Amritsar, Punjab: Even after 30 years, the widows and close relatives of the defence personnel killed in the Sikh genocide of 1984 have not received any compensation, Supreme Court lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader HS Phoolka has said here. Till date, the Ministry of Defence had not made the names of the victim soldiers public, said Phoolka. The lawyer ...
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SAD (Badal) appears to have forgotton its promise of formation of SIT on Nov. 1984: Advocate Phoolka
Amritsar, Punjab: Senior advocate and Aam Aadmi Party leader Harwinder Singh Phoolka has reminded Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) of its promise of formation of SIT for re opening and re investigating 237cases of 1984 Sikh genocide which were closed untraced. “The SAD(B) had fully supported this demand and on May 8th 2013 when SAD (B) president Sukhbir Singh had announced the ...
Read More »‘1984 attack on house: why Manmohan kept quiet?’
New Delhi Senior lawyer of Supreme Court and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader HS Phoolka questioned here on Sunday why former prime minister Manmohan Singh had kept quiet about that fact all these years that his house had also been attacked during the 1984 genocide against Sikhs in the national capital. In a release sent to the media, Phoolka, who is ...
Read More »Phoolka approaches Akal Takht for SIT in ’84 genocide cases
Amritsar, Punjab: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and noted Supreme Cour t advocate HS Phoolka sought the intervention of Akal Takht jathedar for appointment of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to reopen 237 cases of the 1984 Sikh genocide, which were deemed closed by the Nanavati Commission. In a letter written to Jathedar, Giani Gurbachan Singh, Phoolka reminded him that ...
Read More »Badal complicating genocide issue: Phoolka
Ludhiana, Punjab: Supreme Court lawyer and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Harvinder Singh Phoolka has objected to chief minister Parkash Singh Badal’s meeting union home minister Rajnath Singh over the constitution of Supreme-Court-monitored special investigating team (SIT) to inquire into the 1984-genocide cases. The home minister is empowered to constitute an SIT to reopen and reinvestigate the 237 cases that the ...
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