List of terrorist incidents in Punjab (India)

This is a Partial list of victims of terrorism in Punjab (India) during the 1980s and 1990s..

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List

  1. July 84 to 87 Punjab(different areas) More than 5000 civilians killed by terrorists.
  2. Sep. 12, 84 Batala 8 Hindu bus passengers killed.
  3. June 22, 84 Irish sea Air India Boeing 747 blasted, all 329 passengers killed.
  4. Feb. 86 Nakodar 15 persons killed and many injured in indiscriminate firing by terrorists
  5. March 6,86 Kapurthala Many innocent persons killed in indiscriminate firing by terrorists.
  6. March 28, 1986 Ludhiana 13 people (Hindus) killed in indiscriminate firing in Dresi ground.
  7. March 29, 1986 Mallian 20 innocent labourers killed (Jalandhar) by terrorists.
  8. July 25, 1986 Mukatsar 15 innocent Hindu bus passengers gunned down.
  9. Oct. 31,1986 Ludhiana 8 migrant and local industrial workers, all Hindus, gunned down in indiscriminate firing on Daba road.
  10. Nov. 30, 1986 Khudda 24 innocent Hindu bus passengers gunned down.
  11. July 87 Lalru 80 bus pessengers killed in Fatehabad on three Haryana Roadways buses.
  12. Aug. 6, 1987 Jagdev Kalan 13 innocent Hindus gunned down.
  13. Sep. 28,1987 Alawalpur 5 killed and 8 injured, firing near Geetha Bhawan.
  14. Oct. 20,1987 Delhi 12 persons shot dead at various places in Delhi on Diwali day.
  15. Jan. 15,1988 Dhadial Nijhran 8 members of a family including 2 women and 3 children killed in this village near Batala.
  16. Feb. 19,1988 Bombs exploded by Babbar Khalsa at Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur and Patiala. 12 person killed,
  17. March 2, 1988 Bhaian 8 members of a family killed.
  18. March 3, 1988 Kahri sahri 35 persons shot dead, 50 others injured, indiscriminate firing at a festival gathering by terrorists.
  19. March 31, 1988 The Rajbah 18 members of a Rajput family shot dead at village the Rajbah under police station.
  20. April 2, 1988 Ramgam 6 persons masssacred in this village under P.S. Gharinda. 18 more persons killed in other parts.
  21. May 15, 1988 40 persons gunned down, 100 others injured in different incidents at Samana, Patiala.

After end of Punjab insurgency

On 31 August 1995, Chief minister Beant Singh was killed by a suicide bomber. The pro-Khalistan group Babbar Khalsa claimed responsibility for the assassination, but "security authorities" were reported to be doubtful of the truth of that claim.[1] A 2006 press release by the Embassy of the United States in New Delhi indicated that the responsible organization was the Khalistan Commando Force.[2]

The Indian Express reported in its online edition on 19 June 2006 that "Police claimed" that the KZF was behind bomb blasts in Jalandhar, India, at the Inter-State Bus Terminus that left three people killed and injured 12. A police spokesman said the attack was planned by a pair of KZF leaders, one based in Pakistan and one in Canada, and executed by a "local criminal".[3]

On 24 September 2009, the Punjab Police claimed to have arrested two Babbar Khalsa "militants" earlier in the day. The article described the arrests as a "major breakthrough in the assassination case of Rulda Singh, president of the Punjab Rashtriya Sikh Sangat who was shot at and seriously injured by two unidentified persons at his residence near New Grain market on 29 July."[4]

References

  1. ^ "Issue Paper INDIA SIKHS IN PUNJAB 1994-95". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. February 1996. http://www2.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/research/ndp/ref/index_e.htm?docid=173&cid=0&sec=CH03. Retrieved 2009-05-31. 
  2. ^ "U.S. Court Convicts Khalid Awan for Supporting Khalistan Commando Force". Embassy of the United States in New Delhi, India. 20 December 2006. http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/pr122006.html. Retrieved 2009-05-30. 
  3. ^ "KZF behind Jalandhar blasts". The Indian Express. 19 June 2006. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/kzf-behind-jalandhar-blasts/6802/. Retrieved 2009-06-02. 
  4. ^ United News of India (24 September 2009). "Punjab Police arrest two Babbar Khalsa terrorists". centralchronicle.com. http://www.centralchronicle.com/viewnews.asp?articleID=15398. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 

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