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17 farm workers killed
In North India including Punjab, November is the time when winter
season sets in. Most workers go to bed early after their days toil.
The evening of November 30,1992 was no different
for the farm labour - migrated from other states - of village Silo
Kalan, PS Dehlon, till 7,O'clock. It was the time when three
terrorists carrying AK-47 rifles started forcing 17 labourers at gun
point into an 80 sq.ft. tubewell room. When all the workers were
stuffed in to that small room, the terrorists started firing on them
mercilessly, killing all of them.
The objective of such killings was not only to spread terror, but
also to disrupt the economy of the state. For, Punjab's rich farmers
are mostly dependent on migrated labour from other state for crops
sowing and harvesting. Thousands of poor workers come to Punjab for
earning their livelihood through farm labour. And mostly such
labourers are the sole earners for their families staying in their
home towns. Killing one such worker means the genocide of an entire
family. Perhaps, the killers didn't
realise.
Source: Punjab Trauma
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