Delhi, Feb 24 : The central government is unlikely to table the Nanavati Commission report on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the Budget session of parliament beginning Friday. "The Nanavati Commission report is not listed to be tabled in parliament, at least in the first phase of the budget session. But the final decision on the business would be taken in the business advisory committee meetings," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Thursday. He said the business schedule would be changed according to the demands from the opposition as well as other lawmakers. More than 2,400 Sikhs were killed in riots that followed the Oct 31, 1984, assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Independent reports, however, put the death toll much higher. Retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati Feb 9 submitted the findings of his commission to Home Minister Shivraj Patil. Patil had said the government would place the report, running over 200 pages, in parliament along with the report on action taken. The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded that the report be tabled immediately. The Nanavati commission was appointed May 10, 2000, by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. It was asked to fix responsibility for lapses by authorities in preventing the riots in Delhi and other parts of the country. (IANS) ------------------------------------- Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.witness84.com http://www.carnage84.com http://www.punjabjustice.org http://www.ensaaf.org http://www.shrg.org

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb232005/lines.asp BETWEEN THE LINES 84 riots were organised: Nanavati BY KULDIP NAYAR RIOTS were "organised", some Congressmen instigating the anti-social- elements to "target the Sikh community" without any "meaningful intervention" by the police. This is the import of the report by former Supreme Court Judge G T Nanavati on the 1984-riots. Understandably, he is reluctant to reveal the contents of the report because the Home Ministry, to which he has submitted it, is yet to place it before Parliament. But he makes no secret of his unhappiness over the nexus that has found between some Congressmen and the police. He describes one as exploitative and the other indisciplined. Nanavati's observations more or less confirm what some NGOs had said in the pamphlet, ‘Who are the guilty?’ published soon after the killings in Delhi. The pamphlet said that "the attacks on members of the Sikh community in Delhi and its suburbs during the period, far from being a spontaneous expression of 'madness' and of popular 'grief and anger' at Mrs (Indira) Gandhi's assassination as made out to be by the authorities, were the outcome of a well-organised plan marked by acts of both deliberate commissions and omissions by important politicians of the Congress (I) at the top and by the authorities in the administration." Nanavati believes what happened in Delhi can happen anywhere in India and at anytime because the police knows no limits and politicians no norms of behaviour. "I have seen the same pattern in Gujarat" where he is currently investigating into the rioting which had made Muslims as the target. He sees many similarities between the happenings in Delhi and Gujarat and he has no good word, either for the politicians of the authorities. "The army was late to arrive," says Nanavati. It was not familiar with Delhi and hence took some time to get acquainted with the different localities. To begin with, according to Nanavati, the army wanted to go only into the two areas that were adjacent to the Cantonment. However, he does not comment on the allegation that the government had purposely delayed the induction of the army. He is particularly harsh on the prosecuting agency. "There should be something like the National Prosecuting Agency for the country" so that prosecution is independent, without any outside pressure. Nanavati has no hesitation in saying that the authorities were not obeying instructions from above. "I have seen the orders issued by the top but there was no implementation." This is, indeed, a serious charge which suggests that the authorities, particularly the police, had become itself a mob, without any check or control. Connivance is bad enough but the participation is something horrendous to contemplate is a democratic society. When it comes to action against the guilty, Nanavati expresses helplessness. After 20 years, he says, there was no concrete evidence to pursue, nothing to bring the killers to book. Still he has named four, five Congressmen, including a member of Parliament. Nanavati opened five or six cases from the many the police had closed but gave up because he found it to be a wild goose chase. Two or three cases were going on in the court against some police officials, he says. Apparently, he had not gone beyond. Nanavati’s report says that the first incident took place around 2.30 pm on October 31, 1984 in the neighbourhood of All India