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* Atrocities are committed without caring for one's
age, health, life or death. If some one luckily survives such brutal excesses,
it is well and good But if one dies while under "interrogation",
then such a dead body is taken out, pierced with some bullets, and a news
item is sent that a dreaded terrorist has been shot dead in an encounter
* Houses of underground Sikh youths are demolished, their belongings are
looted, crops destroyed, their tube well motors are taken away, and they
are prevented from sowing crops.
* Even animals of the families of underground Sikh youth are subjected
to police anger. After summoning the families to the police station, villagers
are told not to take care of the animals of the families of the underground
youth. Generally the animals starve to death.
* False cases are registered against innocent Sikh youths, later they
are let off taking fat bribes.
* Reporters giving true reports are arrested, an undeclared censorship
is imposed on them to stop them from exposing police atrocities.
* Peaceful protests by the Human rights organizations are prohibited.
* Press is used to launch vicious and false propaganda against the Sikhs.
* Hardened criminals are inducted into Sikh movement to help in arresting
the Sikh revolutionaries and sabotage the movement. Such criminals are
inducted to tarnish the fair name of the Sikh revolutionaries are now
called the "Black Cats" in the Punjab. Under SSP Izhar Alam,
such criminal gangs were named the "Alam Sena." Besides, such
police sponsored bands of criminals also operated under the name of Panthic
Tiger Force and "Red Brigade." The director general of the police
himself admitted about the "Black Cats" bands. In his interview
to the India Today on Sept. 15, 188, KPS Gill had announced without an
iota of shame that the security forces in Punjab cannot do anything without
the help of secret bands (Black Cats).
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