Ø SYSTEMATIC AND ORGANIZED KILLINGS OF SIKHS IN EIGHTEEN STATES AND MORE THAN HUNDRED CITIES ACROSS INDIA
More than 30,000 Sikhs killed throughout India (most burnt alive)
Hundreds of Sikh women gang raped throughout India by goons, police officers and civil administrators and told that next generation (after rape) will be loyal to Government of India
More than 300, 000 Sikhs displaced and rendered homeless
Hundreds of Gurudwaras and Guru Granth Sahibs (treated as living guru by Sikhs) burnt and desecrated in a systematic and planned way across India
Around 300 Sikh soldiers done to death in Uniform by fellow soldiers
120 Sikhs working at the Bokaro Steel Plant Jharkhand thrown alive into burning furnaces
Children as old as 13 days of age roasted alive on gas stoves in Kanpur and other cities in India
In Agartala, Tripura 40 Sikh families who took refuge in a police station to save their lives were burnt alive in the police station
In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh 12 Sikhs were hanged from the ceiling at the railway platform
Small Children killed ruthlessly by pulling their legs apart while their mothers being raped
In Haryana and Madhya Pradesh Sikh women taken into hostage and raped during November 1984, still held in captivity by the goons.
Sikh women taken from refugee camps and raped even after November 6, 1984
Sikhs on public roads burnt alive, dragged out from trains and lynched on the railway platforms and set on fire
Property of Sikhs worth millions looted and destroyed
Ø THE MASSACRE TOOK PLACE IN THE FOLLOWING STATES RULED OR DOMINATED BY CONGRESS PARTY
1. DELHI
2. UTTARAKHAND
3. JAMMU AND KASHMIR
4. MADHYA PRADESH
5. MAHARASTRA
6. HIMACHAL PRADESH
7. JHARKHAND
8. TAMIL NADU
9. HARYANA
10. WEST BENGAL
11. GUJARAT
12. UTTAR PRADESH
13. CHATTISGARH
14. ANDHRA PRADESH
15. BIHAR
16. ORISSA
17. KERALA
Ø MASSACRE OF SIKHS PLANNED IN A MEETING ORGANISED AT 24 AKBAR ROAD, NEW DELHI ON OCTOBER 31, 1984 ATTENDED BY MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS PARTY INCLUDING JAGDISH TYTLER, SAJJAN KUMAR, H.K.L BHAGAT, KAMAL NATH, DHARAM DAS SHASTRI, LALIT MAKEN, ARJUN DAS AMONGST OTHERS
Ø STATE MEDIA SHOWED INFLAMMATORY SPEECHES AND SCENES. POPULAR MOVIE STARS LIKE AMITABH BACHAN SHOWN ON STATE TELEVISION RAISING SLOGANS LIKE "KHOON KA BADLA KHOON" (BLOOD FOR BLOOD)" AND "KHOON KI CHINTEY SIKHON KE GHAR TAK PAHUNCHNI CHAHIYE" (SPLASHES OF BLOOD SHOULD REACH THE DOORSTEPS OF SIKHS)
Ø POLICE COMMONDOS FROM POLICE HEADQUARTERS MADHUBAN, HARYANA ON THE ORDERS OF BHAJAN LAL THE THEN CHIEF MINISTER OF HARYANA SEND TO COMMIT THE MASSACRE OF SIKHS
Ø EXPERT ARSONISTS AND PROFESSIONAL GOONS BROUGHT FROM OUTSIDE AND TRANSPORTED TO DIFFERENT AREAS IN GOVERNMENT BUSES. SUPPLIED WITH INFLAMMABLE MATERIALS TO BURN SIKHS, SIKH HOUSES, BUSINESSES AND SIKH TEMPLES.
Ø POLICE EITHER ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN COMMITTING THE MASSACRE OF SIKHS OR STOOD AS SILENT SPECTATORS WHILE SIKHS BURNT ALIVE. POLICE EVEN SUPPLIED DIESEL FROM POLICE JEEPS TO THE ARSONISTS. POLICE DISARMED THE SIKHS BEFORE MOBS ATTACKED THEM.
Ø NO CURFEW IMPOSED OR ARMY CALLED WHILE MOST OF THE KILLINGS TOOK PLACE. WHEN ARMY CALLED, DELIBERATELY DESIGNED TO BE INEFFECTIVE.
Ø AFTER 25 YEARS THE ORGANIZERS AND PERPETRATORS OF THE GENOCIDE ROAM FREE AND EVEN ENJOY POSITIONS OF POWER. NONE PUNISHED FOR KILLINGS OF THE SIKHS.
Ø TEN COMMISSIONS HAVE FAILED TO BRING JUSTICE. AFFIDAVITS FILED BEFORE COMMISSIONS FOUND LYING AT THE RESIDENCES OF THOSE ACCUSED OF ORGANIZING AND COMMITTING THE MASSACRE
NOT RIOTS BUT GENOCIDE
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Friday, March 19, 2010
ROLE OF KAMAL NATH IN NOVEMBER 1984 GENOCIDE OF SIKHS IN INDIA
On November 1, 1984 one day after the killing of the then Prime Minister of India, Indra Gandhi, a mob of over 4000 people attacked Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, New Delhi. Several Sikhs were burnt alive in this attack and the Gurudwara building was set on fire. This mob was led by then Member Parliament and senior Congress Leader Kamal Nath, the present Union Cabinet Minister of Road Transport and Highways for India. Police was present at the scene of occurrence at all times but instead of preventing the attack, the police upon Congress leader Kamal Nath's instructions joined the attackers and fired several rounds at the Gurudwara. The police did not take the Sikhs who were burnt alive by the mob to the hospital and the Sikhs died due to lack of medical assistance.
