Gang Rape And Torture In Nanaksar Gurdwara (thath)

[sahib singh]

Gang rape and Torture in Nanaksar Gurdwara (Thath) in Ludhiana.

The International Human Rights Organisation (IHRO) has found media reports to be correct and proved to the effect that one Sukhwinder Kaur (23), mother of two kids, of Kaithal (Haryana), was gang raped and tortured for three days by injecting sedatives and showing pornography inside the Gurdwara building of the local Nananksar Gurdwara (Thath), at Ferozepur Road, by a group of its preachers, led by Satnam Singh alias Satta.

For this shocking incident, the management, including the Head of the sect Baba Bhajan Singh, is responsible because of mismanagement and negligence to keep an eye on such unscrupulous elements that had brought bad name to the Sikhs in general and the Nanaksar sect in particular. And for that, Baba Bhajan Singh should appear before Akal Takht to seek atonement for the sin that had been committed inside the Gurdwara building and to ensure the Sikh Panth that such incidents would not be repeated in future.

A three-member team of the IHRO, comprising its chairperson D S Gill, secretary-general Mohinder Singh Grewal and secretary Ms Inderjeet Kaur, documented the report on the incident after visiting the spot and meeting PSEB employees, the Thath In charge Baba Jagir Singh, the victim Sukhwinder Kaur, the police officials and many others. Jagpal Singh Grewal assisted the team.

The role of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) employees, the police and the public that had recovered or helped recover the woman victim from the clutches of the "preachers" on June 1 and apprehended some of the criminals in the garb of granthis and ragis of the Sikh faith, is appreciable. The main culprits are still absconding and the police is on their trail.

The rape victim, Sukhwinder wife of Balwinder Singh, told the IHRO team that she had left home a few days ago and come to her aunt in Gobindgarh after an altercation with her husband, Balwinder Singh, who used to mistreat her. She came here in search of some job and wanted to stay one night at the said Gurdwara on May 30, 2002, where she was repeatedly raped by Satnam Singh Satta, Dalip Singh (Gardner), Tejinder Singh alias Raja, Gurvinder Singh, Tarsem Singh, Gurdip Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Parminder Singh.

She added: "Mali Dalip Singh and Satnam Singh asked me, on that evening, to stay inside the room as some women were already living. When I entered the room and asked about the women, as there was none. When I tried to leave the room Satta closed the door and the Mali tried to grab hold of me. But I repulsed the attempt. On this, Satta slapped me. They tied my hands and mouth with cloth (Patkas), injected some sedative and switched on the TV set for showing me a blue movie. Satta first rapaciously molested and raped me. Next to him was Mali Dalip Singh. Gurvinder Singh joined them. After that, I became unconscious. Next day, on May 31, Tejinder, Gurmukh, Parminder, Gurdip and Tarsem also joined them in their torturous act of raping and molestation, after tranquillizing me again."

"On June 1, when I woke up, there was no one in the room. So I got up and opened a window. Some people were sitting or walking around in that adjoining area. I waved my hands as a signal but none of them noticed me. I did not make any noise out of fear. In the meantime, Gurdip and Tarsem knocked at the door, which I had bolted from inside. I immediately closed the window and opened the door. I told them that I wanted to take a bath. So, they went away and allowed me to close the door. I again went to the window and started signalling in order to get noticed."

Lakhwinder Singh, a Junior Engineer in the PSEB showed the IHRO team a couple of windows of the Nanaksar dera that opened into the compound of their office. He said, "Assistant Lineman Mohan Lal noticed a young woman at about 9:30 AM standing in one of these windows who was signalling him to come nearer. He became suspicious and called his colleagues. So, Ajit Singh, Bhupinder Singh, Aim Lal, Joginder Lal, Gurmit Singh and he himself joined Mohan Lal."

When they went near the window she told them that she was being forcibly kept there asked for help to rescue her. They advised her to keep quite and close the window so that the accused may not be warned. Then they made a call to the police control room. After waiting for some time, they went to the Sarabha Nagar Police Station. ASI Surjit Singh and Head Constable Sucha Singh came to the spot along with them. In the meantime, the control room party had also arrived.

The policemen first talked with her through the window and then entered the dera from the main gate and recovered her from the first floor room. A coloured television, a video CD player, some blue movies, injections and syringes etc were also recovered from the room.

On the other hand, the in-charge of the Thath, Baba Jagir Singh, who is confined to bed due to leg- fracture, denied any prior knowledge of the episode but did condemn the incident, stressing that the culprits should be brought to book. "We have nothing to do with these rapists," he told the visiting IHRO team.

But Satnam Satta and Tejinder Raja did whatever they liked in the Dera. Other sewadars could not check them, out of fear. Moreover, Thath Head Baba Jagir Singh also could not do the needful due to his ineffective administration, criminal and assaulting behaviour of the duo and his intention of remaining the dera head, according some inmates of the Thath.

There is every possibility of such like events happening in the past as the gang leader Satta was expelled twice by the Baba due to his bad character activities. It is also intriguing why the late sect leader Baba Kundan Singh reinstated Satta third time. Even, devotees visiting the Thath do not ruled out such things happening there.

The IHRO calls upon all Sikh organisations, especially the Deradars, to create a mechanism to check and steer clear of such sexual abuses in religious places so that the faith of the devotees may not suffer due to such debauched elements. The Sant Samaj should come out with the truth and start a movement to stop this menace from their deras.

(D S Gill)

Chairperson

[Golee Maro]

What the .................... ?!

Thats just so mashed up. :wub: :cool:

[simmal tree]

vaheguru :wub: vaheguru vaheguru :cool: vaheguru :wub: vaheguru vaheguru

[N30S1NGH]

This is extremely messed up, this people need to be excommunicated from nanaksar and Sri Akaal Takth Sahib and jailed- hang to death.

And this dera needs to be closed. Sri guru maharaj saroop needs to be retained from them.

Now i know why people are usually hestitant about nanaksar, it's because these people which bring shame to great saints of nanaksar and nanaksar(prema bhakti da ghar).

by the way, it does not say anywhere, which tath of nanaksar is this, like is this main head quaters- jagroan? can anyone confirm this please?

[akitosforever]

Seriously THis is bad ....that is the reason we need to purify our soules .

I m sorry For the lady and then also respect for the courage after being tortured...to stand up and Speak Truth

[Bored]

how sad that tis happens in our community and especially in a sikh temple

[sikh supreme]

... how dare these pakandi sikhs dare to rape, let alone do it in a gurdwara of all places. Do they not fear the consequences for their actions?

We need another sikh leader of the calibre of sant bhindranwale back in punjab to take out these sick individuals.

[Balwinder Singh]

When did this happen? this is really bad...

[ms514]

Sat Sri Akal:

"jailed- hang to death."

Stop being nice...those who violate the Sikh Saroop and Code of Conduct need to be thrown to the Sangat where they can be trampled to death.

[N30S1NGH]

Sat Sri Akal:

"jailed- hang to death."

Stop being nice...those who violate the Sikh Saroop and Code of Conduct need to be thrown to the Sangat where they can be trampled to death.

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if that's a recommendation, may i recommend, budda dal punishment- cut these people's hair, black their faces, get them on a donkey around the pind then jhatka them but i bet nobody wants their sri sahib to be impure with their dirty blood.

gosh too much man, this is worst news i ever heard in my life.