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new Sikh unit shit- 2 new mixtapes by killa

No More Mr Nice Guy- Mixtape By Killa From Sikh Unit 2008

The new mixtape has 14 tracks all performed by Killa from Sikh Unit, it deals with deep issues within the Sikh community. It discusses issues such as the threats posed to our women by Islamic extremists and the oppression of our community by the Indian tyrannical government. It is a hip hop based album, but to get the word spread amongst all types of music lovers, up and coming producer Caveman is going to remix it and release it in Dub, garage and reggae format. Frontline will let you know of this release too!

Comments from Killa about the album.

“I can’t say that this album is hard or deep, I just done me. Whatever I felt within I put it on a beat init. I have included a lot of true stories about previous Sikh characters that I knew or came across in my life. Their lives are talked about so that people can learn from their mistakes. I put in a story of Manpreet and how she thought she was checking a Sikh man but it was a deceiving Islamic story. When she found out that she had been deceived by the person she loved and held all her hopes in. She lost the plot and went astray, she felt dirty and went on to drugs and started prostitution. Sukhi got spiked is another tune dealing with a problem that has been happening for years and seems to be increasing. Amerjit is a tune which shows how a young Sikh boy is isolated and ends up hating the whole system. Then obviously we got tunes exposing the tactics of the Indian government and how they are a thorn in the way of the Sikhs getting their homeland back.”

The other mixtape is called "2 sidez to every Guy"

This album is a soft album dedicated to younger kids; it includes some basics on Sikhi in the new tunes. But we have included three remixes as bonus tracks which include old lyrics from the previous Mixtape called “No more Mr nice Guy” Sikh Unit 4 will be released in a few weeks too. The Sikh Unit has been busy these last few weeks doing all types of projects. Some Hard hitting tunes will be coming your way soon.

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Priest guilty of sex assault charges

Andrew Seymour

Canwest News Service

Monday, January 14, 2008

CREDIT: CNS file photo Msgr. Bernard Prince.

PEMBROKE, Ont. - A retired priest and former Vatican official is guilty of sexually molesting 13 young boys.

Msgr. Bernard Prince, 72, pleaded guilty Monday to 12 charges of indecent or sexual assault that occurred over a 20-year period between 1964 and 1984.

Justice Julie-Ann Parfett also found him guilty of a 13th charge of indecent assault.

Following the guilty verdict on the single charge, Prince entered his plea on the 12 additional counts.
"Guilty your honour," Prince repeated a dozen times.

According to the information filed in court, nine of the 12 additional charges occurred in the Killaloe, Ont. area - about 170 kilometres west of Ottawa.

Three of the assaults occurred in the nation's capital.

A_total of 12 of the 13 victims, and their families, were in the packed courtroom to hear the verdicts.

An agreed statement of facts is expected to be read into the record Monday along with victim-impact statements of nine of the now grown men victimized by Prince.

A bench warrant had been issued for Prince, who had been living near Rome, in mid-October 2005, after police laid initial charges of buggery and indecent assault for the alleged assault of a then-12-year-old boy in 1969.

Prince was arrested at Montreal's Trudeau Airport in February 2006 after returning to Canada from Italy to face the charges in connection with the first alleged victim.

Prince was ordained in 1963.

His career included posts at the Vatican as the secretary general of the pontifical work for the propagation of faith until his retirement more than three years ago. He had lived in Italy since 1991.

He had also worked at parishes in Arnprior, Ont. and Pembroke, Ont. before he took a posting in Ottawa.

He later worked at the Canadian Conference of Bishops in Ottawa and taught at Saint Paul University before moving to Toronto as director of Canada's Pontifical Mission Society.

Pimping it up

Teens accused of pimping girls

Gang members allegedly targeted runaways and other girls with unstable homes for the prostitution ring.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Several teenage gang members have been arrested on suspicion of forcing girls as young as 12 into a prostitution ring, police said Tuesday.

After befriending the girls and getting them high, Varrio Central gang members took them to some regular customers and then sought other men by trolling apartment complexes, offering the girls' services for $50, Fort Worth police Lt. Ken Dean said.

The gang apparently targeted runaways and other girls with unstable homes, and if the girls refused to have sex for money the members beat and sexually assaulted them and threatened their families, Dean said.

"The age of the victims and suspects is the surprising part of it," Dean said. "To have such young individuals in a somewhat organized business, a forced prostitution ring, is somewhat alarming and such a horrendous crime against the 12- to 16-year-old girls."

Fort Worth detectives found five victims, ages 12 to 16, but believe there may be more. Those girls are back with relatives or in other safe places, he said, declining to elaborate.

A 15-year-old girl who may be a gang member helped the suspects by going to the victims' houses to pick them up under the pretense of going shopping or to a movie, which fooled the parents, said Lt. Dan Draper.

Four alleged gang members were arrested January 3 after they took a 14-year-old to a convenience store to have sex with the owner, a regular customer of the prostitution ring, police said.

Diego Rodriguez, 19, and Martin Reyes, 17, were charged with counts including engaging in organized criminal activity, aggravated kidnapping and trafficking of a person. Rodriguez, held on $170,000 bond, did not have an attorney, and a lawyer for Reyes, held on $150,000 bond, could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

The cases of two boys, ages 15 and 16, and the 15-year-old girl accused of helping the gang are being handled in the juvenile system. Police expect more arrests as the investigation continues, Dean said.

