Mohinder Singh

Mohinder Singh describes the alleged abduction of his son by Punjab police on January 14, 1995. His son Jugraj Singh drove a Maruti van as a taxi.

He came to me in the morning at 9:30, and told me there was a problem starting the car, and I said it should be fixed. He left. The police put their car behind him [at the market]. It was blue, and the police car’s number was PCO-42. Police were sitting in it, without uniforms. When he stopped, they kidnapped him and took him, with the Maruti van, straight to Phase 8 police station. There, they tortured him.

On the 16th, Monday, I found out through the newspaper – it had appeared in three papers – that the police had killed two people in an encounter. The papers said there was a white Maruti van without a number. Even though it [Jugraj’s van] had a number: CH01-1967. The police removed the registered number, and said the van had no number.

The police reported they had killed a Kashmiri militant and Sikh militant in an encounter. Mohinder Singh pursued his case in the Punjab & Haryana High Court and the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI court later clarified that one of the encounter victims was Jugraj Singh.

I ran around to all the politicians and policemen. Because I was familiar with all of them, I met everyone.

I have the full list of all the people I met. The judiciary didn’t give me any justice. India’s judiciary has been finished.

Mohinder Singh pursued the case for 11 years. The CBI special court dismissed the case in February 2006, citing the unreliability of witnesses and the lack of corroboration of events as stated to have occurred by Mohinder Singh.

Is ten years not enough? When all of the proof had been submitted in two years. The CBI created the maximum delay. I personally went and met the CBI director in Delhi and gave him my complaint. He didn’t give me any response. After that, I sent him three reminders. I didn’t get any response. This is India’s state.

[The CBI court] said that whatever the police said is fine, and the petitioner is wrong. The eyewitness who said that they [police] picked up Jugraj Singh in front of his eyes – he’s a liar, I’m a liar. I had 11 witnesses; all of us are liars. The police are truthful. Those who killed him, the killers – they’re truthful! The sufferer, the victim, who withstood so much oppression – he’s a liar. What justice can we get from here?

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Mohinder Singh describes the alleged abduction of his son by Punjab police on January 14, 1995. His son Jugraj Singh drove a Maruti van as a taxi.

[jugrwj isMG] myry kol svyry swFy nON vjy AwieAw jI[ auhny mYnUM Aw ky d`isAw ik [mwrUqI vYn] g`fI iv`c stwrt hox dw nuks hY[ mY ikhw TIk hoxI cwhIdI hY[ clw igAw[ mgr hI pulIs dI g`fI, PCO-42, nIly rMg dI, auhdy mgr lw leI sI, auhdy iv`c pulIs vwly bYTy sI, without uniform [ibnW vrdI qoN], isvl k`piVAW iv`c sIgy[ auh jdoN auQy jw ky ruikAw, auQoN ikfnYp krky lY gey, mrUqI vYn dy nwl hI, is`Dw hI, A`T Pyz Qwxy[ auQy jw ky auhnUM torture kIqw [qsIhy id`qy][

aus solW [qrIk] nUM, somvwr, mYnUM pypr rwhIN pqw l`igAw, ieh iqMn pyprW iv`c Aw igAw sI - swrw, ijhVw iehnW ny encounter kIqw [mukwblw bxwieAw], ik eydW encounter [mukwbly] iv`c do bMdy mwry gey hn[ nhIN qW mYnUM pqw nhIN sI l`gxw jy pyprW iv`c nw AwauNdw[ auhdy iv`c iliKAw sI - “white maruti van, without number” [ic`tI mwrUqI vYn, nMbr plyt qoN ibnW]- hwlW ky auhdw nMbr sI: CH01-1967. auh jo rijstrf nMbr huMdy hY, pulIs vwly lwh idMdy AY[ auhnUM “without number” [ibnW nMbr] d`s id`qw[

The police reported they had killed a Kashmiri militant and Sikh militant in an encounter. Mohinder Singh pursued his case in the Punjab & Haryana High Court and the special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI court later clarified that one of the encounter victims was Jugraj Singh.

mY political [isAwsI] lYvl qy, pulIs lYvl qy swrI mYN n`s-B`j kIqI hY[ ikauNik swry pwsy myrI vwkPIAq sI, sB nUM mYN imilAw hW[

bhuq bMidAW nUM mYN imilAw hW[ myry kol swrI ilst hY bxweI hoeI, lyikn mYnUM ijhVI jufISrI [AdwlqI FWcw] hY, auhny koeI iensw& nhIN id`qw[ Kqm ho geI ihMdosqwn dI jufISrI[

Mohinder Singh pursued the case for 11 years. The CBI special court dismissed the case in February 2006, citing the unreliability of witnesses and the lack of corroboration of events as stated to have occurred by Mohinder Singh.

QoVw huMdw hY jI ds swl? do swlW iv`c swrw prU& [sbUq] Kqm ho igAw sI[ sI.bI.AweI. vwilAW ny maximum delay [sB qoN v`D dyrI] kIqI hY[ sI.bI.AweI. dy fwierYktr nUM mYN personally [Kud] jw ky iml ky AwieAw hW id`lI[ ausnUM mY complaint [iSkwieq] AwpxI id`qI hYgI hY[ koeIN jvwb nhIN[ ausqoN bwd iqMn vwrI mYN reminder [Xwd duAwaux leI p`qr] Byjyy auhnW nUM[ koeI jvwb hI nhIN AwieAw hY[ ieh hwlq hY ihMdosqwn dI[

auhnW [sI.bI.AweI. kort] kih id`qw hY ik jo pulIs vwly kihMdy ny TIk hY[ jyhVw ieh ptISnr hYgw, ieh glq hY[ Eyewitness [cSmdId gvwh] ijsny ikhw ik myry swhmxy cu`ikAw jugrwj nUM, auh vI JUTw[ mYN vI JUTw[ myry igAwrW gvwh sI, sB JUTy[ pulIs vwly s`cy[ ijnHW ny mwirAw hY, ijhVy kwql hn, auh s`cy AY! ijhVw sufferer hY, victim hY, mzlUm hY, ijhdy qy zulm AYnw hoieAw hY, auh JUTw hY[ kI iensw& ieQoN iml skdw hY?

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