Cop Gets Life Imprisonment for killing Six Sikhs in 1984 Sikh Genocide

31 December 2009 No Comment

Allahabad High Court upheld the life imprisonment of Constable Tilak Ram awarded to him by sessions court in Meerut on July 30, 2007 for Killing Six Sikhs during 1984 Sikh Genocide.

Tilak Ram was deployed at police station in Baghpat on Nov5,1984 where he killed Six sikhs inside the police station for getting security from the mob who was trying to kill them.

As per the Case , Tilak Ram opened fire from his service rifle on six Sikhs — Sardar Bal Krishna, Harjeet Singh, Karnail Singh, Jogendra Singh, Pala and Gurjeet. Out of these, five Sikhs were killed and also threatened fellow police officers when they tried to stop him to do so.

In his Plea, Tilak Ram said that he was mentally unstable at the time of incident and had suffered a schizophrenic attack Which was dismissed by ustices Rakesh Tiwari and AK Roopanwal.

In its Decision Court said that “act of Tilak Ram was just another instance of Sikh killing, the like of which had happened and were happening at that time all over the country. It was not a schizophrenic act. It was, in fact, an act which had direct bearing with assassination of the late Mrs Indira Gandhi and its aftermath communal outrage ,””

Thousands of Sikhs were killed and looted after the assasination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by his Two Sikh Security Guards. More than 10,000 innocent Sikhs were killed all over the country on the name of revenge of death of Indira Gandhi in this Genocide which was supported by Rajiv Gandhi , the next Prime Minister of India and Son of Indira Gandhi.