The convenience store owner, Chang Hyeong Lee, 56, was charged with aggravated kidnapping, engaging in organized criminal activity and prostitution. He remained jailed Tuesday with bail set at $300,000. His attorney could not immediately be reached.

Police discovered the prostitution ring after a woman was arrested in August in a neighborhood allegedly offering men sex with a 14-year-old girl for $50. Police have declined to reveal the relationship between Debra Flores Castillo, 33, who was charged with compelling prostitution, and the teen gang members.

She was released on a $20,000 bond. Her attorney, Mark Scott, declined to comment.

Jorge Martinez, accused of paying for sex with the teen in August, remained jailed on $10,000 bond Tuesday on a sexual assault of a child charge. His attorney did not immediately return a call.

Sikh Seriously Injured after Unprovoked Assault Outside NY Gurdwara

Neighbour arrested and charged by police

Jamaica, NY: Baljeet Singh, a 63-year-old Sikh man suffered serious injuries on Monday evening during an unprovoked attack by David C. Wood, a next-door neighbour to the gurdwara (Sikh place of worship) at 95th Avenue and 222nd Street in Jamaica, New York. Singh suffered a broken nose and a fractured jaw, which will both require surgery. The suspect, Wood, aged 36, attacked Singh after the latter had parked his car on the opposite side of the street from where the gurdwara and the defendant’s house are located.

At approximately 5:45 p.m. on Monday, Baljeet Singh had parked his car down the street and on the opposite side from the gurdwara and Wood’s residence when the latter began screaming incomprehensibly. As the victim started to move towards the gurdwara, taking a path that allowed the most distance from his would-be attacker, the defendant accosted Singh. The victim, told UNITED SIKHS that Wood swore at him and called him an Arab, before punching him, causing him to bleed profusely and fall to the sidewalk. During the attack, Singh’s turban was knocked off and his spectacles broke. This series of events transpired quickly and with no provocation from the victim, as the two had never spoken at any point. According to the victim’s son, Harpreet Singh, two people assumed to be the perpetrator’s parents appeared immediately after the attack and approached his father as he fell and supposedly asked if he was alright. The victim entered the gurdwara and called 911, deciding not to disturb anyone else with the situation due to the fact that prayers were in progress.

The victim’s wife, Jasbir Kaur, arrived as an ambulance was taking her husband away to Long Island Jewish Hospital, where he received a CAT scan, X-rays, and several tests before being discharged at 3 a.m. When police arrived at the scene, both the assailant and the people thought to be his parents had vacated the house.

“UNITED SIKHS was contacted by Detective Michael Theogene with the Community Affairs Department of the NYPD, urging us to contact the Hate Crimes Task Force. Mr. Wood was arrested last night,” said Jaspreet Singh, UNITED SIKHS staff attorney. “Police have charged Mr. Wood with 4 counts of assault, two of which are classified as hate crimes, and an additional charge of aggravated harassment,” He added.

The congregants of the gurdwara, which the victim’s family has attended for 12 years, have previously experienced resentment from the defendant’s house due to the proximity of the gurdwara to his residence. Wood had sometimes turned speakers playing loud music towards the gurdwara during a prayer service. In the past, gurdwara officials reminded congregants to park at a distance and also warned parents to keep their children away from Wood’s house. “As you can imagine,” the younger Singh claimed, “this incident has instilled a tremendous fear in all of us.”

Singh is scheduled for surgery to correct his fractured jaw and broken nose. For two weeks, he will require a completely liquid diet, followed by several more weeks of soft foods such as gelatin and mashed potatoes only. Distressed, Ms. Kaur claimed, “The biggest thing we are afraid of is not being able to go back to our gurdwara. We’ve gone there so long, and now what do we do after all this?” UNITED SIKHS will continue to assist the victim and his family in dealing with the impact of this atrocity by contacting the Crime Victims Fund and following up with the police and the Hate Crimes Task Force.

Frontline Punjabi Youth

Whos next? Sikhs need to take matters in own hands, police always come after. Your safety is in your own hands. (got to be a outlaw to defend yourself)

New Rape Gang In London

This actually happened a few weeks ago right here in England . It was early evening and a young lady stopped to get petrol.

She filled her tank and walked into the store to pay for her petrol. The cashier told her ‘Don't pay for your petrol yet.....walk around the store for a while and act as if you're picking up some other things to buy.

A man just got into the back of your car. I've called the police and they're on their way'. When the police arrived, they found the man in the back seat of the girl's car and asked him what he was doing. He replied, he was joining a gang and the initiation to join is to kidnap a woman and bring her back to the gang to be raped by every member of the gang. If the woman was still alive by the time they finish with her then they let her go.

According to the police that night, there is a new gang forming here originating from London. The scary part of this is because the guy didn't have a weapon on him. The police could only charge him with trespassing.... He's back on the street and free to try again.

Please be aware of what's going on around you and for your family and friends. LADIES you or one of your family and friends could be the next victim.

