Group Of Sikhs Kidnapped Month Ago, Rs 30Million Ransom Wanted

[Azaad]

Two Sikhs who were kidnapped over a month back have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in a brutal act by the militants.

According to uncofirmed reports, the Taliban had dumped the heads of the two victims at a Gurudwara in Peshawar.

Some more members of the minority community are still in the custody of the rebels. The body of Jaspal Singh was found in the Khyber tribal region, located a short distance from the provincial capital of Peshawar, while the body of Mahal Singh was found in the Aurakzai Agency, sources told PTI on Sunday night.

There was confusion about the total number of Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom from the Bara area of Khyber Agency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A source said four Sikhs were abducted while another report said the total number of kidnapped persons was six.

The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and the Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for their release. Two of the kidnapped Sikhs were beheaded after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, sources said.

Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh are still in the custody of the militants, sources said. The kidnapping occurred in an area where there the government has virtually no control and the militants are in a dominant position, sources said.

A sizeable number of Sikhs lived in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed jiziya or religious tax on them last year. Most members of the community then fled to cities across Pakistan.

An estimated 10,000 Sikhs live in the NWFP and tribal areas, descendants of those who chose not to move to India during the partition in 1947.

In 2009, the Taliban in Pakistan s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) forced the minority Sikh population to pay it lakhs of rupees as religious tax.

The Sikh community has been facing an uncertain future after fleeing fighting between security forces and the Taliban.

[I humbly bow]

OMG that's terrible! :o

Can the indian government not do anything to help?...or am i being naive again?

May waheguru bless the familes of those killed, and provide protection for those still detained.

Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!

[kuthaman]

Two Sikhs who were kidnapped over a month back have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in a brutal act by the militants.

According to uncofirmed reports, the Taliban had dumped the heads of the two victims at a Gurudwara in Peshawar.

Some more members of the minority community are still in the custody of the rebels. The body of Jaspal Singh was found in the Khyber tribal region, located a short distance from the provincial capital of Peshawar, while the body of Mahal Singh was found in the Aurakzai Agency, sources told PTI on Sunday night.

There was confusion about the total number of Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom from the Bara area of Khyber Agency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A source said four Sikhs were abducted while another report said the total number of kidnapped persons was six.

The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and the Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for their release. Two of the kidnapped Sikhs were beheaded after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, sources said.

Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh are still in the custody of the militants, sources said. The kidnapping occurred in an area where there the government has virtually no control and the militants are in a dominant position, sources said.

A sizeable number of Sikhs lived in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed jiziya or religious tax on them last year. Most members of the community then fled to cities across Pakistan.

An estimated 10,000 Sikhs live in the NWFP and tribal areas, descendants of those who chose not to move to India during the partition in 1947.

In 2009, the Taliban in Pakistan s North West Frontier Province (NWFP) forced the minority Sikh population to pay it lakhs of rupees as religious tax.

The Sikh community has been facing an uncertain future after fleeing fighting between security forces and the Taliban.

I sure as hell hope the police do something in that country to protect minorities!!

[Jeevan]

Other news agencies are reporting the two brave Sikhs were asked to convert to Islam in which they refused. If there is any consolation for the families, friends and fellow Sikhs these two brave Sikhs are now sitting at the right hand of Waheguru.

Long Live the Khalsa.

[ladli-fauj]

this when the thought come that, Babbar Khalsa, KCF, and all the other Sikh Militants groups are in pakistan doing nothing except hearing news that their members have been caught in india. They don't do nothing for Sikhs in pakistan

[S1ngh]

this when the thought come that, Babbar Khalsa, KCF, and all the other Sikh Militants groups are in pakistan doing nothing except hearing news that their members have been caught in india. They don't do nothing for Sikhs in pakistan

Bro, it is not like they are enjoying the full freedom in pakistan. Though Pakistan claims that they don't have any of the above group in their country. Chalo let assume that they are in Pak but still i am very much sure that they don't have that kind of liberty to go out in public or demands protection for sikhs in pakistan because they are not in good positions to do that.

[akaal74]

Waheguru Ji Ka khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

I haven't come across a single major western newspaper or TV online websites who have reported this as a story. If this was a white person this would have been a headline of all the TV news channels. It shows the amount of respect the so called fake democracies have for other's lives..

Waheguru Ji Ka khalsa Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh

[Mike Singh]

Some links to the story:

BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8527614.stm

The Hindu

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article111286.ece

The Dawn

http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/07-beheaded-body-of-sikh-local-found-in-orakzai-ha-12

Telegraph

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100222/jsp/foreign/story_12135417.jsp

[Guest mehtab1singh]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSNry228FlU

[Sarbloh]

The worst thing is that theres so much backstabbing and "too too mein mein" going on in the Panth at this point in time that the influential Sikhs will fail to notice and even take this situation seriously.