KPS Gill's first major killing was in Assam of Khargeswar Talukdar on December 10, 1979. Talukdar, widely recognized as the first "martyr" of the Assam Agitation, died during a police crackdown led by Gill (then the DIG of Assam Police) at Bhawanipur in the Barpeta district.
KPS Gill was a terrorist who claimed to fight terrorism. He abused the power of his uniform to butcher thousands of innocents in Punjab.
KPS Gill needs to be consigned to the dustbin of history for all the blood he has on his hands. That he was a convicted sexual predator is fitting for someone who was drunk on power.
There have been scores of great officers in India’s police history. KPS Gill, on the other hand, is a dark stain whose crimes have gone unacknowledged for decades.
The Padma Shri given to KPS Gill in 1989 must be withdrawn.
Let us begin to correct history albeit belatedly. Our nation deserves better than to glorify such diabolical murderers.
#Satluj tells the story of enforced disappearances in the north-western Indian state of #Punjab, and it is a great and bold experiment by filmmakers. From #Kashmir in the north to ₹Assam and #Manipur in the Northeast, India has many Jaswant Singh Khalras and thousands of disappearances. Their stories are waiting to be told and shown across #India, writes Sandeep Singh (@PunYaab).
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The bench observed, “You take a decision by August 15. Let him also celebrate Independence Day by then.”
Dara Singh, A Bajrang Dal member was found guilty of burning alive the Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons while they were asleep in Odisha in 1999.
When the state kills and then protects its own for 40 years, it isn’t delay—it’s impunity.
One father still demands accountability.
@BhagwantMann#SakaNakodar40
✍🏾Izhar Alam was also appointed Chairman of the Punjab Waqf Board. His family's political rise continued: his wife, Farzana Alam was given the MLA ticket from Malerkotla, later became Chief Parliamentary Secretary, and appointed as General Secretary of Badal Dal's women's wing.
✍🏾The chief minister [Beant Singh] told the [Punjab] state assembly that more than 41,000 bounty payments were made between 1991 and 1993.
How many of those killings were ever independently investigated?
How many victims were wrongly identified?
History still deserves answers.
Those who killed innocent people, denied justice, concealed the truth about Sikh genocide,or supported human rights violations should be held accountable before the people. Their official state honors should be withdrawn, & they should face social boycott” https://t.co/dMZedtJOuz
The flow of the Satluj cannot be stopped. Khalra has been abducted again but he cannot be killed.
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✍🏾 CMO of Civil Hospital, Patti, revealed instances where living individuals were brought for post-mortem, taken back by police, and later returned deceased for the autopsy.
This mirrors the case of #SakaNakodar Martyr Bhai Harminder Singh Ji Chaluper.
https://t.co/y5XHNVm1xe
India has maintained systemic impunity through a variety of policies and practices, including by rewarding and promoting security officials responsible for crimes against humanity and the murder of human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra: #Satluj https://t.co/ilwxu4vPuA
✍🏾Saka Nakodar martyrs were unarmed and peaceful. As they marched to Gurdwara to collect the remains of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji saroops set ablaze in an act of sacrilege, Punjab police, CRPF and BSF opened live fire without warning or required judicial permission.
A film depicting the life of a Sikh human rights activist has ignited a political row in India after it was pulled from a streaming platform https://t.co/h3qgq70MBe
Bill Clinton even wrote a preface in the book Mighty and Almighty where he mentioned how Hindu militants killed 35 Sikhs in the chittisinghpura massacre back in 2000.
Ram Narayan Kumar was a heroic human rights advocate who worked with Jaswant Singh Khalra in uncovering the extent of state abuses in the Punjab. He carried on this vital work after Khalra was killed, through the Committee for Coordination on Disappearances in Punjab #Satluj
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A chilling revelation from a former Police officer exposing the reality of staged encounters in #Punjab. These testimonies shed light on a dark chapter of history, highlighting the extrajudicial actions and fake encounters that affected thousands of families. Watch the full explanation here. 👇