Please forward this on to everyone you know. Please do not discard this message it is very important that everyone knows what is happening.

Please be careful when leaving your vehicle and make sure it is ALWAYS Locked to prevent this from happening to you.

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The Rules Of War Of The Traditional Khalsa Army

The Khalsa was created as a unique army of God to defend truth, rightouness and justice. The Khalsa Army fought many wars and sacrificed so many lives for their principals. Because the khalsa used to mainly fight for humanity their code of conduct was different from many of their enemies. One main opposition of the Khalsa army was the Mughals. The Mughals were a Muslim Army who was comminting injustice to Non-Muslims and forcing conversions.

Code of Conduct in times of War of the Mughals:

They used to rape women and kill kids. The women used to be raped to dishonour and humiliate their enemies women folk. Kids used to be killed so that the Sikhs are eliminated from the face of the earth.

Imprisonment of innocent family members of the Sikhs. Innocent civilians were targeted and killed for just being Sikh.

They were an army full of anger, revenge and brutality.

They Burnt Sikh houses down to abolish Sikh towns. After they Robbed, looted, raped and killed.

Many times their acts of rage were taken out on innocents due to build up of frustration from defeat.

They commited unjust violence and crime in an inhumane manner.

Code of conduct of the Khalsa Army.

Only punished the guilty. Never harmed innocents or put their life in any sort of danger!

Never touched civilians, or raped women, or even thought of harming harmless kids.

Never looted or burnt down Muslim civilain towns.

Was a Army full of campassion and might.

They stood up for righteousness and defended the human rights of the people.

Any Khalsa Soldier who violated the code was dealt with by the commanding officer accordingly. These days every one calls themselves a Khalsa but many Sikhs have a Mughal mentality; it’s disgusting. Singhs go around saying the Khalsa this and the Khalsa that, but they commit actions which the Khalsa stood against. Sikhs these days are full of double standards and hypocrisy, it; s a shame. No wonder Guru Ji doesn’t do Kirpa on the Khalsa Army.

Interview with filmaker of Amu (film based on dehli riots)

For filmmaker Shonali Bose, the personal and the political violently collided while she was a 19-year-old at Delhi University. The year was 1984, and following the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, a surge of gruesome, “engineered” violence permeated the capital, unjustly targeting the city’s Sikh community. Bose’s incipient activism propelled her to become involved with the Sikh rehabilitation camps, an effort spearheaded by locals to offer relief to the victims of violence. It was this experience that formed the hazy beginnings of Amu, a critically acclaimed film that has won a National Award in India and has gained worldwide recognition, from Berlin to Toronto. The film chronicles a young Indian American woman’s journey to rediscover her roots, but takes a darker turn when she realizes that her childhood may be entangled with the horrific ‘84 riots.

When Bose claims that she’s “poured everything personal,” into Amu, she isn’t kidding. One of the film’s main characters is played by Bose’s beloved aunt—a first time actor—Brinda Karat, and the core story is based on the true account of her English professor from college. Not to mention the seed money for Amu’s pre-production, which was acquired from a patent that Bose’s husband, Bedabrata Pain, a NASA scientist, received for inventing the world’s smallest camera.

Nirali spoke to Bose about her tumultuous journey toward Amu, the film’s international impact and her future filmmaking forecast.

What’s your personal connection to Amu?

My involvement with the rehabilitation efforts, following the ‘84 riots, was instant. A lot of people from Delhi reacted that way—ordinary people had to come to the rescue. The first day I went [to the camps] I was really nervous, because it’s not like I’d ever done such a thing in my life. I remember wondering how they [the Sikh community] were going to react to us. Was there going to be hostility? But there was bonding and love between the survivors and the volunteers.
In college, though, we were hearing some terrible rumors. For the three days that the riots took place, we were locked in our hostels. On day two, we heard a rumor that Sikhs had poisoned our water supply, and some of the girls started throwing up. But I knew we had nothing to fear, and we eventually found out that these rumors were planted by the government.

Because Amu tackles such a politically sensitive subject, was it difficult to find financing for the film?

We had an Indian company backing the project, but they pulled out last minute. We had about $50,000 from my husband’s patent—not nearly enough—but marched ahead acting as though we had the money anyway. When I approached American production companies, they insisted that the protagonist be “American.” I was confused, because our protagonist, Kaju (Konkona Sensharma) is a 21-year-old Indian American but she’s brown. Their reaction was so revealing. There were so many false promises. I hated swallowing my pride and approaching people with the begging bowl. There’s a lot of rudeness and closed doors in the industry. I told myself that I wouldn’t stay in filmmaking if I had to do this again. But Amu was about a cause that was bigger than me.

Amu’s release in Toronto was the outcome of efforts by working class Canadians. I held a radiothon where Sikh taxi drivers called in pledges of $50-$100. They hadn’t even seen the film but they were committed to opening it. When it did open there, earlier this year, it found huge success amongst young Sikh Canadians.

How did you prepare Konkona Sensharma for her role? She plays Kaju, the film’s Indian American protagonist, but she had never lived in the U.S. prior to Amu.

