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1984 Delhi Sikh Genocide - Police Records
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Police Station Punjabi Bagh
SHO: Inspector Ram Chander
ACP: J.K. Saxena
Punjabi Bagh Police Station located on the out-skirts of Delhi has a mixed population, with a few colonies of upper and middle class and some rural pockets. Three Police Posts in its jurisdiction are: Shakurbasti; Madipur, and Anand Vas.
Deaths
The total number of deaths according to Delhi Administration was 27, whereas police records shot about 24. From this it is clear that although the number of deaths was not large the incidents of looting and arson were numerous and remained unchecked.
Events
There was no trouble on 31st October 1984. However, on 1.11.84, incidents of arson and looting started in rapid succession. Gurdwaras were the main targets followed by Guru Nanak Public School. At 11.20 am, Gurdwara in Bhagwan Dass Nagar was set ablaze followed by attack on Gurdwara in 'A' Block Madipur at 12.40 pm.
At about 1.00 pm. There was a serious incident in Samrat Enclave when some member of the Sikh Community started firing at the mob from the roof top of house No. C-64, Raj Nagar in which a number of persons including three inmates of the ----- (two males and one female) were killed according 1450 hrs, the crowd looted Madipur. At 1540 hrs, shops in P&T Colony were looted. At about the same time, the mob tried to set some trucks on fire in Paschim Puri Enclave.
At 1720 hrs, Kothi No.33, Road No.1 Punjabi Bagh was set ablaze. On 2nd November 1984, there were incidents of rioting near Samrat Cinema, Shakarpur and one truck was looted and set on fire at Madhuban Chowk. On 3.11.84, one house near Shivaji Park School was set ablaze. Incidents of violence continued upto4.11.84 as would be clear from the messages in the Log Book of this Police Station.
FIR's
Although there have been large number of incidents of arson, looting and even killings, only 1 FIR No. 511 was registered by Inspector Ram Chander SHO, Punjabi Bagh at 1.00 pm. On 1.11.84. This is a general FIR, which mentions rioting by both communities.
This is of a very general nature and clearly indicates the bias of the SHO against the Sikhs in general. Interestingly, as has been pointed out during the arguments before Misra Commission, this FIR was recorded in more or less the same language as FIR NO. 351/84 of Police Station Nangloi and FIR No. 176/84 of Police Station Mangolpuri.
Apparently, the three SHOs decided to record similar FIR's by mutual consultation or under directions from their superiors. Otherwise it would not have been possible for them to use similar phrases and language.
Reply of a questionnaire required by the Nanavati Commission
1. Record of strength of police persons in the police station during 31.10.1984 to 04.11.1984
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Date
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Inspector
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SI
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ASI
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HC
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Constables
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Note: This also includes staff of three police posts i.e. Anandvas, Shakurbasti, Madipur in this strength complete staff of police station included.
DCP - U.K. Katna IPS (Agmu-74)
ACP - J.K. Saxena (Expired)
SHO - Ram Chandra Singh (ACP/security)
2. Details of arms and ammunition on 31-10-1984 to 04-11-1984 is given below:
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Rifle Mark 4
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Musket
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Revolver
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Pistol
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Note: As stated by MHC (M) Police Station Punjabi Bagh as per register No.16 regarding Arms and Ammunition for the near 1984 is not traceable. Record of Tear Gas Grenades is not available.
3. The duty charts of these dates have already been provided before the commission.
4. Following precautionary steps were taken:
a) No. of bad characters arrested
U/s 107/51 Cr. P. C. - 30
U/s 92/93/97 D. P. Act - 33
b) Calling extra force including mounted police (specify time)
i. The additional force was requisitioned soon after the receipt of first information of the incident occurred in the area.
ii. On 01.11.-1984 force of one platoon of CRPF was received at C-64 Raj Nagar at 3 pm and they returned soon after the clearance of hauling at Raj Nagar.
iii. Another force of 2u/ss, 10 Hcs. & 34 cts of (PAC) was also 3-45 p.m. and 5-15 pm they were sent to police Post, Paschim Vihar.
