India: 1) What procedures exist in the Punjab to investigate complaints by the public of harassments and allegations of torture by the police? 2) Are there any examples of action being taken against the police on such charges? 3) Relationship between the All Indian Sikh Student Federation and either the All India Sikh Youth Federation or the Sikh Youth Federation
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 February 1990 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | IND4085 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, India: 1) What procedures exist in the Punjab to investigate complaints by the public of harassments and allegations of torture by the police? 2) Are there any examples of action being taken against the police on such charges? 3) Relationship between the All Indian Sikh Student Federation and either the All India Sikh Youth Federation or the Sikh Youth Federation, 1 February 1990, IND4085, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6acf374.html [accessed 30 May 2023] |
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l) No specific information is currently available to the IRBDC which mentions any possible procedures. Attached is a section from a publication entitled Seige of the Sikhs which mentions allegations made against the police in the Punjab and the establishment of committees and human rights monitoring agencies in response. Note that this material cannot be corroborated by the IRBDC at the present time. Also attached is a report from India Today, dated 31 March 1989, which mentions that former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi offered a package of measures designed to improve the political situation in the Punjab, including the establishing of monitoring committees to supervise police activities and screen people's grievances against "police excesses". The current status of these committees is not currently available to the IRBDC.
2) No information on this, with the exception of information found in question number one, is currently available to the IRBDC.
3) No information is currently available to the IRBDC on either the All India Sikh Youth Federation or the Sikh Youth Federation.
ATTACHMENTS
Justice Ajit Singh Bains. Seige of the Sikhs. Toronto: The New Magazine Publishing Co. Ltd, 1988), pp. 26-49.
"Encouraging Signals", India Today, 31 March 1989, 28-29.
