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Terrorism in Punjab  

"Ask your son to save you, if he can"

The incident manifests an act of cowardice on the part of terrorists, who killed even the harmless women in the mindless shoot out. On August 13, 1992 at around midnight about half a dozen armed men came at village Tarsika (Majitha, Amritsar). They forced their entry into the house of one Das Singh, whose son was working as a cop in Kapurthala district. They first intimidated the family that they are being killed because their son is working in the police forces. "Ask your son to save you if he can," the terrorists challenged. Then they started firing on the innocent family members. Six people got killed. Two of them were women.

Target the migrant labourers

Killing of migrant labourers had become a sort of trend in Punjab. The aim of terrorists was not only to scare the people at large, but also to destabilise the economy of the state, because most farmers in Punjab are highly dependent on labourers from other states. These labourers are relatively low-cost and come to Punjab in search of their subsistence. This is such an incident, in which five labourers became targets of the terrorists' bullets. On May 19, 1988, these workers were about to go to sleep after taking their dinner. At around 8.30 P.M., eight terrorists came at the residence place of these workers in village Chhinna near Amritsar. Without any provocation, they started firing at the workers, who started running here and there to save their lives. Five could not succeed.

Killing Innocents

It is an incident that took place at village Babowal, Majitha. On August 28, 1992 at around midnight when villagers were sleeping, eight terrorists came in the village from different directions. They trapped their victims like wild animals do. At gun point, they forced innocent people to come out of their houses. Then they tied their arms with ropes. Brought them in the open street. They asked the people to stand in a queue. And, started firing on them, killing six on the spot. Among them was a teen aged girl and an elderly woman.

Family killing Near Amritsar

On April 28, 1992 at 10.30 P.M., there was a commotion in a street of a village near Amritsar town. It is a summer season in Punjab during April. Also, this is the harvesting period. People generally, after coming back from their work, sleep in the open. It was one such night. A joint family was sleeping in the house. One family member suddenly saw about eight armed men in the street. They were terrorists, who were trying to use a make-shift ladder to climb up the house. The family member sensed something wrong, and asked his relations to run away. He too started running in the street towards the farm. While running, he heard the sound of bullets. At the dawn time, when he came back, everything was finished for him. The terrorists had killed eight of his family members. Before escaping, they burnt a few shops also in the area.

Source: Punjab Trauma

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