I had auditioned about 50 Indian American actors for the part of Kaju, but nobody had the depth and gravitas that Konkona did. To prepare for Kaju, I had her come and live with me and my family in Los Angeles for about two weeks. We would do a lot of “mother daughter” things, because her character in the film has a very strong relationship with her adopted mother, Keya, a character who is based on me. Sometimes, she’d get tired and say, “Let’s just be Shonali and Konkona today!”

We’d go out to lunch, hang out at the UCLA cafes because that’s where Kaju studied. Konkona’s a fantastic observer. For me, as a writer, to do the backstory like that was a very energizing experience. We took her to Skid Row, in downtown LA, where there is a large population of homeless people. It was necessary for her to see this because Kaju is a very political person, and Konkona’s not necessarily like that. We had accent training every day, and I gave her these tapes that she listened to on the set. We even took hip-hop dance classes!

What is the significance of releasing Amu now, 23 years after the Delhi riots?

The issues explored in Amu are very much alive—there are still Sikh widows waiting to be rehabilitated in Delhi and it remains a question of justice. We’ve all heard about the war in Iraq, and the genocide in Rwanda, but what about the carnage that took place in the capital city of India? And the fact that it was carried out by the government—those who had the mandate to protect us. Communal violence still takes place in India, and when it does, you hear it was one community pegged against the other, when the real problem is the violation of rights, urging communities to come together.

What’s next on your filmmaking agenda?

We were coming back from watching a Bollywood film and my husband remarked how annoying it was that women were always secondary characters when it came to portraying India’s struggle for independence. He mentioned that even though women were at the forefront of the struggle, global audiences were always given a very male oriented view. He started talking about a 16-year-old, Preetilatha, who had started an armed struggle during the times of the British Empire. So my next film is going to be about the “Preetilathas” of India and it’s called Chittagong: Strike One.

Amu begins its U.S. theatrical release on May 25, 2007, at NYC’s Cinema Village and ImaginAsian. The film will open on June 15 in LA at the Laemmle Music Hall and Fallbrook, as well as in Irvine, California, at the Edwards Westpark 8. The film also opens in Huntington, New York, at the Cinema Arts Centre and in Edison, New Jersey, at Movie City in early June. Additional cities will be announced. See the Web site for details.

http://www.amuthefilm.com/intro.html For more info on the film

84 Riots Victim prevented from giving testimony

New Delhi, January 13

Bhagwani Devi, a witness in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, is listed as untraced in police records. However, the 65-year-old, who lost two sons in the riots, is very much in Delhi and keen to give her testimony.

Bhagwani is not the only “untraced” witness ready to present her versions on the riots. There are at least nine more such witnesses ready to help protracted investigations into the mass killings.

Bhagwani claims that the police did not record her statement even once although she had been trying to give her testimony. She even filed affidavits before Justice M. L. Jain and A K Bannerji Committee in July 1987 and Nanavati Commission in 2005 seeking permission to present her version.

“My sons, Hoshiar Singh (21) and Mohan Singh (18) were dragged out of the house and burnt alive in front of my eyes,” said Bhagwani, who lived in Sultanpuri during the riots and now stays in Rohini.

“I lost everything when I lost my sons. I want the police to record my statement,” she told PTI, alleging that she had seen a Congress leader leading a mob and instigating it to “kill Sikhs”.

When asked why she kept quiet till date, Bhagwani, who earns her livelihood by working as maid, claimed that she had approached the police to give her statement, but the effort proved futile.

“The only thing the police did was to ask me to fill some papers for the loss suffered,” said Bhagwani recounting the 23-year-old developments.

She said a general fir was lodged in the Sultanpuri police station, but the police refused to file a complaint against the Congress leader.

Torture Methods of Punjab Police

Deadly facts about torture during interrogation in Punjab have come alive in a study on custodial deaths by the Institute of Correctional Administration. As many as 50 per cent of the police officials talked to have admitted that third degree methods are used against the suspects due to social and political pressures.

The study, carried out by the institute’s deputy director Dr Upneet Lalli, has further revealed that need for conducting speedy investigation is another reason. “There is a pressure (on the cops) to perform as also pressure to conform”, the report says. For the purpose of the conducting the study, as many as 150 police officials were talked to.

The report adds: Lack of accountability and almost total immunity enjoyed by the police until recently accounts for the fact that 58 per cent of them feel there is no sense of shame in cops accused of torture. Only 27 per cent say their colleagues feel bad about the use of force to effect confession and recovery.

“There seems to be no clear cut message from the top about intolerance to torture as 18 per cent feel their seniors will feel bad. Another 27 per cent have opposite to say,” the report asserts. Just 10 per cent of the police personnel are aware of the guidelines issued by the National Human Rights Commission on custody-related issues. Only 12 per cent are correctly able to specify the Articles of the Constitution dealing with the matter, even though a majority of them are aware of the Supreme Court verdict in D.K. Basu versus State of West Bengal case.

The voluminous 200-page study “Custodial Deaths and Human Rights Commission - an analysis of its role and prevention” has already been submitted to the Punjab State Human Rights Commission. Quoting the contents of the report, the sources in the commission say just one-fourth of the officers talked to admit consultation with their seniors or the relevant rules in case of doubt about their powers.