5. Following incidents were reported on dates shown:
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31st Oct
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1st Nov
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2nd Nov
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3rd Nov
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4th Nov
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Note: On 01.11.1984 Case FIR No.511/84 registered u/s 147/184/149/302/307397/427/436 IPC and 25 Arms Act was registered at police station Punjabi Bagh. On 02.11.84. No fresh incident of fire was found. The same was connected with previous day incident i.e. 01.11.84.
On 03.11.1984 – The call was relates to incident of dates 01.11.84 which was already reported vide FIR No.511/48.
6. Persons arrested as preventive measures:
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Date
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Sikhs
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non-Sikhs
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Total
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7. FIR No.511/48 dated 01.11.84 u/s 147/148/149/302/307/395/397/427/436 IPC & 215 Arms Act, Police Station Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi was registered. No accused person was named in this FIR.
Note: Other cases were registered after 4.11.1985 on receipt of complaints/statement of the victims.
8. Deaths/ Murder during 1984 Carnage with details as follows:
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FIR No.
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Date
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Sikhs
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non-Sikhs
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65/94 |
21.01.94 |
This case was registered on the statement of Amarjit Singh. He stated at his father died during 1984 riots in the jurisdiction of Police Station Mangolpuri. Delhi. |
Detail of murders/ dead persons is attached at appendix B.
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9. Category
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Burnt
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Looted
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Damaged
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Relevant detail of above loss of property has been mentioned at Annexures 'C', 'D', 'E' & 'F'.
10. Number of Persons suffered injuries:
i) Sikhs - 10
ii) Non-Sikhs - 32
Total - 42
Relevant detail of injured persons is attached at Annexure 'G'
11. Number of cases regarding rape/Molestation/outraging the modesty of women:
i) Sikhs - Nil
ii) Non-Sikhs - Nil
12. Total number of complaints received in Police Station Made by victims: total 224 Complainants received from the victim were attached with the case files of cases registered in connection violence of 1984.
13. Persons arrested for the offence of murder:
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Date
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Sikhs
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non-Sikhs
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Date of Release
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Name of the Accused: Udey Raj son of Raj, r/o Village Bazira, P.O. Deer Draggupur, Dist. Sultanpur, U.P. in case FIR No.511/84.
14. Persons arrested for substantive offences (other than murder on the following dates) - Nil
15. Police resorted to firing at following places with time and dates:
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Date
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Time
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Place
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No. of round fired
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16. No person sustained injuries due to police firing.
17. Police resorted to:
a) Exploding tear gas
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Date
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Time
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Place
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No. of rounds fired
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b) Lathi charge
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Date
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Time
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Place
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18. No Police personnel sustained injury.
19. No Police vehicle was burnt/ damaged.
20. Police got conducted the post mortem 09 Person. Note: Detail of the dead bodies whose post mortem was got conducted. By police is annexed as Annexure 'H'.
21. Dead Bodies handed over to the relatives Suresh Kumar s/o Parbhu Dayal /o A-272, J.J. Colony, Madipur (deceased).
Name of Relatives;
1. Mohan Lal, R/o X-Block, Mangol Puri (Maternal Uncle).
2. Mamo Devi wife of Prabhu Dayal (mother)
Veer S/o Dori Lal, R/o WZ-337, Village Shakurpur, (deceased)
Name of Relatives;
Kaushalya Devi w/o Veer Narain, R/o WZ-337, village Shakurpur, Delhi (wife).
22. Dead bodies cremated by police:
Male – unidentified (non-sikh) age 25 years.
23. Dead Body remained unidentified - 1 male (non-sikh) age 25 years.
24. Fire Brigade's arrival to extinguish fire: On 01.11.84 at 11.20 am first call was given to send Fire brigade at Gurdwara Ashoka Park but Fire Brigade did not reach on this call and other calls was given by the Police from 01.11.84 to 05.11.84 but the fire Brigade did not report.
