Chittisinghpura Massacre Still Haunts Him

[Greater-Punjab]

Chittisinghpura massacre still haunts him

S.P. Sharma

Tribune News Service

Jammu, March 17

Seven years have passed since the massacre of 35 Sikhs by unidentified terrorists at Chittisinghpura but Nanak Singh, the lone survivor of the brutal attack, still has fresh in his mind memories of the incident. Residents of this village will observe the seventh anniversary of the massacre on March 20 even as the Army and CRPF have been deployed in and around the village in Kashmir.

Just a reminder of the brutal incident in which his 16-year-old son Gurmeet Singh, brother Darbari Singh (30) and three first cousins lay dead in a pool of blood sends shivers through his spine. He always carries the photo of Gurmeet Singh in his wallet. His elder son was fortunately out of the village at that time.

Nanak Singh himself lay unconscious on the heap of bodies as he was also shot in the pelvis. He recalls that the 12 terrorists were laughing and sending a signal of “mission accomplished” on the walkie-talkie to someone after the massacre. He was taken to the district hospital at Anantnag and later shifted to Srinagar.

He recalls that it was about 7.45 p.m. and it was drizzling after the village folk had celebrated Holi when two groups of gunmen barged into the village and asked the Sikhs to line up outside the two gurdwaras. Thereafter, they were fired at indiscriminately. Screams of women and children echoed in the village till the next morning when the security forces reached there.

Nanak laments that although seven years have passed but the government has not bothered to order a probe into the massacre. In contrast, the government lost no time in ordering a CBI probe and punishing the guilty Army and police personnel involved in the killing of five persons belonging to the majority community at Pathribal that is just a stone throw away from Chittisinghpura. “Is it a sin to belong to the minority community. I am still feeling insecure and the government has not bothered to provide security to my family,” he said. Nanak Singh says that several top leaders from Delhi and Srinagar visited the village to shed crocodile tears the very next day but they forgot the promises made to the widows once they flew back through the Pir-Panchal ranges.

The village does not have a telephone and the boys had to run 7 km to make a telephone call to inform the police about the massacre. Moreover, the roads to the neighbouring villages inhabited by the majority community are metalled, but Chittisinghpura continues to be linked by a kuchha road, he added.

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Guys can u please help editing Chittisinghpura massacre on Wikipedia, there are some Hindu fundamentalist guys who are trting to coverup that the massacre was done by Hindu millitants. It became very clear to all when Mr.Clinton attributed the massacre to Hindu Millitants. Plz help edit this article.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittisinghpura_massacre

[hps62]

Q1 ) Nanak laments that although seven years have passed but the government has not bothered to order a probe into the massacre. In contrast, the government lost no time in ordering a CBI probe and punishing the guilty Army and police personnel involved in the killing of five persons belonging to the majority community at Pathribal that is just a stone throw away from Chittisinghpura.

Answer 1 ) Never be out numbered in a muslim area or u are sunk. that is the lesson the sikh history teaches us.

Q 2 ) “Is it a sin to belong to the minority community.

Answer 2 :--- Yes it is in a muslim state. So never be a minority in such a state . Our ancestors who ruled over kashmir could not forsee the tragedy which has befallen you or they would have ensured that you would have never been a minority in such a stae which was under there command.

Q 3 ) I am still feeling insecure and the government has not bothered to provide security to my family,”

Answer 3 : you have to learn to protect your self in the jungle u live by your own ingeunity and courage.

If Iraqis can withstand the might of USA I see no reason u cannot do the same for your own village.

[Revolutionary]

http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/dec/31sikh.htm << from the wikipedia site.. a muslim terrorist admitting to the massacre..

Answer 1 ) Never be out numbered in a muslim area or u are sunk. that is the lesson the sikh history teaches us.

Sikhs always been outnumbered from DAY ONE.

Answer 3 : you have to learn to protect your self in the jungle u live by your own ingeunity and courage.

If Iraqis can withstand the might of USA I see no reason u cannot do the same for your own village.

exactly my point

[Premi5]

22 years
 

 

https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Chittisinghpura_Massacre

Chittisinghpura Massacre

The Chittisinghpura Massacre refers to the cold blooded murder of 35 Sikhs, which occurred on the evening of March 20, 2000 at small Jammu and Kashmir village called "Chittisinghpura". The massacre was carried out by about 20 unidentified terrorists, though a member of the Islamic Fundamentalist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba ("LeT") has confessed to the group's involvement in the massacre. Many people have doubts about the validity of the confession, some wondering if it was obtained under duress. One person recently remarked even the innocent have confessed to crimes when tortured. According to Amnesty International, the massacre was linked to other massacres in the region where the people have doubted the government's account of the story. A link to Amnesty International: ¹

Several witnesses have said that about 20 men, clad in olive green combat fatigues, arrived in the village at 7-15 p.m. They told the people that they were Indian soldiers, and ordered the men out to be questioned. The captors spoke Urdu. The village men were lined up in two groups, a few hundred metres from each other. One of the captive men who had been lined up recognised someone among the gunmen. He asked, "Chattiya, tu idhar kya kar raha hai?"("Chattia, What are you doing here?"). The person he spoke to immediately opened fire. At the same time the other captors began firing. As they started firing, the gunmen shouted 'Jai Mata Di' and 'Jai Hind'. In theatrical fashion, one of them took swigs from a bottle of rum even as the killing went on. While leaving, one of the men called out to his associates: "Gopal, chalo hamare saath" ("Gopal, Come with us").

[proudkaur21]

1 hour ago, Premi5 said:

22 years
 

 

https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Chittisinghpura_Massacre

Chittisinghpura Massacre

The Chittisinghpura Massacre refers to the cold blooded murder of 35 Sikhs, which occurred on the evening of March 20, 2000 at small Jammu and Kashmir village called "Chittisinghpura". The massacre was carried out by about 20 unidentified terrorists, though a member of the Islamic Fundamentalist militant group Lashkar-e-Toiba ("LeT") has confessed to the group's involvement in the massacre. Many people have doubts about the validity of the confession, some wondering if it was obtained under duress. One person recently remarked even the innocent have confessed to crimes when tortured. According to Amnesty International, the massacre was linked to other massacres in the region where the people have doubted the government's account of the story. A link to Amnesty International: ¹

Several witnesses have said that about 20 men, clad in olive green combat fatigues, arrived in the village at 7-15 p.m. They told the people that they were Indian soldiers, and ordered the men out to be questioned. The captors spoke Urdu. The village men were lined up in two groups, a few hundred metres from each other. One of the captive men who had been lined up recognised someone among the gunmen. He asked, "Chattiya, tu idhar kya kar raha hai?"("Chattia, What are you doing here?"). The person he spoke to immediately opened fire. At the same time the other captors began firing. As they started firing, the gunmen shouted 'Jai Mata Di' and 'Jai Hind'. In theatrical fashion, one of them took swigs from a bottle of rum even as the killing went on. While leaving, one of the men called out to his associates: "Gopal, chalo hamare saath" ("Gopal, Come with us").

Indian agencies did it. Even killed 5 innocent muslims claiming they were the militants. Just how easy it is for these evil people to kill anyone to reach their goal. 

[Ranjeet01]

Kashmiri Sikhs. Are they ethnically Kashmiri or did they have Punjabi ancestors?