As many as 90 per cent police personnel from the state and even outside agree to the need for adopting scientific methods of investigations against the hardened criminals. “The main kind of abuse a person faces in police custody has been mentioned as physical (41 per cent) and mental (67 per cent),” it adds. “The main reason behind deaths in police custody has been mentioned as torture, medical negligence and drug addiction”.

Panjab Police - Case Study

Torture of Shaheed Bhai Avtar Singh Ji

Avtar Singh, a candidate for the Punjab Assembly brutally tortured (with hot iron and electric shock) and murdered by the Indian Police. Another example of the barbaric behavior of Indian Security forces. This is the treatment Sikhs get in the so-called "largest democracy in the world." Bhai Avatar Singh Ji, pictured below had received the following barbaric treatment for being a Sikh :

• His abdomen was burnt by using a hot ironing-press.
• His right fore-arm was cut open.
• All the major bones in both of his arms were broken.
• Hot pinchers were used on his wrists to poke burn his skin.
• Hot Steel rods were used to burn the soles of his feet
  

This is just one case, of literally thousands. Amnesty International and other Human Rights Organizations have been crying out about these abuses for decades, while the Panjabi people like myself are living comfortably and whenever someone mentions a case of torture, or police brutality its taboo. We begin covering our ears, and try changing the subject.

These cases of torture are NOT a thing of the past, you just have to look at two recent detainee's Bhai Panjab Singh (UK) and Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara. The only reason we hear about these cases of torture is because these people are 'high profile' Sikhs, many are still in jails since the 1980's WITHOUT TRIAL who are simply forgotten. Singhs still in prison for 20+ years, and if they are released they're just hounded constantly in their old age. By contrast in Africa, Nelson Mandela went to prison and became Prime Minister.

Sikh Women have suffered no less. They were raped and killed, there are cases were women were paraded naked infront of their dads. The husband was also forced to watch the rapes by the police.

The only way these things are going to stop, is if we realize as a community, or atleast accept these things are happening. How can a problem be solved, such a huge problem, if we dont even accept it exists?

Wake up, wake your families and friends up.

For you it's a short conversation, for another human being it could be freedom.

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15 Year old Harpreet Murdered over a photo

By mid-1992, the Indian Police in Punjab had lost all sense of morality and considered human rights to be a joke. On June 25, 1992, 15-year-old Harpreet Kaur RaNo was stopped while riding her bicycle in Amritsar’s Ghio Mandi.

Harpreet Kaur was very interested in the Sikh struggle and used to consider the Sikh fighters her brothers. When the newspaper would print a notice about the Shahidi and bhog of a Sikh fighter, she would cut out their picture and keep it in her purse.

The police decided to search her purse. When the pictures were found, the excuse to arrest this young Sikh girl was found and she was taken directly to the famous torture center at BR Model School in Amritsar. She was put in the custody of Thanedar Darshan Lal who punished Harpreet Kaur for her “crime”. In that dark torture center, only Vahiguru knows what suffering and brutality Harpreet Kaur faced.

Despite her family’s best efforts to free her, the newspapers reported that Harpreet Kaur along with 3 other “terrorists” had been killed on June 27, 1992 near Sultanvind. Her body was not given to the family. The family went to the cremation grounds at Durgiana Mandir and in one pile of ashes, Harpreet Kaur’s sister recognized a kaRa. The two sisters used to wear identical KaRas and the ashes were recognized as Harpreet Kaur’s. No justice was ever expected or delivered for this cold-blooded murder.

Example of Fake Police Encounter

As far as nearly everyone knew, Gurnam Singh Bandala was gunned down in a shootout with police 13 years ago during the waning days of an uprising by Sikh separatists.

That is, until Bandala turned up alive, living as a preacher outside this northern Indian city.

"It's the perfect cover, being dead," says Bandala, the classic image of a towering Sikh with his white robe, deep blue turban and long gray beard.

Authorities now believe an innocent farmer was deliberately killed by police so that they could present his body as Bandala's and collect a $60,000 bounty.

"I thought I was so lucky," Bandala told The Associated Press in an interview. But "there was no luck. There was murder."

Bandala's re-emergence is one of nearly a dozen similar cases reviewed by the AP that have surfaced recently in India. The faked police shootouts have shaken an already troubled justice system in a country that touts itself as a rights-respecting democracy where the rule of law prevails.

Former police officials and human rights activists say the fake encounters are the brutal result of a system dominated by poorly educated, badly trained and corruptible cops, dirty politicians and stagnated courts where justice, if it ever comes, can be delayed for years.

"Because cases take years to be settled, because witnesses don't show up, because bribes are paid, criminals get away. So the police resort to shortcuts," says Sankar Sen, a former policeman who's now a fellow at the Institute for Social Sciences in New Delhi.

The exact number of fake encounters is impossible to determine. Police officials acknowledge only a handful over the past two decades and say they are isolated cases.

But the former and current officers say the problem is more widespread, and rights activists estimated the number must be in the hundreds, if not thousands.

They point to the tens of thousands of people who have disappeared, many after being detained by police during one of the myriad insurgencies here in the last three decades. An estimated 3,000 people were lost without explanation during the Sikh uprising in Punjab in the 1980s and early 1990s. About 10,000 are missing in Kashmir, where an Islamic rebellion festers today.

