Extrajudicial execution on April 16, 1988
Male, age 22
Residence
Education
Middle school
Employment
Farmer/agriculture
Married
No
Religion
Sikh, Amritdhari
Caste
Jat
Prior detentions
Yes, 1
Prior torture
Yes
Abduction preceding extrajudicial execution
Place of abduction
Police station
Witness(es) to abduction
Parents
Security officials uniformed
Yes
Victim presented before judge/magistrate
No
Additional data forthcoming
Additional data forthcoming
Body returned
Yes
Cremation location
Village cremation ground
Forces involved in abduction
Forces involved in extrajudicial execution
Officials involved in extrajudicial execution
Swaran Singh [Ghotna], SP(D) (Superintendent of Police (Detective)), Punjab Police, Jalandhar
Combatant
Yes
Legal remedies pursued
Yes
Remedies desired from government
Desire nothing from government
Genuine encounters in family
No
Co-victims of abduction
No
Co-victims of extrajudicial execution
Yes
Links to co-victim profiles forthcoming
Forthcoming
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