Hawara's Sentance Delivered Today

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

Dilawar's act unjustified, says father

Families of Beant's assassins left shattered

Lalit Mohan

Tribune News Service

Patiala, July 30

As the assassins of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh wait for the pronouncement of sentence by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, their families have been left destitute and shattered.

Harnek Singh, father of Dilawar Singh, the human bomb who killed Beant Singh, told TNS at his residence in the Guru Nanak Nagar locality here today: "I cannot term the act of my son as right."

"Many hardliners are calling him a martyr. They may have collected crores in his name. However, none of them has ever visited the family for the past 12 years. They have being observing his death anniversary in foreign countries but nobody has taken the trouble to address the problems of affected families," he said.

"Our family has survived just because I was a government employee in Punjabi University, Patiala. I am drawing a pension that helps us make both ends meet."

He said Dilawar Singh was a jolly person. He never gave an indication of his allegiance to hardliners. "Just five days before he committed the act, I sought his consent for marriage. He, however, told me to wait for two months. The family was shocked when five days after the assassination of Beant Singh, we came to know that the person who acted as human bomb was Dilawar Singh," he said.

Dilawar Singh's elder brother works for a private company. His family remains aloof without interacting much with people in the colony.

Gurmeet Singh, another convict, was an engineering student when he became part of the plot to assassinate Beant Singh. His father Jaswinder Singh, who was a Punjabi University employee, died two years ago in an accident.

The ailing mother and physically challenged sister of Gurmeet Singh now stay in their house in Guru Nanak Nagar. Both of them are now surviving on the family pension.

Hardly anyone visits them these days, say neighbours. Both of them are concerned about the sentence to be pronounced on Gurmeet Singh.

The family of Lakhwinder Singh, another convict, is shattered. His house in Guru Nanak Nagar is in poor shape. None of his family members now stays in Patiala.

The house has been rented out. His father Darshan Singh, a sub-inspector with the Punjab Armed Police, has retained a room in the house. He comes here for a few days to collect the rent. The tenants said the family was under immense tension. One of the sisters of Lakhwinder Singh tried to grab the house.

Their father, however, disowned her and her husband. His mother died in 2004 and his father now stays alone.

Harnek Singh, father of Dilawar Singh, the human bomb who killed Beant Singh, at his residence in Guru Nanak Nagar in Patiala on Monday. — Photo by Rajesh Sachar

[hawk13]

Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant singh have been given death penalties today and police also lathicharged the sikhs and relatives of singhs .This shows facsist face of the state it is high time anti sikh socalled national parties such as bjp congress leftists must be thrown out of punjab and anti sikh leaders like dullo, bhatal hs surjeet should be garlanded with shoes.

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

NAZI GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DOES IT AGAIN!!!

...Today the Indian Government in its courts has decided to give Babbar Jagtar Singh Jee Hawara and Bhai Balwant Singh Jee the DEATH SENTENCE...

...Three others, Bhai Shamsher Singh, Bhai Lakhwinder Singh and Bhai Gurmeet Singh have been given LIFE IMPRISONMENT...

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

lack of words. hurt.

[sikhlionz]

am not much good with photoshop but here's a lil assortment of piks for others to do something with :wub:

[Singhstah]

does neone have the date and time so that i may be doing paath at the moment the Khalsa Ji's are being given Shaheedi.

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

does neone have the date and time so that i may be doing paath at the moment the Khalsa Ji's are being given Shaheedi.

Don't think the date for the hanging of Babbar Jagtar Singh Jee Hawara and Bhai Balwant Singh Jee has yet been set...

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

SGPC chief for life term to Hawara

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 3

Breaking his silence on the death sentence to Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh in the Beant Singh assassination case, SGPC president Avtar Singh here today said the provocation for the attack was connected to religious and political sentiments of the people.

He said the two accused did not have any personal reasons for the act. He further said the atrocities against Sikhs, which drive the youth to take such a step, should have been seriously looked into before awarding death penalty. The SGPC chief added that in view of all this the death sentence should be converted to life term for the two accused.

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

Hawara, Balwant find support in KAC

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 4

The Khalsa Action Committee (KAC) has expressed solidarity with Jagtar Singh Hawara and Balwant Singh, who have been awarded death penalty for eliminating former Chief Minister Beant Singh, by offering ardas for them at Akal Takht here today.

The programme was organised by the KAC and the ardas performed by Jathedar, Takht Damdama Sahib, Balwant Singh Nandgarh. However, Jathedar Joginder Singh Vedanti, who was present at Akal Takht, chose to stay away from the function.

Addressing the gathering, Manjit Singh Calcutta, a veteran SGPC member, flayed SAD and other leaders for having failed to stand up against the state repression. He eulogised both convicts for the courage they had shown while discharging their duty towards the Panth.

Bhai Mohkam Singh and Kanwar Pal Singh, convener and spokesperson of the KAC, respectively, said the death penalty awarded would further alienate Sikhs from the Indian state.

Naraien Singh, Surinder Pal Singh and Parmjit Singh Gazi (all members of the KAC) and Bibi Paramjit Kaur Khalra were among those present at the function.

[Nirvair S Khalsa]

Jailbreak Case

For now, Hawara not to be taken out of jail

Swati Sharma

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 7

The Burail Jail authorities today expressed their inability to allow convict Jagtar Singh Hawara to attend the jailbreak trial at the district courts here. According to the jail manual, Hawara, who has been awarded death sentence, is not allowed to move out of the jail premises.

In view of recent protests in the city against the death sentence to Hawara and Balwant Singh, taking Hawara out of the jail for court hearings can be dangerous.

Defence counsel S.S. Bawa said, "The High Court will first go through the evidence and then confirm Hawara's death sentence, so the reply says that till then he cannot be moved out of the jail as per the jail manual."

The defence had given an application to the CJM on August 4, 2007, to allow Hawara to attend the trial of the jailbreak case at the district courts.

Meanwhile, the tunnels used by the accused to flee the jail are still unfilled. Additional IG prisons and jail superintendent Navjot Randhawa said, "We cannot not fill up the tunnels without the permission of the judiciary. An application in that connection is pending in the court" Hawara and Balwant, who have been awarded death sentence, couldn't be kept in special barracks made for such convicts because of their proximity to one of the tunnels.