There are reports that a gang brutally attacked Aam Aadmi Party member Dr. Harish Chander, who is also RTI activist, in Jaitu town of Faridkot on 31 January evening.
The period of 1980s to mid-90s in Punjab was marred blatant, systematic and widespread human rights abuses and police atrocities. Many cases have come into light now where the police officials had killed innocent Sikh youth to claim "head-money" declared against Sikh militant leaders.
Chandigarh/ Punjab (January 29, 2014): According to certain media reports Punjab’s Home Affairs and Justice Department and its police wing have not denied under the Right to Information (RTI) Act the existence of what former DGP (Prisons) Shashi Kant claims is his old dossier incriminating politicians and police in drug trade.