Affidavit submitted before Misra Commission

             Affidavit of Surjeet Kaur widow of Late S. Avtar Singh, r/o WA-108, Raj Nagar, Palam Colony, at present Tent No.33, Hari Nagar Camp.

            I, Surjeet Kaur, above named deponent solemnly affirm & declare as under: -

1.                  On 1-11-84, there was a great noise in our colony. Samund Jat was saying in loud voice that they had killed all Sardars and Sardarnis. “You are the only couple left.” On hearing this my husband went to him and requested him to behave like an educated person and taht we had not done any harm to anybody. After this talk my husband had returned when a big mob comprising of four to five hundred persons arrived there. Seeing them, my husband went inside the house. At that time in addition to both of us, my daughter, Baljit Kaur aged 18 years, son Amarjit Singh aged 14 years and second daughter Jasbir Kaur aged 12 years, were present in the house. We all got into the house and closed the door.

2.                  This mob was armed with iron bars, sticks filled with choppers and blades and forks. After removing the bricks of the wall and breaking doors and windows they entered our courtyard and threw bricks on us, as a result of which my head and forehead were badly wounded. My husband came running and started bandaging my head with a towel. The mob then threw more bricks injuring the head of my husband and breaking his teeth. On seeing him being injured and falling down the children raised a hue and cry saying that they had killed their father and asking them to get out.

3.                  A person from amongst the mob named Om Dhari resident of Nasirpur Village, whom I recognize, cut the hair and beard of my husband with a scissor. The mob then went away. My husband was alive then. We poured water in his mouth and he regained consciousness. We then hid him behind the door in the bathroom.

4.                  The mob came again at 2 AM, in the night and said that they had come to

5.                  know that the Sardar was still alive. I told them that he was not there and he had been removed to certain hospital or somewhere else. On my saying so, they went away again. After taht they kept coming repeatedly and searching the house. When they came thirteenth time, they searched each and everything. Three persons were heading that gang – Mohinder, an habitual drunk of Pooran Nagar; Jagira, an employee of MES living in Palam Village; and Ram Kumar barber, having a shop at Palam on the road on which banks were located. This time they found my husband. Mohinder drunker struck the first blow on my husband with a chopper and the barber struck thereafter with a chopper; Jagira said, “Strike the Sardar again. He must not survive this time.” On his saying so, these people threw acid on the face of my husband and one side of his face was burnt. His eye on the other side of the face was removed with a fork. While they were committing this crime, my husband requested them to spare him as he has caused them no harm. He told them that if they wanted the house, he would give in writing in their favour. However, they paid no heed to his requests and set him on fire after pouring petrol. When I came forward to extinguish the fire, they dragged me and my younger daughter out by catching her by hair. The rascals caught hold of my hands and released me only after my husband’s body was burnt. All those criminal were rejoining on seeing my husband being burnt.

6.                  When my son Amarjit Singh ran out to escape, a big mob ran after to kill him. But God saved him and he hid himself at the back of the house and kept hiding there for five days. We found him on 6th November.

7.                  At about 6 PM, on 2nd November, an Air Force Vehicle came and rescued us. My husband was a U.D.C. in Air Force.

8.                  I and my daughters were kept in Air Force Camp, Subarto Park, Delhi Cantt. My daughter Baljit Kaur registered an FIR with Palam Police Post which falls under Sadar Police Post.

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