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‘We have been told to forget and move on. Is that possible?’, Asks Sikh Genocide 1984 surviver

November 1, 2017 | By Parmjeet Singh

Chandigarh: Darshan Kaur, a survivor of Sikh Genocide 1984, could hardly put her grief into words. She was speaking at a discussion titled ‘Chauraasi Ki Nainsaafi: The continuing injustice for the 1984 Sikh massacre’, held by Amnesty International here on Tuesday (Oct. 31).

“We have been advised to forget the past and build our future. For a moment, put yourself in our shoes. Is it possible to forget the gory past?” asked Darshan Kaur, who broke down a number of times narrating how her family members were killed.

Migrated from Trilokpuri to Raghubir Nagar (Delhi) She lost her husband and 11 other family members.

“My husband tried to hide in the kitchen of our house in Trilokpuri. But the mob dragged him out by his hair, and wrapped a quilt around him and put a tyre on him. They then poured oil on him and set him on fire. He was severely burnt, and died later. The mob mercilessly stripped all the women, who were still in shock and disbelief at the deaths of their husbands and relatives. They were raped by several men countless times’’, reads a quote of Darshan Kaur in ‘Chauraasi Ki Nainsaafi’ report by Amnesty.

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Related Topics: 1984 Sikh Genocide, Amnesty International, Amnesty International India, November 1984

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