Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa

Baba Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale meets Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa

To show solidarity and support to the cause of Sikh political prisoners, Sikh religious preacher Baba Ranjit Singh Dhadrianwale visited Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa Tuesday (May 5) morning.

Yogendra Yadav visit Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa; Extends support for the cause of Sikh Political Prisoners

Former leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Yogendra Yadav reportedly visited Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa today at village Hassanpur, Ludhiana.

Sikh Political Prisoners’ Issue: Sikh bodies back Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s struggle

A number of Sikh organisations, including Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann), United Akali Dal (UAD), Akali Dal Panch Pardhani (ADPP), Dal Khalsa, Damdami Taksal (Ajnala) and Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ) have supported the ongoing fast unto death of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa.

Sikh bodies call for Panthic Conference on May 10 at Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s village

Representatives of various Sikh organisations held a meeting a Chandigarh today to discuss the present situation related to hunger strike of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa and the release of Sikh political prisoners.

Police leaves Bapu Surat Singh’s house, no fresh arrest so far

In a surprise action, Ludhiana police in large numbers today surrounded the house of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa. As per information police personnel numbered more than one hundred surrounded the house of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa at around 9 pm on May 01.

After two months detention in India, U.S. Citizen released without charges

Ludhiana, Punjab: After two months in an Indian jail, charged under a preventive law for visiting his father in the hospital, U.S. citizen Ravinderjit Singh Gogi ...

Sikh bodies pledge to intensify Bapu Surat Singh’s struggle for the release of Sikh political prisoners

Various Sikh organizations recently held a meeting at Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s house in village Hassanpur to chalk out their strategy to build public movement in support of Bapu Surat Singh’s struggle for the release of Sikh political prisoners.

Bapu Surat Singh’s son Ravinder Jit Singh Gogi released

Ravinder Jit Singh Gogi, a US citizen, who was put under (so-called) preventive detention by the Punjab police since February 26, was yesterday released from Ludhiana jail. He was released after the police dropped all charges against him.

Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa released by police

In an exclusive update shared through social networking website Facebook, Bibi Mandeep Kaur Dhillon, the daughter of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa (on hunger strike since January 16) and sister of Ravinderjit Singh Gogi (a U.S. citizen indefinitely detained in India, without arraignment, since February 26), writes

CRPP delegation met President of India on political prisoners issue

Representatives of Committee for the release of political prisoners (CRPP) comprising various Sikh bodies yesterday (on April 23) met President of India and sought the release of the prisoners who have completed their maximum term in prison.

Police beating of Sikh US Citizen jailed in India was a pre-planned conspiracy

Bibi Sarvinder Kaur is daughter of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, an elderly Sikh activists who is on continuing hunger strike since 16 January 2015 and who is currently hospitalised at Civil Hospital Ludhiana where he is being force-fed by the doctors under directions from the police and administration.

US citizen Ravinderjit Singh Gogi is a political prisoner who is being tortured in India, says family in California

U.S. citizen Ravinderjit Singh Gogi remains indefinitely detained in India after spending two months behinds bars without seeing a judge, but just two days after seven U.S. Congressional representatives wrote to the State Department on his behalf, officials from the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi finally visited the American citizen imprisoned in Ludhiana, a major city in India’s Punjab state.

Sikh bodies held protest march in support of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s struggle

Sikh Bodies of Zira area reportedly organized a protest march on April 15 in support of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa’s struggle.

India: Jailed US Citizen presented before Ludhiana court; Re-sent to jail till April 30

A US Sikh citizen who is facing accusations of disturbing law and order was today produced before a local court in Ludhiana for the fifth time. Like his earlier appearances, the court deferred next date to April 30 without any debate on charges against him.

Family of U.S. Citizen Imprisoned in India Appeals to Congressman Jerry McNerney

Eight family members of Ravinderjit Singh Gogi, a U.S. citizen imprisoned in India for the past two months, met the man’s congressional representative on Wednesday afternoon to plead for U.S. Congress to demand Gogi’s release and return to the United States.

Sikh Youth Front sees political conspiracy behind attack on Bapu Surat Singh’s US citizen son

A Sikh youth organisation named the Sikh Youth Front today maintained that police assault and manhandling of Ravinder Jeet Singh Gogi was planned at political level.

Restriction on assembly and movement of 5 or more (Sec. 144) imposed in Ludhiana for 2 month

To suppress the peaceful struggle of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, Punjab Government has reportedly imposed restrictions on assembly of five or more people in Ludhiana. It is notable that Bapu Surat Singh had started indefinite hunger strike on in mid-January seeking release of Sikh political prisoners who have completed their minimum mandatory jail terms.

U.S. Citizen Jailed in India Beaten at Court as Family in California Pleads for His Release

STOCKTON, CA, USA: Ravinderjit Singh Gogi, a U.S. citizen from Central California, has been jailed in Punjab, India since February 26, but despite repeated appeals from ...

Punjab Police beat up Bapu Surat Singh’s son Gogi in detention cell

ASI Richard Maseeh of Punjab Police today brutally beat up Bapu Surat Singh’s son Ravinderjit Singh Gogi in a police detention cell located at Ludhiana Court complex. Ravidnerjit Singh Gogi was produced in court today for the fourth time in relation to a case registered against him under sections 107/151 of Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr. P. C.). The incident took place during the lunch break in the Court.

Bapu Surat Singh’s struggle: Where is our Conscience?

When food pipes are stitched into an 83-year-old grandfather’s forehead, and pus collects around indicating deep infection, while visitors are intimated and his son is incarcerated, but public outrage remains muted, what does this say about us as a society?

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