NIA summons Sikh activist who protested against father’s death in Behbal Kalan police firing
Sukhraj Singh has announced that he will contest the upcoming Gidderbaha Assembly bypoll in Punjab.
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Sikh activist Sukhraj Singh (Express photo)The National Investigative Agency has summoned Sikh activist Sukhraj Singh, whose father was killed in the 2015 police firing in Punjab’s Behbal Kalan village. Singh, who has announced a plan to contest the Gidderbaha Assembly bypoll, said he was unaware why he had been summoned.
“Whereas it appears that you are acquainted with the circumstances of the case noted below, which is now under investigation by undersigned. You are hereby required to attend before the undersigned at National Investigation Agency, Hqrs Opposite CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, Phone No. 011-24368800, New Delhi on 19.09.2024 at 1100 hrs for the purpose of answering certain questions relating to a case,” reads the NIA notice to Sukhraj Singh.
Sukhraj Singh led a 737-day-long protest from December 2021 to December 2023 to seek justice for his father Kishan Bhaghwan Singh and Gurjit Singh, who were killed in police firing at Behbal Kalan in Punjab’s Faridkot district during a protest related to the sacrilege of the Guru Granth Sahib in 2015. His protest played a role in the outcome of the 2022 Assembly elections.
The NIA has registered the case (No-RC-05/2023/NIA/DLI) under sections 109, 147, 148, 149, 120B, 448, 452, and 325 of the Indian Penal Code, section 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; section 3(1) of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act; and section 2 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honours Act. The IPC sections are related to rioting, unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy, house trespass, and assault without provocation, among other offences.
Details of the case are not available on the NIA’s website.
“I don’t know the details of the case. I am surprised why they have summoned me. I don’t know if it has anything to do with my announcement about contesting elections,” he said.
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