In Punjab, the fight for a separate Sikh state left about 25,000 people dead, including 1,700 police. Bandala is one of three former separatist militants who were said to have been killed in shootouts but who recently turned up alive.

"Somebody was killed in their place," says Ranjan Lakhanpal, a human rights lawyer. "We believe there are many more."

In Kashmir, a Himalayan region wracked by an Islamic rebellion since 1989, police this year began investigating five cases, all involving security forces who may have killed innocents and claimed they were rebels to earn rewards.

And in Gujarat, a western state riven by tensions between Hindus and Muslims, three policemen and three senior officials have been arrested for their alleged role in the 2005 slaying of a Muslim couple. Authorities earlier had said the husband was part of a plot by Islamic militants to kill the state's top elected official, a Hindu nationalist.

However, the Kashmir and Gujarat probes are exceptions and most allegations never are fully checked, says Ajai Sahni, former chief of India's Intelligence Bureau, part of the country's law-enforcement apparatus. "They're the result of dogged investigations by good policemen. That rarely happens."

One reason few cases are investigated is that most Indians aren't interested. Wealthier Indians in particular have long accepted extrajudicial killings disguised as shootouts as the most expedient way to get rid of criminals.

There's even a reverential term for officers with the highest tallies: "encounter specialists."

"There is pressure from politicians, there is pressure from the public," says Sen, the former policeman. "They wat criminals eliminated, they cheer it."

Sen spent 35 years with the police, eventually running the National Police Academy before leaving the force to head the government's National Human Rights Commission.

He says that when he was a top officer years ago in the eastern state of Orissa, a politician, whom he won't name, told him to kill a troublesome bandit.

Sen says he refused, "but other policemen were more cooperative." The bandit was slain.

Police kill not only career criminals, but also stage shootouts to get promotions or rewards. That was the case with Bandala.

Bandala already was in hiding for a decade when he read, in July 1994, about his own death in a local newspaper. He worried at first, "then I realized the police wouldn't be chasing me anymore," he said.

At the same time, a woman who lived a few villages over would start looking for her husband, Sukhpal Singh.

According to court documents filed by Singh's family, police came to their home in August and picked up the farmer, then 26, for questioning.

"He disappeared like a ghost," says his widow, Dalbir Kaur. "We've never seen him again."

When Kaur and her mother-in-law went looking for Singh, the police who took him said he'd been transferred to another station. So they went there only to be told he'd been sent back to the first.

It went on and on. Months stretched into years. Singh's mother died and his family sold their small farm to pay for lawyers who are seeking $12,500 in a wrongful death suit.

Authorities have never told them what happened to Singh. But a senior Punjab police officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the matter remains sensitive, said authorities believe Singh was killed in Bandala's place. His body was presented as that of Bandala's and then cremated in accordance with Sikh custom.

Asked what happened to the two officers who were first credited with the killing _ and claimed the reward _ he said one, Jaspal Singh, a former deputy superintendent of police, is in jail, convicted of torturing and murdering a human rights activist. The other, Paramraj Singh Umrananagal, is now a senior Punjab police officer. He refused to speak about the case.

Bandala, meanwhile, was caught by police in 1998 and spent four years in prison on charges of carrying illegal weapons. He was convicted under his real name, but the public record _ which lists Bandala as deceased _ was never changed.

"Nobody likes to be embarrassed," the official said.

Rawalpindi: Police beat Mohammad Bin Masood who was protesting against the disappearance of his father

Welsh School Going on racist!

Nearly 4,000 people have joined online petitions in support of a 14-year-old Sikh girl who has filed a legal challenge after being excluded by her school for wearing a kara.

Sarika Singh, a pupil at the Aberdare Girls' School in the Welsh town of Aberdare, has been excluded since Nov 5 and was forced to attend lessons in isolation for two months after the staff at the school first noticed her wearing the kara or bracelet.

Sarika, who is the only Sikh in her school, has refused to remove the kara, saying it should not be treated as jewellery. The school's uniform policy prohibits any jewelery other than a wristwatch and plain ear studs.

Liberty, the human rights group which has filed the challenge, is expected to argue the school has breached race relations and human rights laws, as well as a 25-year-old Law Lords' decision which allows Sikh children to wear items representing their faith - including turbans - to school.

The group is asking for the school to amend its uniform policy to comply with Britain's Race Relations Act, a major provincial newspaper, the Western Mail, reported Saturday.

The school's governing body must lodge its defence in the High Court by next Friday, before the court starts considering the case mid-January.

Meanwhile, United Sikhs, an international advocacy charity, will also apply to file a third party intervention, the paper said.

The Support Sarika group on social networking site Facebook has 2,366 members, from countries as far afield as Canada, Australia, India and the US.

The site also includes a link to an online petition signed by nearly 1,500 people at supportsarika.co.uk.

Frontline Punjabi Youth comments

So many attacks are being made on the sikh identity, all over the world. France make us take off our turban, no kirpans in denmark etc. All this is happening because the sikhs are a baseless people and have no homeland to fight for our rights and identity. This young girl said that she would cover the kara with cloth in P E lesson for safety reason, so why is she still being targeted. If you dont sign the petition you a skank!

