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The news has been sparse on the human rights implications of the investigations into the Burail jailbreak by the accused in the assassination of Chief Minister Beant Singh.  Despite the numerous details on the police’s alleged findings, news articles have only casually referred to allegations of torture made by the attorney representing the alleged mastermind […]

Lawyers for Human Rights International released a report on Monday on the Burail jailbreak.  The news coverage of this report (scroll down) has been scanty, with no information on the content of the report, except: They suggested compliance of guidelines fixed by the Supreme Court with regard to arrest and custodial interrogation by the police […]

The defense counsel for the escapees, accused of roles in the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, have filed an application in court [scroll to bottom of link] stating that Jagtar Singh Hawara and Jagtar Tara have been eliminated by the police: The defence counsel for the accused moved another application in favour of […]

An article about a police seminar for the Punjab IPS officers association, at which a US professor spoke, mentioned the appointment of R.L. Anand, former Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, to the Punjab State Human Rights Commission.  This appointment has occurred despite Justice Anand’s record in disposing of habeas corpus petitions filed […]

The father of Burail Jail escapee Paramjit Singh Bheora, charged with a role in the assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh, fears his son may have been extrajudicially executed by the police: [The] father of Paramjit Singh Bheora, today moved an application in a local court alleging his son was forcibly taken out of […]

The recent news on the Jan. 22 Burail jailbreak and the police investigations raises even more questions: The main police officer, Charan Singh, whose testimony implicated senior police officers in the jailbreak, mysteriously died of a heart attack in police detention.  Now, his testimony cannot be used in court. The police have closed the jail […]

The Poohla Nihang Eviction Panel, led by Chairman Col. Sandhu, called for information on abuses committed by Ajit S. Poohla: Convening a press conference, Col Sandhu, of village Pahuwind in Amritsar district, said the self-styled Nihang was created by the Punjab Police to spy on and spot terrorists for the police. Col Sandhu said the […]

Amnesty International has put out an urgent action regarding the detention of social activists, human rights workers, and lawyers after the Jan. 22 jailbreak by the accused in the case of the 1995 assassination of former Chief Minister Beant Singh. Our Feb. 5 post also describes fears of torture of the alleged jailbreak mastermind.

A series of articles in Indian papers implicitly raise concerns about the use of torture in the interrogation of the accused mastermind of the Punjab Burail jail break. Inspector General (Operations) Sumedh Singh Saini is managing the police investigation of the jailbreak.  He has also been in charge of interrogating Narain Singh Chaura, the accused […]

British Home Secretary David Blunkett completed a visit to India, which included several stops in Punjab.  Blunkett delivered the convocation address at the Punjab Police Academy, becoming the first Home Secretary of any country ever to do so.  In his speech, Blunkett stressed Indo-UK police cooperation on training, counterterrorism, and other issues.  Last September, as […]

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