25. One person namely S. Balvinder Singh S/o S. Gurdeep Singh R/o G-574 J.J. Colony, Shakur Basti, Delhi.
26. List of Accused persons whose charge sheet was sent to court for trial is as under FIR wise.
FIR No.511/84 dated 01.11.84 u/s 147/148/149/302/307/397/395/427 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
1. Name of Accused Persons;
i) Hari Singh s/o Kale Singh R/o WZ-505 . Village Shakurpur.
ii) Babban Singh S/o Shyam Narain, r/o Jhuggi harijan Colony, Mandir.
iii) Ali Raza S/o gul Mohd. R/o WZ=295, Village Madipur.
iv) Raj Mangal s/o Ram Vilash, R/o WZ-295, Village Madipur.
v) Cheddi Lal S/o Udey Vir Singh R/o WZ-295, Village Madipur.
vi) Kismat Ali s/o Hasim, R/o R/o WZ-295, Village Madipur.
vii) Abdul Sattar S/o Hasim, R/o WZ-295, Village Madipur
viii) Bal Kishan s/o Jagminder Singh R/o B-58, J.J. Colony, Madipur.
ix) Kalu Ram S/o Ram Singh R/oB-641, J.J. Colony, Madipur.
x) Desh Raj s/o Sardar, R/o Jhuggi C-Bvlock, J.J. Colony Madipur.
xi) Udey Raj S/o Shri Raj R/o village Bazira, P.O. Deer Draggupur, Distt. Sultan Pur, U.P.
xii) Raj Kumar S/o Algu Prasad, r/o F-451, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
xiii) Raj Pal S/o Tilak Ram,R/o F-296, J.J. Colony Shakarpur.
2. FIR No.513 dated 05.11.1984 u/s 436 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
i) Lala Dass S/o Ram Parad R/o C-304 J.. Colony Madipur.
ii) Jai Parkash S/o Sadhu Ram R/o C-381, J.J. Colony Madipur.
3 FIR No.519 dated 10.11.1984 u/s 412 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh
i) Bali Ram S/o Rishal Singh R/oH.No.56, Pitam Pura.
4 FIR No.521 dated 13.11.1984 u/s 25,27/54/59 A. Act Punjabi Bagh.
i) Raj Pal S/o Tika Ram R/o F-296, J.J. Colony Shakurpu
ii) Raj Kumar S/o Algu Parsad R/o F-451, J.J. Colony Shakurpur.
5. FIR No.524 dated 13.11.84 u/s 147/148/149/395/397/427/436/302 IPC.
i) Raj Kumar s/o Basanti Ram R/o Village and P.O. Ajmer Distt. Chattar Pur, U.P.
ii) Gokal Parsad S/o Ganesh Chand R/o Village Raghpur, Police Station Ganeri Ganj, Distt. Sultan Pur, U.P.
iii) Pal Singh S/o Harnam Singh, R/o H.No.8, West Punjabi Bagh (Sikh).
6. FIR No.531 dated 17.11.84 u/s 147/148/149/427 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
i) Kishan lal s/o Trilok chand R/o D-24A, Slum Qtr., Madipur
ii) Roop Chand S/o panna Lal, R/o D-71A, Slum Qtr. Madipur
iii) Suman Kumar S/o Chitranjan R/o D-24, Slum Qtr. Madipur
iv) Rajender Kumar S/o Yad Ram R/o D-76-B, Slum Qtr. Madipur
v) Mangal S/o Yad Ram, R/o d-76-B, Slum Qtr. Madipur.
7. FIR No.559/92 dated 10.09.1992 u/s 147/148/295/395/436 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
i) Rajbir Singh Kanwar s/o Daljeet Singh Kanwar, R/o H.No.50, North west Avenue Road, Punjabi Bagh.
Besides this the following two cases were registered u/s 188 IPC in connection with the violation of Curfew Orders:
(i) FIR No.516 dated 08.11.1984 u/s 188 IPC Punjabi Bagh.
1. Shyam Lal S/o Ramkishan R/o H.No.566, Bhootton Wali Gali, Nangloi.
2. Ram Nath s/o Hemu, R/o H.No.566, Bhootton Wali Gali,Nangloi.
3. Kariman S/o Barsadi, R/o H.no.584, Bhootton Wali Gali, Nangloi
4. Nand Kumar s/o Ramadhar, R/o H.No.566 Bhootton Wali Gali.
5. Durga Parsad s/o kanhaya Lal, R/o s.549, J.J. Colony Madipur.
6. Vikram Dutt s/o Durga Parsad, R/o L-225, J.J. Colony, Madipur.
All accused were convicted on the same day by the court (Fine Rs.40/- on each accused).
