Balkar Singh

Extrajudicial execution on September 8, 1991

Male, age 19-21

Demographics

Detention & Torture

Prior detentions

Yes, 1

Prior torture

Yes

Detention Locations

Additional data forthcoming

Extrajudicial Execution on September 8, 1991

Additional data forthcoming

Body Disposal

Body returned

Yes

Condition of corpse

Bruises; Bullet wounds; Cuts/wounds; Broken bones

Security Forces Implicated

Forces involved in extrajudicial execution

Zira, Makhu, Dharamkot, Punjab Police; BSF; CRPF; Criminal Investigation Agency

Officials involved in extrajudicial execution

Additional data forthcoming

Militancy Involvement

Combatant

Yes

Reason(s) for joining militancy

Persecution of a family member or a friend

Related Incidents

Forthcoming

Remedies

Security officials approached

Yes, Punjab Police, from Zira

Response by officials

Extrajudicial execution [of victim] in an "encounter"

Legal remedies pursued

No, Believed it would have been ineffective

Remedies desired from government

Public acknowledgement of wrongful deaths; Truth commission; Investigations into abuses

Connected Victims

Genuine encounters in family

No

Co-victims of extrajudicial execution

Yes

Links to co-victim profiles forthcoming

Family Reflections

Forthcoming