Institute of Medical Sciences when some Sikhs were dragged out from their vehicles. The then President, Zail Singh’s motorcade was stoned around 5 pm. Hell broke the following day, according to Nanavati. He is of the view that the fury lasted for one day, although some stray incidents took place subsequently. This is contrary to the general belief that the rioting continued for three days. Nanavati admits that he is conscious of "limitations" in the report. To pick up the thread two decades later was not easy. Many people had died in the meantime and the court had given its verdict on several cases. Still he had done his best. "I have not tried to whitewash anything. The report has to be read in its entirety to know where the blame lay," says Nanavati. "Some in the media were unfair to me because what was used as a leak was partly concocted and partly torn out of context." He takes the credit for suggesting two steps for the rehabilitation of victims and their families. One recommendation is to pay he same compensation in other parts of India as has been done in Delhi Rs 3.5 lakh for every person killed. The second is to ask the government to provide job to the son or any other person of the family which lost its breadwinner. I wish the Nanavati Commission had gone beyond the rioting. I had something else in mind when I raised the demand in the Rajya Sabha for another commission. I wanted something on the lines of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission appointed by South Africa to go over the period of apartheid. The whites were asked to confess what they did and were promised that no action would be taken against them. Many came forward and told the truth. For example, one said that he tried to kill Nelson Mandela. Had New Delhi gone about the same way, some from among the politicians, and authorities might have come forward to tell the truth. We would not have been clueless as we are today even after several inquiry reports. Probably, our laws do not permit this. Even then, the commission's terms of reference should have been different. None expected any new evidence or something clinching to get at the guilty. Nanavati was also for a similar commission. He says that he tried to pursue the same path but did not succeed in his efforts. "I asked many witnesses and others who appeared before me to rise above politics. But it looks as if I did not succeed." (The Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee was keen on finding the culprits and hanging them. It was not willing to condone their guilt even if they were to come out with the truth). Still we have the right to know why those who indulged in the rioting did so and how "the organised" killing came to be planned and executed. The pattern in Delhi and elsewhere was the same: looting and burning the property and then setting it on fire and even killing or burning the owners and occupants along. The report, I am afraid, may not satisfy the Sikh community that has been wronged. But then even the most critical report cannot heal the wounds. Yet the government owes an explanation to the Sikhs or, more so to the country. Let the Prime Minister say in Parliament at the next session that however limited the Nanavati report, the government seeks forgiveness from the nation and the victimised community. This will be statesmanship even though it may not serve the calls of politics. http://www.witness84.com http://www.carnage84.com http://www.punjabjustice.org http://www.ensaaf.org http://www.shrg.org

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20050220/punjab1.htm#13 Arrest KPS Gill, says Mann Tribune News Service Chandigarh, February 19 After a key witness in the Khalra murder case named Punjab’s former Director-General of Police K.P.S. Gill during the hearing of the case, Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) President Simranjit Singh Mann yesterday demanded his arrest. Mr Mann also announced the filing of a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the transfer of Punjab and Haryana High Court’s outgoing Chief Justice Mr Justice B.K. Roy. Talking to the media from the residence of his advocate Ranjan Lakhanpal, Mr Mann added that he would file a writ petition in the court if Mr Gill was not arrested even after the surfacing of his name”. The witness, Kuldeep Singh, had earlier stated in a Patiala court that Mr Gill had met Khalra a few days before his killing in 1995. Mr Mann stated that the prosecution could now summon Mr Gill after moving an application under section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The court could also suo motu summon him, Mr Lakhanpal said. Mr Mann said a letter has also been written to Punjab Chief Secretary Jai Singh Gill stating that police officers accused in Khalra murder case had appeared in the Patiala court with "loaded concealed weapons". “The witnesses and their counsel in the Khalra case were being harassed by the state police," Mr Mann alleged in his letter. The copies of the letter were distributed at the press conference.

