Uncovering Extra-Judicial Killings in Punjab, and the Police Impunity That Followed
By Rashme Sehgal on 16/12/2017 •
A recently-released report by an advocacy group claims that over 8,000 extra-judicial executions and enforced disappearances took place in the state between 1980 and 1995.
Representative image. Credit: PTI
The death toll from enforced disappearances, extra-judicial killings and illegal cremations continues to grow in Punjab, according to the report ‘Identifying the Unidentified’ by the Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project (PDAP).