Here’s some information relating to Pal Singh’s arrest.
Pal Singh was first picked up from his fields at around 7Pm on 18-July-2010. No one informed his house that he was being taken by police. He was dropped back at his house at 2:30PM the next day (19-July-2010). They asked him about a certain Narayan Singh (a magazine editor?). Asking when was the last time he has met him, he replied that it was on December 31 st (at family member’s funeral). He told them that they were friends but did not agree with his political views.
On 22-july-2010, they came again at around 1:00PM and took his car, his laptop and other belongings. The next day on 23-july-2010, they raided his house and bother the young children and the handicapped young man living with Pal Singh and asking them to give his ‘samaan’… they said that go ahead and take whatever you want. They took his breifcase with all his paperwork, all bill, passport, documents, etc. they were apparently looking for explosives but did not find anything.
He is not the only one being held. Apparently there’s a singh from pind Bagga (who was a friend of Pal Singh and used to come to his house) who was also picked up and questioned about Pal Singh and Narayan Singh. He was at the Amritsar Interogation centre after his village people tried to locate him and he was also being questioned about these things/people. Apparently there was a a certain Seva Singh (could have been a fake name he had given to Pal Singh, he came to help at a camp that Pal Singh had organized to teach kids about sikhism). This Seva Singh was arrested by the police and he said that Pal Singh had given him some explisive. And knowing my father and his views he would do no such things. He can SPEAK against corruption, lies but he would never even think of such things as violence and explosive matarial.
Being senior in age, Pal Singh has some health issues that needs to be taken care of which usually strike when he’s in stress – heart problems (delayed ventricular snap which could cause a heart attack if he’s under too much stress and if he can’t control stress), pile, vision problems (he can’t see properly from 1 eye). Pal Singh’s family is asking help in releasing him ASAP… before he’s inflicted violence by those officers.