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.ppa?newsid=118372 ‘Govts cannot shake off responsibilities’ Government stage-managed massacres in 1984 and 2002, guilty let off: Social activist Harsh Mander Amrita Chaudhry Ludhiana, February 18: Noted social activist Harsh Mander believes that the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 laid the ground for the 2002 Gujarat carnage. In both the fateful events, the state stood by and even assisted the massacre of minority communities. In both, the guilty state authorities went unpunished, he added. Mander resigned from the Indian Administrative Service as mark of protest against the Gujarat riots and has been working relentlessly since for the rehabilitation of the affected Muslim families. In an exclusive interview with Newsline,Mander said, ‘‘The state governments simply cannot shake off their responsibilities for letting the communal riots take place. How can the then Congress government was not involved in the anti-Sikh riots?’’ He further said, ‘‘The government in power did little to stop the mindless bloodshed. Riots, whether in 1984 or 2002, could be controlled within a matter of hours had full curfew been imposed which was up to the local authorities.’’ And an anecdote followed. ‘‘I was Additional District Magistrate at Indore. It is my personal experience that if officers listen to their duty’s call and impose curfews without waiting for the politicians’ nod, the way we did in Indore, massacres can be avoided easily.’’ Mander demanded, ‘‘The findings of Nanvati Commission Report should be made public and the guilty, whosoever he or she is, be punished.’’ Drawing similarities between the 1984 and the 2002 riots, Mander said, ‘‘First, the governments in both the cases, did not try to control the riots. The riots in 2002 were worse. The state government even refused to set up relief camps. Second, people in power let the violence continue unchecked. In several cases which are being brought to light now, it has been proved that many among those in power actively abetted the violence.’’ The only difference in the 1984 and the 2002 riots as per this soft-spoken Gandhian is, ‘‘There is considerable evidence that the 2002 pogrom was planned for a long time. The 1984 anti-Sikh riots were not planned until before the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.’’ Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh !

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.ppa?content_id=64852 Witness names Gill in Khalra case EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE Posted online: Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 0211 hours IST PATIALA, FEBRUARY 16: A key witness in the alleged murder of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra today named then DGP K.P.S. Gill in his deposition. Kuldip Singh, special police officer who used to be the gunman of SHO Satnam Singh, co-accused in the Khalra case, said Gill had met the activist at the residence of SSP Ajit Singh Sandhu at Manawala, a few days before Khalra was allegedly killed by the police. Kuldip said Satnam called him 15 days before Diwali in 1995, and asked him to send meals to a man locked in a room adjoining his quarters. Kuldip claimed the man had many injuries on his body. He’d been looking after the man, Khalra, for four days when SSP Sandhu and DSP Jaspal Singh came to the SHO’s quarters in a car without a registration number. Soon, they were joined by Sarhali SHO Surinderpal Singh, SHO of Manochahal Jasbir Singh, and a police official Prithipal Singh. Kuldip alleged that the policemen beat up Khalra on several occasions. Three days later, Satnam took Khalra to SSP Sandhu’s house at Manawala. Kuldip alleged that later, Gill arrived and went into Khalra’s room with another person who appeared to be a police officer. A week later, DSP Jaspal Singh, SHO Surinderpal Singh and SHO Jasbir Singh again visited Khalra and beat him up. Kuldeep said in the middle of this, they asked him to bring hot water. ‘‘I was in the kitchen when I heard two shots being fired...I saw Arvinder Singh, the DSP’s gunman, and Balwinder Singh dumping Khalra’s body in the boot of a Maruti van outside’’, he said. The SPO said he reported the matter to CBI after which he returned to Bachhrrey village. Kuldip alleged DSP Jaspal Singh and Satnam urged him to give false statements in court. Kuldip claimed the accused had planned to kill him and his wife in an encounter.

