Dr Chohan Arrested

[kurtas]

Apparently Dr Chohan was arrested after Zee TV ran a story about him. He had been flying a "Khalistan flag" at his Mohali residence for two years. The police confiscated this after the Zee story.

Anyone know anymore on this ?

[Harmeet Singh]

They also ran anti sikh programme espousing anti khalistan sentiment before arresting him.

Be careful about this chauhan, he might do some damage here. GOI is upto something. I think its all abut appeasing hindu votes as elections are nearing.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060309/punjab1.htm#5

Did any bodys see it?

[kurtas]

I feel its the age old strategy of deflecting attention. Just a week or so ago we had all this news about police cats. So what happens, the GOI get one of their stooges to do a story on Chohan. He happily obliges and hey presto we deflect attention on to Chohan and away form the police cats issue.

Also it would be nice to know where the current owner of Zee got the money to buy Zee. It is said that certain business men are funded by the state and in time honoured tradition they repay the favour by running stories when required by the GOI.

[sikh supreme]

It's dangrous business what Zee Tv have done, using the issue of Khalistan at the time of the bombings of Hindu Temple in Varanasi by Islamists.

Obviously someone at Zee TV does not like Sikhs very much and has timed to air these rants by one idotic Jagjit Chauhan, with his references to khalistan being created by next year give me a break lol,.....to do as much damage to the image of Sikhs as possible.

What is needed is the kind of protests that saw the banning of that film "jo bole sonehal" so that no Indian Network ever dares to use such dirty tricks to malign Sikhs with unconnected events again.

[kurtas]

I have not seen the zee news clips. What exactly happened ?

Did they malign Sikhs ? Or was it a case of Dr Chohan talking gibberish to please his political paymasters ?

[gupt_paapi]

ZEE TV showed the Khalistan flag and Dr. Chohan in a way to show that Sikhs are Traitors to the country. Whoever demands Khalistan is a Desh Dharohee

(traitor of country)

They interviewd Dr Chohan and asked such questions that MADE him speak about the Sikh's HAQ, what the Sikhs Need and Deserve. Its our Right! And they put it down as traitor talk.

Pathetic.

edit: They taking the 2007 thing seriously and are assuming that Khalstanis would do something this year to try get Khalistan.. So they starting to arrest more and more Sikhs.

[Harmeet Singh]

Lemme tell you something --they want to incite sikhs in punjab on the name of khalistan so that sikhs would again pick arms and GOI can get a excuse to kill them again. It is time to take these happenings seriously. Sikhs need to make sure that the face of indian forces be known to the world.

[lsingh]

Can think of any other country where you can be arrested for flying a flag? You don't get people arrested for talking about an independent Scotland.

Zee News showed doctored clip: Bittu

Vimal Sumbly

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, March 9

Mr Daljit Singh Bittu, president of the Shiromani Khalsa Dal, today alleged that there was a “definite design” by the Indian state to malign the image of people, who were fighting for their democratic and constitutional rights. He regretted that certain media organisations also appeared to be playing into the hands of the (Indian) state and were becoming part of the design.

Mr Bittu, one of the staunch votaries of a separate Sikh state, maintained that theirs was a democratic way of protest. He pointed out there was a definite space for dissent in democratic societies, but regretted that the same was being denied to them in India. He pointed out while the Prime Minister was inviting people like Yasin Malik for talks those resorting to peaceful ways were being “damned as threat to the national security”.

Referring to his interview to Zee News, he alleged, “It was distorted and presented out of context”. He revealed that he had been interviewed for more than an hour and only a single “doctored clip” was aired so as to make out as if “we advocated armed rebellion”. He warned, “Don’t push us to the wall just because we want to be peaceful in our protest and demand”. He claimed that even the Supreme Court had ruled in one of its ruling that demanding Khalistan was no crime as long as the demand was made in a peaceful and democratic manner.

The Khalistan ideologue asserted that the movement was still enjoying a widespread support, which may not be manifest right now. He said people like him were trying to build up an alternative to the traditional political parties. The alternative, he said, would have the Sikhism as its basic priority. “Sikhism comes first and Punjab next, the nation (India) can wait”, he remarked.

