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After the Punjab police abducted and murdered human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra, the Supreme Court ordered India's
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to further examine the evidence of secret cremations unearthed by Khalra.
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1984 marked the beginning of a decade of violence that shattered lives throughout Punjab, India, where Indian security forces
countered a violent Sikh separatist movement by torturing and murdering thousands of Sikh civilians and militants alike. Many of
these victims were "disappeared" - abducted by security forces and never heard from again. Until his own abduction and murder by
Punjab police, human rights defender Jaswant Singh Khalra worked tirelessly to trace the disappeared, to give peace to the
survivors, and to promote the rule of law in India.
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::LEGACY
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In 1995, Jaswant Singh Khalra used Punjab government records to prove that Punjab police killed and
secretly cremated thousands of Sikhs.
Learn more about the Khalra's legacy
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India's National Human Rights Commission is still reviewing the case of secret cremations, but the
Commission refuses to implicate Indian security forces in any crime.
Read more about Punjab Mass Cremations Cases
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In 2005, five police officials were convicted for murdering Khalra. Their commanding officer, former
Director General of Punjab Police KPS Gill, remains free, however.
View the evidence against KPS Gill
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