http://www.navhindtimes.com/stories.ppa?pa...Story_ID=021813 Witness names K P S Gill in Khalra murder case UNI Patiala Feb 17: A key witness in the Khalra murder case, Mr Kuldeep Singh, has stated that former Punjab director-general of police, Mr K P S Gill had met human rights activist, Jaswant Singh Khalra a few days before the latter’s killing by the Punjab police in 1995. The witness, a special police officer (SPO) in Punjab police, deposed before additional sessions judge, Mr S P Bangarh here yesterday and stated that Jaswant Singh Khalra was tortured for several days in a cell and then his body was thrown into a canal at Harike in the presence of the then Tarn Taran SSP, the late Ajit Singh Sandhu. Explaining the manner in which Khalra was done to death by a group of Punjab police officers, the key witness further said that Mr Gill had also met Jaswant Singh Khalra a few days before the human rights activist was allegedly shot dead and thrown into the Harike canal. The copies of the statements given by the key witness in the case were given to the media late last night. SPO, Mr Kuldeep Singh stated in the court that he was attached with the then SHO, Mr Satnam Singh at Chabaat in Tarn Taran police district in 1995 as a gunman and Ajit Singh Sandhu was then the SSP, Tarn Taran, when Jaswant Singh Khalra was tortured and done to death. The witness told the court that 15 days before Diwali in 1995, Mr Satnam Singh gave him the keys of a room where Jaswant Singh Khalra was locked up to serve him food. “When I went inside the room, Khalra was without turban and his clothes were torn, and there were scratch marks on his face and other body parts,” the key witness stated. He said he was also asked to keep the Khalra’s custody as a secret. The witness stated that former DGP, Mr K P S Gill had also met Jaswant Singh Khalra at the residence of Ajit Singh Sandhu at Mannawala near Tarn Taran where Khalra was brought in a Maruti car with a number plate ‘PB-02-J-245’, four days before his killing. “On way back, Khalra was told by the SHO that it was better if he had accepted the advice of K P S Gill and that would have saved him and us as well,” the witness stated. “Thereafter, one day at around 7 p.m, DSP Jaspal Singh, his bodyguard Arvinder Singh, Sarhali SHO Surinderpal Singh, Manochahal SHO Jasbir Singh and other police officials, Prithipal Singh and Balwinder Singh Gora went to the room where Khalra was lodged and again gave him sever beating.” SPO, Mr Kuldeep Singh further stated that he was then asked by SHO Satnam Singh to fetch a glass of hot water but, before he could bring the hot water, he heard two gun shots in Khalra’s room and then Khalra’s body was taken in a Maruti van to Harike. “The convoy reached Harike at around 10 p.m and Khalra’s body was thrown in the canal near village Makhu and then the cops were served liquor at a Harike rest house where SSP, Ajit Singh Sandhu was also present,” the witness stated.

Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh ! Veer Randeep Singh, Here is information i found on Jaswant Singh Khalra: http://www.witness84.com/cremation/ :: The Cremation Grounds :: The Cremation Grounds In 1994 Jaswant Singh Khalra and Jaspal Singh Dhillon of the Human Rights Wing of the Akali Dal 1 (HRW) set out to investigate what had happened to Punjab’s 'disappeared'. Acting on information that police regularly brought bodies to municipal cremation grounds as ‘unclaimed’, they began to search cremation ground records and found that records of bodies brought in by police remained in the receipt books recording the firewood issued for each cremation. Khalra and Dhillon discovered that in just three cremation grounds, within a single district, 3,000 bodies had been cremated as unclaimed or unidentified by police between 1984 and 1994. As it is now known that over 50 cremation grounds across Punjab were regularly used by police to dispose of bodies, even a conservative application of these figures to other grounds means that the estimated number of those cremated by police as ‘unclaimed’ across Punjab could help account for the tens of thousands of people who disappeared in the conflict. The HRW investigation revealed that police regularly cremated as ‘unclaimed’ the bodies of those who were executed in custody or had died as a result of torture, without informing their families, as a way of concealing police responsibility for these deaths. In fact, far from being ‘unclaimed' or 'unidentified', many of those cremated were actually named in the cremation ground records, and were recorded as having died of bullet wounds or other forms of violence. These police practices were in absolute contradiction of the law, which states that a magistrate must conduct an inquiry into any custodial death, and inform relatives of the deceased who have a right to attend such