(ii) FIR no.517 dated 08.11.1984 u/s 188 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh
1. Pharsai s/o 99, J.J. Colony Shakurpur.
2. Mangat Ram S/o Gulab r/o C-3, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
3. Ganga Ram S/o Ram Singh R/o B-5, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
4. Babu Lal s/o Gopi ram R/o c-96, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
5. Govind Ram S/o chauth Ram, R/o a-297, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
6. Shipat S/o Banarsi Lal, R/o d-286, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
7. Satpal s/o Shanti Swaroop, R/o c-83-84, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
8. Chander Parkash S/o Jorawar Singh r/o B-Block, J.J. Colony, Shakurpur.
Note: FIR No.36/85, FIR No.526/84, FIR No.8/93, FIR No.228/93 were sent as untrace.
27. Following firearms/ ammunition were recovered on the dates shown below:
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Date
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Sikh
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non-Sikhs
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Whether licensed or not
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Note: 1 DBBL 12 Bore gun and 6 Live cartridges were recovered from Non Sikhs on 13.11.84 vide FIR No.521 84 which was reported to be looted on 01.11.84 from C-64 from c-64, Raj Nagar.
28. No Looted Property was recovered from any accused persons on the given dates.
29. Following Looted property was recovered by police found unclaimed/ abandoned.
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Date
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Amount(Rs)
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FIR No.
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30. No police Official was recommended or awarded for meritorious service.
31. The following police officials were indicated for their role in the 1984 Carnage:
(i) Departmental enquiry was initiated against of Insp. Ram Chandar, SHO Police Station Punjabi Bagh at the time of Carnage for handling the situation as SHO Punjabi Bagh during the enquiry the enquiry 9officer found all allegation false and baseless and the same was filed. The officer is present.
(ii) HC Hamid Khan No.45/W: n 1984 he was posted in delivering access articles to Jagdish Singh head granthi, Gurdwara Tikana Sahib.
32. No such previous case was re-investigated/ re-opened by the riots cell but following cases were registered on the direction Jain Aggarwal committee:
i) FIR No.8/93 dated 05.01.93 u/s 147/148/149/427/436/396/295 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
ii) FIR No.228/93 dated 02.04.93 u/s 147/148/149/427/436 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
iii) FIR No.599/92 u/s 147/148/149/436/395/295 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
iv) FIR No.65/94 dated 21.01.94 u/s 147/148/149/302/436/395/295 IPC Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
33. The following Senior Officials visited the area on below given dates:
Visit of ACP in the area:
On 31.10.84 Patrolling in the whole sub-division
On 1.11.84 ACP visited Ashoka Park at 10:30 am at 10:50 am Britania Chowk, at 11.30 pm Raj Nagar Anand Vas, at 5.00 pm Road No.41 Punjabi Bagh.
On 02.11.84 9.00 am Samrat Enclave, 1.00 pm sreenagar, 2.50 pm Paschim Puri Main Market, 3.50 pm Samrat cinema, 4.00 pm Shakur Basti.
On 03.11.84 at 11.00 pm ACP alongwith other senior officials visited the relief camp being run by Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
On 04.11.84 Patrolling in the whole sub-division.
Visit of DCP in the area:
On 31.10.84 Patrolling in the whole District.
On 01.11.84 at 11.20 am Bhagwan Dass Nagar, 1.00 pm Samrat Encalve, 230 pm Raj Nagar.
On 12.11.84 at 8.30 am Britania Chowk at 9.00 am Samrat Enclave.
On 03.11.84 at 11.00 pm visited the relief camp being run by Police Station Punjabi Bagh.
On 04.11.84 Patrolling in the whole District.
Visit of other higher officials in the area:
On 03.11.84 at 11.00 pm, (i) L.G. Delhi, (ii) D.G. Delhi, (iii) C.P. Delhi (iv) Additional C.P. also visited the area.
34. Army arrived in Police Station Punjabi Bagh on 30.11.84 and same day it was deployed in the area.
35. The relief centre for victim was made in barracks of Police Station Punjabi Bagh and also within campus of police station.
36. The total population under the jurisdiction Police Station Punjabi Bagh was approximately 3.5 lacs. Out of this, the population of Sikhs was approximately 7800 in Oct./ Nov. 1984.
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