Nurpur Kalan alias Nurpur Bedi

3 documented cases implicating security forces based in Nurpur Kalan alias Nurpur Bedi:

Amritsar District

Amritsar II Subdistrict
Avtar Singh Male, age 20-22 at time of extrajudicial execution, Hoshiar Nagar

Gurdaspur District

Gurdaspur Subdistrict
Sucha Singh Male, age 21 at time of extrajudicial execution, Barila Khurd

Location Withheld

Anonymous Male, age 24 at time of extrajudicial execution, location withheld

Key statistics of cases implicating security forces based in Nurpur Kalan alias Nurpur Bedi:

Victim Demographics 

Gender

100.0% Male 3
 
 
0.0% Female 0

Marital status

100.0% Not married 3
 
 
0.0% Married 0

If married, did the victim have children?


Total children surviving victims: 0

Religion

100.0% Sikh 3
 

Caste

100.0% Jat 3
 

Age

100.0% 18-33 3
 

Education

100.0% High school 3
 

Employment

33.3% Unemployed 1
 
66.7% Other 2
 

Urban / Rural

66.7% Rural 2
 
 
0.0% Urban 0

Abduction, Detention, & Torture 

Prior detentions

33.3% Yes 1
 
 
66.7% No 2

Prior torture

33.3% Yes 1
 
 
0.0% No 0

Abduction preceding enforced disappearance/extrajudicial execution

66.7% Yes 2
 
 
33.3% No 1

Security officials informed witnesses where they were taking the victim

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
100.0% No 1

Witnesses to abduction

33.3% Yes 1
 

Victim abduction location

33.3% Checkpoint (naka) 1
 
33.3% Other 1
 

Detention facility type

Data forthcoming

Preceding detention location known

66.7% Yes 2
 
 
0.0% No 0

Witnesses to detention preceding enforced disappearance/extrajudicial execution

Data forthcoming

Security official response to victim status

66.7% Admitted extrajudicial execution with no explanation 2
 
33.3% Killed victim in an “encounter” 1
 

Victim presented before judge/magistrate

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
66.7% No 2

Enforced Disappearances vs. Extrajudicial Executions 

Classification

100.0% Extrajudicial executions 3
 
 
0.0% Enforced disappearances 0

Number of victims per family

100.0% 1 victim 3
 

Related incidents

0.0% Genuine encounters in family 0
 
 
100.0% No genuine encounters in family 3

Body Disposal 

Body disposal by security forces

33.3% Cremated the body 1
 

Security forces returned body

0.0% Yes 0
 
0.0% Yes, but forced immediate cremation 0
 
100.0% No 3
 

Condition of corpse, if known

Security Forces Implicated 

Names of involved security officials known

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
66.7% No 2

Security forces uniformed

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
0.0% No 0

Type(s) of security forces involved in abduction

33.3% Punjab Police 1
 
33.3% CRPF 1
 

Type(s) of security forces involved in extrajudicial execution

100.0% Punjab police 3
 

Militancy Involvement 

Combatant status

0.0% Combatant 0
 
 
66.7% Non-combatant 2

Non-combatant, provided support to militants

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
66.7% No 2

If provided support, support was voluntary

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
0.0% No 0

Remedies & Impact 

Approached court or commission

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
100.0% No 3

Approached security officials

100.0% Yes 3
 
 
0.0% No 0

Reason the family did not pursue any kind of action

66.7% Believed it would have been ineffective 2
 
33.3% Afraid of retaliation 1
 
33.3% Didn’t know what to do 1
 
33.3% Couldn’t afford 1
 

Remedies desired from government

100.0% Monetary compensation to family 3
 
66.7% Employment 2
 
66.7% Truth commission 2
 
66.7% Memorial for victims 2
 
33.3% Rehabilitation services to family members 1
 
33.3% Public acknowledgement of wrongful deaths 1
 
33.3% Criminal sanctions against those responsible 1
 
33.3% Other 1
 

Year & District 

District

33.3% Amritsar 1
 
33.3% Gurdaspur 1
 

Year

0.0% 1981 0
 
0.0% 1982 0
 
0.0% 1983 0
 
0.0% 1984 0
 
0.0% 1985 0
 
0.0% 1986 0
 
0.0% 1987 0
 
0.0% 1988 0
 
0.0% 1989 0
 
0.0% 1990 0
 
66.7% 1991 2
 
33.3% 1992 1
 
0.0% 1993 0
 
0.0% 1994 0
 
0.0% 1995 0
 
0.0% 1996 0
 
0.0% 1997 0
 
0.0% 1998 0
 
0.0% 1999 0
 
0.0% 2000 0
 
0.0% 2001 0
 
0.0% 2002 0
 
0.0% 2003 0
 
0.0% 2004 0
 
0.0% 2005 0
 
0.0% 2006 0
 
0.0% 2007 0
 
0.0% 2012 0
 
0.0% Date Unknown 0
 

Boundaries based on the 2001 census. Read about our methodology.