inquiries,2 and that officers must take all “reasonable steps to secure…identification” of unidentified bodies.3 Khalra and Dhillon had found evidence of appalling police excesses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jaswant Singh Khalra Khalra’s Disappearance and the State’s Response Having published their findings, HRW petitioned the High Court of Punjab and Harayana to investigate these illegal cremations. However, their petition was deemed inadmissible, as they were not personally related to the victims. Eight months after this failed petition Mr Khalra himself was abducted from outside his home, never to be seen again. Following a petition by Mr Khalra’s wife, the Supreme Court of India finally ordered the CBI 4 to investigate both HRW's cremation ground findings and Mr Khalra’s disappearance. The CBI’s first report confirmed HRW’s claims that the police had been cremating huge numbers of victims as ‘unclaimed’, although the full findings of the CBI report were kept secret because of claims of a ‘national security’ interest. The Supreme Court ordered the CBI to continue with its investigations and ordered the National Human Rights Commission [nhrc] to also launch an investigation.5 However, nine years later, neither investigation has come to any conclusion, victim's relatives have received no compensation, and none of the nine police officers charged with Khalra’s abduction remain in custody. The Indian State has comprehensively failed to provide justice for the victims of its own violence. In its initial dismissal of the evidence of police murder and cover up, and its later appointment of an ineffectual investigation,6 the Indian State has proved itself unwilling to responsibly address its own excesses. On April, 1995, the United Akali Dals released their estimate of the number of Sikhs killed during the 1984 – 1994 period ; they put the figure at 145,000. The Supreme Court describing the situation in Punjab as “worse then genocide” then directed the National Human Rights Commission to look at issues in the case and offer compensation to the victims. To date the NHRC has offered compensation to only 18 families at the amount of 100,000 rupees (£1, 250), but with no admission of wrongdoing or prosecution of officials. The NHRC admitted that the government had "neither conducted any detailed examination in these cases on merits nor [did] it admit its liability." It concluded: "[it] does not matter whether the custody was lawful or unlawful, or the exercise of power of control over the person was justified or not; and it is not necessary even to identify the individual officer or officers responsible/concerned." Punjab Police officers have asked for blanket immunity, to there human rights abuses. Thus the NHRC has avoided questions of guilt, responsibility and culpability and has added a layer of immunity to police officers. There has been three attempts at independent enquiries, however none have been allowed to operate. The government has each attempt gained court injunctions against such investigations. The Sikh Human Rights Group, Human Rights Watch and Physicians for Human Rights have identified many of the police officers and other security personnel whom eyewitnesses have named as participating or supervising torture, responsible for the detention of persons who were subsequently killed in "encounters" or who disappeared. Such officers remain on duty in their posts - or in some cases have even been promoted - demonstrating that the government has no intention of holding the police accountable for abuses. In February 2002 state elections brought to power a new Congress government in the state, led by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The Chief Minister stated his government's intention to "forget the past and think about the future", but indicated also that "the state government would fight the legal cases of those police officers who fought against terrorism and secure their release". Thus providing a blanket of impunity and unaccountability to those responsible for acts “worse than genocide” in Punjab 1 Now the ‘Human Rights and Democracy Forum’. 2 Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, Section 176 (1)-(4). 3 Punjab Police Rules 1934, 25.38. 4 The 'Central Bureau of Investigation', the Indian State's highest level investigative police force. 5 Supreme Court Orders, W.P. 497/95 & 447/95 6 The Supreme Court have only allowed the investigation to examine the three cremation grounds initially cited by HRW, and the investigating body, the National Human Rights Commission, is not allowed to investigate any abuses that are over a year old or were perpetrated by the army. also there is a report by amnest international : http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/engAS...UNTRIES%5CINDIA Vaheguru Jee Ka Khalsa, Vaheguru Jee Kee Fateh !