Mr Bittu criticised the government for arresting Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan for his statements to Zee News. At the same time he regretted that Dr Chohan was trivialising an important and serious issue of Khalistan by his non-serious talks. He appealed to him to exercise restraint and not to make an important and serious issue, which concerns millions of people, look ridiculous.

The general secretary of the Dal Khalsa, Mr Kanwarpal Singh, was also present on the occasion.

Fresh case against Chohan; Khalsa Raj Party office sealed

Tribune News Service

Hoshiarpur, March 9

The police here has booked Dr Jagjit Singh Chohan, a proponent of Khalistan, in a fresh case of creating lawlessness and pulled down ‘controversial flag’ fluttering atop the building of a charitable hospital being run by him in Tanda, 32km from here.

The police reportedly also sealed the office of the “Khalsa Raj Party” inside the hospital premises after taking certain objectionable documents and a computer into possession. Sources in the police disclosed that a case under Sections 121, 124-A and 505 of the Indian Penal Code was registered against Dr Chohan by Tanda police last night.

Police officials were reluctant to register a case against Dr Chohan but they have to book him under pressure, sources in the police disclosed.

Highly placed sources revealed the police had also detained certain family members of Dr Chohan, including his wife Mrs Charanjit Kaur, and friends for questioning in the case. Apart from taking some documents from his office, the police also took some computers and other electronic communication instruments for investigations.

Mr Lok Nath Angra, Senior Superintendent of Police, claimed that Khalistan ideologue Chohan was booked for creating lawlessness by making anti-national statements. Mr Harish Kumar, Superintendent of Police (Detective), has been asked to conduct investigation in the case.

The SP (D) claimed that certain flags, a computer and some pamphlets were taken into possession after searching the office of the Khalsa Raj Party inside the building of Chohan Charitable Hospital in Tanda, last night. He said during search neither the currency notes, nor any passport, postal stamps and blueprints of Khalistan were found in Chohan’s office.

Mr Kumar added during questioning Chohan’s wife disclosed that the currency notes, passports and other documents pertaining to Khalistan were in England. The SP (D) also claimed that the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the computer is being examined for detecting Mr Chohan’s links with other Khalistan ideologues in the World.

The police in civil dress have been deployed in Tanda and other towns to keep a watch on associates of Mr Chohan for establishing his links with other ‘outfits’, police sources disclosed.

Badal for probe into controversial TV programme

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 9

The controversial television programme regarding "Khalistan" today echoed in the Punjab Assembly.

The President of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Mr Parkash Singh Badal, while demanding an independent inquiry into the matter, blamed the Punjab Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh, and his close aides for having "engineered" the programme to create terror with regard to "Khalistan" in the minds of people ahead of the coming Assembly elections.

Mr Badal and his party demanded an independent inquiry by a Judge of the High Court or the Central Bureau of Investigation into the matter. He also demanded that all those who were involved in filming and telecasting the programme should be found out.

He called the programme " politically motivated" and added that it was aimed at "defaming the Sikh community and dividing Hindus and Sikhs who are like brothers."

Speaking for the government, the Deputy Chief Minister, Mrs Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, said the Congress was ready for any probe into the matter.

She, however, added that a formal announcement about the inquiry would be made by the Chief Minister tomorrow. She also said that the government would write to Zee TV asking it to conduct an inquiry on its own how the programme was filmed and telecast and who all were involved in it. Earlier, Mrs Bhattal said "we all have to move ahead" and reminded the Akalis that Mr Jagjit Singh Chohan, who had been arrested for raising the demand for "Khalistan," had come back to India after a long period during the regime of the NDA. She also said that a Khalsa sammelan was organised by separatist elements a few years ago in which certain Akali ministers and the SGPC had participated.

Earlier Mr Badal had said that Mr Chohan and terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara, in separate instances, had praised Capt Amarinder Singh.

[sikh supreme]

And so the mouth of freedom and democracy is gagged again by Indian terrorist dictorical state.... won't be too long before Militantancy returns if peaceful protests/demos and movements are hindered.

Indian govt is playing a very dangerous game....one it will ultimately lose if they continue oppressing Sikhs and suppressing their right to support a seperate nation state.

[cantlogin]

Dr Chauhan is bit a fool with his 2007 Khalistan theory. As I have said before he is simply aligning himself as leader incase Khalistan is created in his lifetime (long-shot)