JUNE 6, 1984, AMRITSAR, EAST PUNJAB
Date: 11 Jun 2008
Comment:
...June 6, 1984 - " At 2 a.m. on June 6", says Prithipal Singh,
Sevadar, at the Akal Rest House, "the Army people came to the Rest
House. They tore off all my clothes, stripped me naked, my kirpan was
snatched, my head gear (patta) was untie d to tie up my hands behind
my back. They caught me by my hair and took me along with five others
- who were all pilgrims - to the ruins of the water tank, there we
were told, "don't move or you'll be shot." They kept hitting us with
the rifle b utts. Then a Major came and ordered a soldier, shoot
them, then shouted at us, "You must be Bhindranwale's Chelas? You
want Khalistan? I said "I am here to do my duty. I have nothing to do
with all this." "Six of us were in a line faci ng the Major, when a
Pahari soldier started shooting from one end, killing four of us
(with 3 bullets each). As my turn was coming, suddenly a Sikh Officer
turned up and ordered, "Stop Shooting". Thus I was saved...
...The girl student's narration continues. It is an amazing and
astonishing account of how she accidentally met Bhai Amrik Singh,
Prsident of the A.I.S.S.F. and Bhindranwale's close associate. She
had not met him before but once he told her his name, she recognised
him at once because his pictures had come out in the papers. How
Amrik Singh gave her some water in a bucket which she gave to her
relatives and acquaintances, but she could not bring herself to
drinking it because it was red, mixed with blood. How Bhai Amrik
Singh sent her a message urging her to leave the Temple Complex at
once with her group in order to escape being dishonoured or being
shot dead as 'terrorists' by the Army personnel, and also to survive
to tell the true story of what happen ed inside the Golden Temple to
the world outside. She recounts in breathtaking detail how she picked
up the courage to first come out of the Complex and then bring out
her relatives and acquaintances.....
It is along article covering heart rending eyewitness accounts of
people who were inside the golden temple during Operation Blue Star
To read the full story please click on the line below
http://www.panthic.org/news/135/ARTICLE/4150/2008-06-06.html
Jagpal Singh Tiwana
Dartmouth, Canada
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