Affidavit submitted before Misra Commission

                     I, Malkiat Singh S/o S. Jairam Singh, aged 45 years, C-187, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase-I, New Delhi-28.

            I solemnly affirm and state as under: -

1.                  I am Secretary of Shree Guru Singh Sabha Naraina Vihar for the last five years.

2.                  On 1-11-84, at 5 AM, when I went to the Gurdwara, I came to know from the staff of the Gurdwara that previous night some miscreants had entered the Gurdwara after breaking the wall as well as the shed used for “Langer” (Community kitchen) and had tried to set the windows of the Gurdwara on fire. At that time a jeep came on the road and seeing the lights of that vehicles they ran away. Later with the help of owners and workers of a taxi stand which is nearly the fire was put out.

3.                  At 8:30 AM, in the whole congregation (full hall). I the servant proposed a condolence resolution on the sad and tragic death of the Prime Minister and also expressed sorrow on the previous nights episode of an attempt to set the Gurdwara on fire.

4.                  At 9:30 AM, I and some more prominent members of the congregation went to the residence of the President.

5.                  Hari Singh at A-19, Naraina Vihar and discussed the entire matter. The President rang up the police station and requested for adequate safety measures for the Gurdwara. Later on, we all went to our homes.

6.                  At 11 AM, a telephone call was received from the manager of the Gurdwara S. Harbans Singh, that a large mob had come from the Naraina Village and that mob was indulging in breaking the doors / windows of the Gurdwara Sahib. He also mentioned that he and ten other persons were boxed in a room on the first floor of the school hall and that a police party consisting of one Sub-Inspector and four policemen were there on the scene but had refused to help them. I told the manager to ring up the President also and do as is ordered by him.

7.                  At 11:15, the manager rang up again to say that the mob had entered the Gurdwara that the mob was ran sacking the Gurdwara, attempting to set it on fire and there was danger to the lives of the persons with him. Whilst he was still conveying the condition prevailing there in the Gurdwara that the phone went dead.

8.                  After lot of effort, I got through to 101 at 11:40 and reported that our Gurdwara was set on fire. I was replied, “Theek He To Ho Raha Ha. Intjar Karey Aap Ko Bi Jalayea Jayega.” (Right thing is happening – wait – you will also be burnt). After this I could not find out anything further about the Gurdwara as I was myself besieged in my house.

9.                  On 2-11-84, a Hindu friend of mine informed me that when the Gurdwara was attacked, he was standing at a distance of 25 yards. He noticed the mob mainly consisted of lowly type of persons. Some were taking away the goods of the Gurdwara and some were carting away the treasure chest-some more were busy in setting the Gurdwara on fire. Lot of the man of the mob were carrying iron rods and lathis. They wounded many persons and threw them into the fire.

10.             On 3rd November`84, I sent the same Hindu friend Shree Amar Singh, to find out the actual condition of the Gurdwara, he visited the place and on return, told me that the Gurdwara and all its goods etc. have been completely burnt and destroyed. He also said that three staff members of the Gurdwara were burnt alive.

11.             On 4th November`84, I accompanied by some more members, met the police Sub-Inspector S. Joginder Singh. SI Joginder told us that on 1-11-84, an unconscious body of a “Sewadar” of ur Gurdwara was found on the Gurdwara premises – this individual has been admitted in Safdarjung Hospital. In addition three burnt out bodies were found on which Post Mortem will be performed today in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He also told us that on 1-11-84, Sewadar Tasvir Singh and Granthi (Priest) Delwar Singh had reached the police station in an injured condition and both of them were now staying with S. Man Singh, A-13/1, Industrial Area.

12.             On 5-11-84, the Post Mortem of the three dead bodies was performed. It came to light that two Sewadars, S. Bhajan Singh and Bhupinder Singh and one guest names Baldev Singh staying with Sewadar Tasvir Singh had persisted. On reaching the hospital it was found out that Sewadar Amrit Singh was lying unconscious and he stayed in the hospital for one more month thereafter.

13.             On 5-11-84, Sewadar Tasvir Singh and Granthi Dilwar Singh, who were with me at the time of the Post Mortem, informed me that on 1-11-84, ten persons were boxed in the school hall on the 1st floor at the time of the attack by the mob. The mob first looted the store house, removed the treasure chest and set on fire Guru Granth Sahib and the carpets / durees. Then the mob advanced to kill us. They had lathies and iron rods with them. They came from the side of the building under constrcution and as soon as we came down the stairs they attacked our heads with those lathis and iron rods. Three of us fell down and the remaining ran in injured condition. Both of us (Sewadar Tasvir Singh and Granthi Dilwar Singh) reached near a Sub-Inspector of Police, whom the mob saw us standing near police, they did not pursue us further. That police officer sent us, with a policeman to the police station. We stayed the night there next day went to the residence of S. Man Singh, who called a doctor to his house to attend to our wounds.

14.             Manager Harbans Singh also stated that he ran and reached the house of a Hindu in a wounded condition. They hid me in their car and took me to Khere Nursing Home Pandu Nagar where stitches were made in my head wound and other wounds were attended to and then they reached me my house.

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