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Custodial Deaths

August 5, 2025
Parmjeet Singh

CBI Court Sentences 5 Ex-Punjab Police Officers to Life in 1993 Fake Encounter Case

April 9, 2012
Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Faridkot police torture shopkeeper to death in custody

April 9, 2012
Sikh Siyasat Bureau

Faridkot police torture shopkeeper to death in custody

January 12, 2012
Sikh Siyasat Bureau

17 Years old Sikh boy killed after being arrested by Punjab police

January 12, 2012
Sikh Siyasat Bureau

17 Years old Sikh boy killed after being arrested by Punjab police

March 21, 2011
Tejashdeep Singh

WKDA condemns killing of Sardar Sohanjit Singh while in police custody in Punjab, India

March 21, 2011
Tejashdeep Singh

WKDA condemns killing of Sardar Sohanjit Singh while in police custody in Punjab, India

March 16, 2011
Tejashdeep Singh

Canadian Sikh Diaspora want scrutiny of Sikh man’s custodial death

March 16, 2011
Tejashdeep Singh

Canadian Sikh Diaspora want scrutiny of Sikh man’s custodial death

March 16, 2011
Sikh Siyasat Bureau

KAC condemns extra-judicial killing of Sohan Singh in police custody

Custodial Deaths

CBI Court Sentences 5 Ex-Punjab Police Officers to Life in 1993 Fake Encounter Case

August 5, 2025

A special CBI court in Mohali on 4 August 2025 sentenced five retired Punjab Police officers to rigorous life imprisonment for the cold-blooded killing of seven individuals — including three special police officers (SPOs) — in two fake encounters staged in 1993.

Faridkot police torture shopkeeper to death in custody

April 9, 2012

Faridkot, Punjab (April 09, 2012): Another case of custodial death and torture is reported in Punjab. "The 35-year-old victim, Chamkaur Singh of Khosa Pando village, who had a 'kirana' shop in the village, was picked up by the police on the charges of drug trafficking on Friday (April 08, 2012) evening. He was allegedly tortured, which led to his death the next morning", reports The Tribune.

Faridkot police torture shopkeeper to death in custody

April 9, 2012

17 Years old Sikh boy killed after being arrested by Punjab police

January 12, 2012

Barnala, Punjab (January 9, 2012): Reports from Barnala, Punjab have confirmed the death of 17 year old Veer Singh ‘Heera’ while in police custody today.

17 Years old Sikh boy killed after being arrested by Punjab police

January 12, 2012

Barnala, Punjab (January 9, 2012): Reports from Barnala, Punjab have confirmed the death of 17 year old Veer Singh ‘Heera’ while in police custody today.

WKDA condemns killing of Sardar Sohanjit Singh while in police custody in Punjab, India

March 21, 2011

Ludhiana (March 21, 2011): World Kashmir Diaspora Alliance has condemned the killing of Sardar Sohanjit Singh while in custody of Punjab Police. He was arrested on the suspicion of being involved in the movement of freeing Khalistan from Indian occupation.

WKDA condemns killing of Sardar Sohanjit Singh while in police custody in Punjab, India

March 21, 2011

Canadian Sikh Diaspora want scrutiny of Sikh man’s custodial death

March 16, 2011

Vancouver (March 15, 2011) Sohan Singh, an Amritdhari Sikh, died under suspicious circumstances on Monday while in custody of Indian police forces in Punjab. The circumstances indicate foul play, claimed the Canadian Sikh Coalition (CSC), which asserted that Singh was tortured in custody by police for a week before his death.

Canadian Sikh Diaspora want scrutiny of Sikh man’s custodial death

March 16, 2011

KAC condemns extra-judicial killing of Sohan Singh in police custody

March 16, 2011

Amritsar (March 16, 2011): Expressing their grave concern over the custodial death of Sohan Singh in Amritsar interrogation centre, the leaders of the Khalsa Action Committee Mohkam Singh, Gurtej Singh, Kanwar Pal Singh, Harpal Singh Cheema said the police was still practicing the old brute methods of custodial torture and illegal arrests.