Jalalabad

6 documented cases implicating security forces based in Jalalabad:

Amritsar District

Patti Subdistrict
Mohan Singh Male, age 59-60 at time of extrajudicial execution, Ratta Gudda

Firozpur District

Jalalabad Subdistrict
Balwant Singh Male, age 25-26 at time of extrajudicial execution, Mothanwala
Gurbaksh Singh Male, age 19 at time of extrajudicial execution, Mothanwala
Kakka Singh Male, age 40 at time of extrajudicial execution, Chak Sohna Sandar
Major Singh Male, age 18-19 at time of extrajudicial execution, Khuranj

Location Withheld

Anonymous Male, age 72 at time of extrajudicial execution, location withheld

Key statistics of cases implicating security forces based in Jalalabad:

Victim Demographics 

Gender

100.0% Male 6
 
 
0.0% Female 0

Marital status

33.3% Not married 2
 
 
66.7% Married 4

If married, did the victim have children?

50.0% Yes 3
 
 
16.7% No 1


Total children surviving victims: 12

Religion

100.0% Sikh 6
 

Caste

66.7% Non-Jat 4
 
 
33.3% Jat 2

Age

50.0% 18-33 3
 
16.7% 34-49 1
 
16.7% 50-64 1
 
16.7% 65+ 1
 

Education

33.3% No education 2
 
66.7% Primary school 4
 

Employment

50.0% Day labourer 3
 
33.3% Farmer/agriculture 2
 
16.7% Other 1
 

Urban / Rural

83.3% Rural 5
 
 
0.0% Urban 0

Abduction, Detention, & Torture 

Prior detentions

66.7% Yes 4
 
 
33.3% No 2

Prior torture

50.0% Yes 3
 
 
16.7% No 1

Abduction preceding enforced disappearance/extrajudicial execution

83.3% Yes 5
 
 
16.7% No 1

Security officials informed witnesses where they were taking the victim

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
133.3% No 4

Witnesses to abduction

50.0% Yes 3
 
 
33.3% No 2

Victim abduction location

33.3% Victim’s residence 2
 
16.7% Checkpoint (naka) 1
 
16.7% Roadside 1
 
16.7% Police station 1
 

Detention facility type

Data forthcoming

Preceding detention location known

83.3% Yes 5
 
 
0.0% No 0

Witnesses to detention preceding enforced disappearance/extrajudicial execution

Data forthcoming

Security official response to victim status

33.3% Gave no response 2
 
16.7% Denied involvement 1
 
16.7% Told family to go to another police station 1
 

Victim presented before judge/magistrate

16.7% Yes 1
 
 
66.7% No 4

Enforced Disappearances vs. Extrajudicial Executions 

Classification

100.0% Extrajudicial executions 6
 
 
0.0% Enforced disappearances 0

Number of victims per family

100.0% 1 victim 6
 

Related incidents

0.0% Genuine encounters in family 0
 
 
100.0% No genuine encounters in family 6

Body Disposal 

Body disposal by security forces

16.7% Cremated the body 1
 

Security forces returned body

33.3% Yes 2
 
0.0% Yes, but forced immediate cremation 0
 
50.0% No 3
 

Condition of corpse, if known

33.3% Bruises 2
 
16.7% Cuts/wounds 1
 
16.7% Other 1
 

Security Forces Implicated 

Names of involved security officials known

66.7% Yes 4
 
 
33.3% No 2

Security forces uniformed

166.7% Yes 5
 
 
0.0% No 0

Type(s) of security forces involved in abduction

83.3% Punjab Police 5
 

Type(s) of security forces involved in extrajudicial execution

100.0% Punjab police 6
 

Militancy Involvement 

Combatant status

16.7% Combatant 1
 
 
83.3% Non-combatant 5

Non-combatant, provided support to militants

33.3% Yes 2
 
 
50.0% No 3

If provided support, support was voluntary

33.3% Yes 2
 
 
0.0% No 0

Remedies & Impact 

Approached court or commission

33.3% Yes 2
 
 
66.7% No 4

Approached security officials

50.0% Yes 3
 
 
50.0% No 3

Reason the family did not pursue any kind of action

50.0% Afraid of retaliation 3
 
33.3% Didn’t know what to do 2
 
33.3% Couldn’t afford 2
 

Remedies desired from government

83.3% Monetary compensation to family 5
 
83.3% Truth commission 5
 
66.7% Employment 4
 
50.0% Rehabilitation services to family members 3
 
16.7% Public acknowledgement of wrongful deaths 1
 
16.7% Investigations into abuses 1
 
16.7% Memorial for victims 1
 

Year & District 

District

16.7% Amritsar 1
 
66.7% Firozpur 4
 

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
 
33.3% 1987 2
 
0.0% 1988 0
 
0.0% 1989 0
 
0.0% 1990 0
 
16.7% 1991 1
 
0.0% 1992 0
 
16.7% 1993 1
 
16.7% 1994 1
 
0.0% 1995 0
 
0.0% 1996 0
 
0.0% 1997 0
 
16.7% 1998 1
 
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.