Indians Despise Shaheedi Divas Celebrations for National Sikh Heroes

Picture of Shaheed Bhai Beant Singh & Satwant Singh Ji

New Delhi (KP) – In their latest attempt at direct interference into Sikh affairs, right-wing Hindu organizations and the mainstream Indian media have now criticized the commemoration of Shaheed Bhai Satwant Singh and Shaheed Bhai Kehar Singh by the Sikh Panth.

Not long after publicizing slanderous remarks about the portrait of Baba Jarnail Singh Bhindrawale at the Ajaib Ghar Museum in Amritsar Sahib, the Bharatiya Janata Party along with the Indian media have released more controversial words insulting the status of Akal Takht Sahib. This past week in Amritsar Sahib met with a clash of words between the BJP party and the ‘Akalis’ as the right-wing Hindu organization criticized the announcement of Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh as martyrs of the Sikh Faith.

A great surprise to many, the BJP received strong support from its chief rival, the Congress (I) party, in condemning the move by Akal Takht Sahib. In the past, both parties have shown strong disagreement over various issues. In fact, the BJP remains a big threat to the Congress ‘regime’--but the reality that both organizations joined together to interfere with the internal affairs of the Sikh Community raises eyebrows.

Speaking to the press, Jayanthi Nataranjan (Congress) joined with the BJP leadership and termed the 'equalizers' of Indira Gandhi, who pre-planned genocidal attacks against Sikhs, as “violent killers.” She further declared moves by the SGPC and Akal Takht Sahib as being in direct violation of the Indian Constitution. Rajiv Partar Rudi of the BJP also stated that the declaration of Bhai Satwant Singh was unacceptable to Indian Citizens.

Sikh leadership however, has taken a strong stance against the remarks by the BJP and the Congress party. A faction of Damdami Taksal from Mehta Chowk has asked the Indian Government to keep itself out of the internal affairs of the Sikhs. Baba Harnam Singh Dhumma, who is close to the Shiromani Akal Dal (B), told the press that the execution of Indira Gandhi was a necessity of time and that her assassins were not killers, but martyrs of the Khalsa Panth. If she had not been stopped, there could have been a massive genocide against Sikhs, worse than that which actually did take place.

The function held at Akal Takht Sahib to commemorate the martyrdom of Bhai Satwant Singh and Bhai Kehar Singh was attended by various eminent organizations and individuals. The declaration, which is receiving criticism from the BJP and Congress parties, came from Akal Takht Sahib's appointed Jathedar himself.

Recently Panthic Weekly published pictures of many of these eminent leaders mingling with right-wing Hindu supremacists, including those belonging to the BJP hierarchy. These pictures were shot at the 2007 ‘Prerna’ Program which took place awhile after the BJP had taken a stand against the installation of Baba Jarnail Singh Ji’s portrait.

What is in common or in contrast between these organizations-- BJP, Congress, SGPC and SAD (B) - is yet to be discovered, but the Sikh Nation remembers which groups stood with and against it during Operation Bluestar and other Government organized pogroms. One thing certain is that the moves by the Hindutva organization needs special attention from Panthic ‘watchdogs’.

Head Granthi Second Key Witness against Tytler

New Delhi (KP) – Controversial Congress leader Jagdish Tytler who was recently given a clean chit by India's Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) in cases of his involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms has once again found himself in trouble as fresh evidence establishing his involvement in the massacres has emerged. CBI dropped all charges against Tytler in November 2007 because of 'absence' of eye-witnesses as all those who had previous testified had withdrawn their statements at one point or another.

The IBN-CNN News team which played a big role in exposing exactly why all the testimonies were retracted interviewed Bhai Surinder Singh, Gurdwara Majnu-ka-Tilla who was a Granthi at Gurdwara Pul Bangash (Central Delhi) in 1984. In the interview with IBN, Surinder Singh discloses in grisly detail that the incidents of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots were preplanned and Jagdish Tytler played an important role in the planning. Surinder Singh claimed that he personally saw Tytler, who was a renowned public figure, inciting mobs to carry out attacks against the Sikhs.

During his video recording which was released by IBN, Surinder Singh quotes Jagdish Tytler’s instructions to the mobs while referring to the killing of Indira Gandhi which took place on Oct. 31st, 1984. Although Surinder Singh had submitted his statement with the Nanavati Commission, he later retracted the statement as the police failed to provide him with any security. Surinder Singh, who without knowing that his statement was being video-taped held that he saw, not one, but three men being killed by mobs during the 1984 riots.

Murder of Shaheed Bhai Badal Singh by Mobs

Bhai Surinder Singh narrates how Bhai Badal Singh, the Ragi of Gurdwara Sahib Pul Bangash was attacked and killed by Hindu mobs after he left the Gurdwara Sahib premises at 8 AM. It was the morning of November 1; Bhai Badal Singh was near the Azad Nagar Market when he was surrounded by a team of mobs. Bhai Badal Singh ran from the market to save his life and hid at the residence of a person named Amarjeet Singh who lived close by. Mobs kept searching for Bhai Badal Singh but were not able to find him anywhere.