Prominent Journalist Sanjay Suri, and two persons Mukhtiar Singh and Ajit Singh who resided within Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and were present in the Gurudwara when the Gurudwara was attacked, gave affidavits and testified before the Justice Nanavati Inquiry Commission (set up by the Government of India to enquire into the killings of Sikhs in November 1984), that Congress leader Kamal Nath was seen leading the mob. Mukhtiar Singh and Ajit Singh testified that Kamal Nath was instigating the mob that attacked the Gurudwara and burnt the Sikhs alive.
Kamal Nath was summoned by the Justice Nanavati Commission because of clear evidence present against him. Kamal Nath did not deny his presence at the scene of occurrence because of the overwhelming evidence. In his affidavit before the Commission, Kamal Nath cooked the story that in the afternoon of November 1, 1984, on receiving information that some violence was taking place in and around Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, he as a senior and responsible leader of the Congress Party decided to go there. When he reached there, he found that lots of people were standing outside the Gurudwara and para military personnel were also present. He tried to find out from various persons in the mob as to why they had gathered there and why they were agitated. He was told that some Hindu men and women were kept inside the Gurudwara forcibly and that was the main reason why they were agitated. By that time the Commissioner of Police came there. He felt satisfied that police would be able to control the situation, so he left that place. He has further stated that while he was near the Gurudwara he had tried to persuade the crowd to disperse and not to take law into their hands. He had also told the crowd that since the police had arrived, it was their job to ensure safety of the Hindus, if any, inside the Gurudwara and that the police would be able to control the situation.
The Nanavati Commission after reviewing the evidence made a finding that the reply filed by Kamal Nath was "vague" and "little strange'. The Commission found that the evidence disclosed that Kamal Nath was seen in the mob at about 2.00 p.m. and situation there had remained very tense till 3.30 pm. The Police Commissioner had reached that place at about 3.30 p.m when Kamal Nath states to have left. So Kamal Nath was there for quite a long time. The Commission observed that Kamal Nath did not state that he looked for the police or tried to contact the policemen who were posted there for ensuring that the situation remained under control. He stated that he left that place after the Commissioner of Police arrived but did not state that he met him. The Commission observed that Kamal Nath was a senior political leader and feeling concerned about the law and order situation went to the Gurudwara and therefore it appears little strange that he left that place abruptly without even contacting the police officers who had come there.
The Commission further found the statement of Additional Commissioner of police, Gautam Kaul who supported the story of Kamal Nath to be inconsistent with other evidence.
Prominent Journalist Sanjay Suri, and two persons Mukhtiar Singh and Ajit Singh who resided within Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and were present in the Gurudwara when the Gurudwara was attacked, gave affidavits and testified before the Justice Nanavati Inquiry Commission (set up by the Government of India to enquire into the killings of Sikhs in November 1984), that Congress leader Kamal Nath was seen leading the mob. Mukhtiar Singh and Ajit Singh testified that Kamal Nath was instigating the mob that attacked the Gurudwara and burnt the Sikhs alive.
Kamal Nath was summoned by the Justice Nanavati Commission because of clear evidence present against him. Kamal Nath did not deny his presence at the scene of occurrence because of the overwhelming evidence. In his affidavit before the Commission, Kamal Nath cooked the story that in the afternoon of November 1, 1984, on receiving information that some violence was taking place in and around Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib, he as a senior and responsible leader of the Congress Party decided to go there. When he reached there, he found that lots of people were standing outside the Gurudwara and para military personnel were also present. He tried to find out from various persons in the mob as to why they had gathered there and why they were agitated. He was told that some Hindu men and women were kept inside the Gurudwara forcibly and that was the main reason why they were agitated. By that time the Commissioner of Police came there. He felt satisfied that police would be able to control the situation, so he left that place. He has further stated that while he was near the Gurudwara he had tried to persuade the crowd to disperse and not to take law into their hands. He had also told the crowd that since the police had arrived, it was their job to ensure safety of the Hindus, if any, inside the Gurudwara and that the police would be able to control the situation.
The Nanavati Commission after reviewing the evidence made a finding that the reply filed by Kamal Nath was "vague" and "little strange'. The Commission found that the evidence disclosed that Kamal Nath was seen in the mob at about 2.00 p.m. and situation there had remained very tense till 3.30 pm. The Police Commissioner had reached that place at about 3.30 p.m when Kamal Nath states to have left. So Kamal Nath was there for quite a long time. The Commission observed that Kamal Nath did not state that he looked for the police or tried to contact the policemen who were posted there for ensuring that the situation remained under control. He stated that he left that place after the Commissioner of Police arrived but did not state that he met him. The Commission observed that Kamal Nath was a senior political leader and feeling concerned about the law and order situation went to the Gurudwara and therefore it appears little strange that he left that place abruptly without even contacting the police officers who had come there.
The Commission further found the statement of Additional Commissioner of police, Gautam Kaul who supported the story of Kamal Nath to be inconsistent with other evidence.
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