Maur

3 documented cases implicating security forces based in Maur:

Bathinda District

Talwandi Sabo Subdistrict
Harwinder Singh Male, age 20-21 at time of disappearance, Tahla Sahib

Mansa District

Mansa Subdistrict
Baljeet Singh Male, age 26 at time of extrajudicial execution, Burj Dhilwan
Gurmail Singh Male, age 17 at time of disappearance, Kalho

Key statistics of cases implicating security forces based in Maur:

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

66.7% Jat 2
 
 
33.3% Non-Jat 1

Age

33.3% 0-17 1
 
66.7% 18-33 2
 

Education

66.7% No education 2
 
33.3% High school 1
 

Employment

66.7% Farmer/agriculture 2
 
33.3% Day labourer 1
 

Urban / Rural

100.0% Rural 3
 
 
0.0% Urban 0

Abduction, Detention, & Torture 

Prior detentions

33.3% Yes 1
 
 
66.7% No 2

Prior torture

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
33.3% No 1

Abduction preceding enforced disappearance/extrajudicial execution

100.0% Yes 3
 
 
0.0% No 0

Security officials informed witnesses where they were taking the victim

50.0% Yes 1
 
 
100.0% No 2

Witnesses to abduction

66.7% Yes 2
 

Victim abduction location

66.7% Victim’s residence 2
 
33.3% Bus station/stand 1
 

Detention facility type

Data forthcoming

Preceding detention location known

66.7% Yes 2
 
 
33.3% No 1

Witnesses to detention preceding enforced disappearance/extrajudicial execution

Data forthcoming

Security official response to victim status

66.7% Told family to go to another police station 2
 
33.3% Victim accidentally killed in custody 1
 

Victim presented before judge/magistrate

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
100.0% No 3

Enforced Disappearances vs. Extrajudicial Executions 

Classification

33.3% Extrajudicial executions 1
 
 
66.7% Enforced disappearances 2

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

Security forces returned body

33.3% Yes 1
 
0.0% Yes, but forced immediate cremation 0
 
0.0% No 0
 

Condition of corpse, if known

33.3% Bruises 1
 
33.3% Broken bones 1
 
33.3% Other 1
 

Security Forces Implicated 

Names of involved security officials known

100.0% Yes 3
 
 
0.0% No 0

Security forces uniformed

150.0% Yes 3
 
 
0.0% No 0

Type(s) of security forces involved in abduction

100.0% Punjab Police 3
 

Type(s) of security forces involved in extrajudicial execution

33.3% Punjab police 1
 

Militancy Involvement 

Militant status

0.0% Militant 0
 
 
100.0% Non-militant 3

Non-militant, provided support to militants

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
100.0% No 3

If provided support, support was voluntary

0.0% Yes 0
 
 
0.0% No 0

Remedies & Impact 

Approached court or commission

33.3% Yes 1
 
 
66.7% No 2

Approached security officials

100.0% Yes 3
 
 
0.0% No 0

Reason the family did not pursue any kind of action

66.7% Afraid of retaliation 2
 
33.3% Didn’t know what to do 1
 

Remedies desired from government

100.0% Truth commission 3
 
66.7% Monetary compensation to family 2
 
33.3% Public acknowledgement of wrongful deaths 1
 
33.3% Criminal sanctions against those responsible 1
 
33.3% Investigations into abuses 1
 

Year & District 

District

33.3% Bathinda 1
 
66.7% Mansa 2
 

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
 
0.0% 1991 0
 
33.3% 1992 1
 
0.0% 1993 0
 
0.0% 1994 0
 
0.0% 1995 0
 
0.0% 1996 0
 
0.0% 1997 0
 
33.3% 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
 
33.3% Date Unknown 1
 

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