After an hour, when Bhai Badal Singh finally came out, the mobs spotted him and Badal Singh then attempted to run towards the terrace. He was followed by the mobs who were thirsty for blood of the Sikhs. One of them snatched Badal Singh’s kirpan and stabbed him in the stomach with it. Badal Singh had not died from the stabbing so the mobs then threw his body down from the 2nd floor. Surinder Singh was crying in pain and his body was then loaded on a small vehicle and taken to the Gurdwara Sahib. By this time, a lot of people were accompanying the mobs and all were dancing as if there was a wedding going on. A tire was put across his neck and kerosene was sprayed on him and lit. This is how Bhai Badal Singh was burnt alive by the Hindu Mobs.

Murder of Shaheed Bhai Thakur Singh

In the video, Bhai Surinder Singh gives details of murder of a Sikh Inspector named Thakur Singh. The murder took place the same morning. Bhai Surinder Singh was in the company of Inspector Thakur Singh and the mobs had already started their job of putting buildings on fire. At that time, Inspector Thakur Singh was working in the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee and had already taken retirement from his post as a policeman.

In the morning, when the mobs tried to attack the people inside the Gurdwara Sahib, Thakur Singh suggested Bhai Surinder Singh to refrain from going out in public. Instead, Bhai Thakur Singh went out to have a talk with the mobs himself. Bhai Thakur Singh told the mobs that a school of 1400 girls was being run in the complex which had enrollment of 1200 Hindu Girls. Thakur Singh was trying to explain that all Sikhs had good relations with Hindus but the mobs cared less to listen to his explanations. A man then approached Thakur Singh and hit his head with a metal rod. Thakur Singh became unconscious and fell to the floor.

Police shot bullets and helped mobs put the Gurdwara Sahib on fire

The mob then approached Bhai Surinder Singh and hit him with the same metal rod. In the video, Bhai Surinder Singh shows the bruises under his turban that were a result of the incident. Surinder Singh however escaped the attack as when he fell down; his hand touched the kirpan that was kept by the door. Surinder Singh at once took the kirpan and swung it with full force without looking and incidentally made contact with face of a mob. The mobs got scared and ran from the place to save their lives.

Afterwards, Surinder Singh went out to follow the mobs while holding the kirpan in his hand. Although no mob dared to come close to him, police which was standing nearby starting shooting at him. Surinder Singh then ran back to the Gurdwara Sahib after hearing warnings of the police. All Singhs then went to the top portion of the Gurdwara Sahib to escape further attacks but the mobs which had again regrouped outside now put the Gurdwara Sahib building on fire with burning tires and kerosene. They had some “white acid” which was being used to make fire.

Outside, the mobs discovered that Bhai Thakur Singh was still alive. Thakur Singh was then dragged to the same place were Bhai Badal Singh was burnt alive. He was then treated in the same manner with tire and kerosene. When he started screaming, the Singhs who were stuck on the top floor of the Gurdwara Sahib realized that Thakur Singh was also being burnt alive.

After escaping from the Gurdwara Sahib, Bhai Surinder Singh and others went to police station where they discovered that SHO Sardar Manjit Singh was locked up in a cell because he was a Sikh. Jagdish Tytler was sitting in the police station with other policemen.

Murder of Amarjeet Singh’s servant

Amarjeet Singh was a TV shop owner and his servant was the third person whose murder was witnessed by Bhai Surinder Singh. After Bhai Badal Singh hid at residence of Bhai Amarjeet Singh, the mobs had come to his house and found his servant who was also a Sikh. The servant, whose name was not disclosed by Bhai Surinder Singh in the interview, was then taken to outside of the Gurdwara Sahib. A tire was put across his neck and he was also burnt alive with help of kerosene.

This is how the mobs who were incited by Jagdish Tytler killed three Sikhs in front of Bhai Surinder Singh. During several times in the video, Bhai Surinder Singh confirms the involvement of Jagdish Tytler and having eye-witnessed the three murders, along with the other destructions caused on the streets of New Delhi.

Retracting Statements – Jagdish Tytler Exposed

For long, public has failed to bring Jagdish Tytler and other criminals who instigated murders of thousands of Sikhs to justice. The main reason claimed by the CBI remains retracting of statements by eye-witnesses. The video recording of Bhai Surinder Singh suggests why and under what circumstances the statements against Jagdish Tytler were withdrawn by all eye-witnesses.

According to Bhai Surinder Singh, Jagdish Tytler came to the Gurdwara Sahib and asked him to sign two sheets of paper. Bhai Surinder Singh however refused to cooperate. Furthermore, later on Bhai Surinder Singh was forced to retract his statement because he feared danger to his life through hands of mobs once again.

When Bhai Surinder Singh was called to speak to the panel of Nanavati Commission, he told them clearly that he only feels comfortable speaking against Jagdish Tytler as today, the Government is of a different political party but however, tomorrow if Congress again comes to power, he will be forced to withdraw his statements because he does not want to die.

These statements by Bhai Surinder Singh have once again put the name of Jagdish Tytler in limelight. Not very long ago after the CBI dropped all charges against Tytler, Bhai Surinder Singh is the second consecutive eye-witness whose name has emerged after that of Jasbir Singh who also testified involvement of Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. (Below is a picture of Tytler)