Extrajudicial execution on November 16, 1988
Male, age 21
Residence
Education
Vocational degree
Employment
Student
Married
No
Religion
Sikh, Amritdhari
Caste
Jat
Prior detentions
Yes, 1
Prior torture
No
Abduction preceding extrajudicial execution
Witness(es) to abduction
Friend
Security officials informed witnesses about destination
No
Security officials uniformed
Yes
Victim presented before judge/magistrate
No
Additional data forthcoming
Additional data forthcoming
Body returned
Yes, but forced immediate cremation
Cremation location
Village cremation ground
Condition of corpse
Bullet wounds
Forces involved in abduction
Officials involved in abduction
Sumedh Singh [Saini], Senior Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police, Ludhiana
Mohd. Izhar Alam, Senior Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police, Jalandhar
Forces involved in extrajudicial execution
Officials involved in extrajudicial execution
Sumedh Singh [Saini], Senior Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police, Ludhiana
Mohd. Izhar Alam, Senior Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police, Jalandhar
Combatant
Yes
Reason(s) for joining militancy
1984 Indian Army attack on the Harmandir Sahib; Persecution (i.e. arbitrary arrest, torture, self-defense)
Security officials approached
No
Legal remedies pursued
No, Afraid of retaliation, Believed it would have been ineffective
Impact on family
Family member(s) dropped out of school, Family member(s) was mentally disturbed
Remedies desired from government
Public acknowledgement of wrongful deaths; Truth commission; Investigations into abuses
Genuine encounters in family
No
Co-victims of abduction
Yes
Co-victims of extrajudicial execution
Yes
Links to co-victim profiles forthcoming
Forthcoming
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