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| Sikhs outside 10 Downing St Central London Throughout The Night Protesting Against The Death Sentence |
The Dal Khalsa spokesperson Kanwar Pal Singh has termed the
dismissal of petition of Prof Devinderpal Singh Bhullar as shocking and
disturbing for people of Punjab in general and Sikh community in
particular.
He said, the decision was travesty of justice as
Prof Bhullar is on death row since 18 years. Secondly he was given
punishment on the basis of confessional statement taken by police
officer under torture. Thirdly it was a split verdict as the then Chief
Justice acquitted him. Fourthly, he was deported from Germany, where
capital punishment is not given. To drive his point home, he quoted
Indian government giving a word to Italian government in the case of
Italian marines facing murder charges in Hindutva India.
He said in the wake of secretly hanging of Afzal Guru, the J&K
chief minister took a jibe at Indian state and said in public that "the
state is selective in the case of death convicts". Ever since then the
Sikhs were apprehending that the next target will be a Sikh. With
today's SC decision, our fears might come true, he said.
The Sikh community has
been honoured by many martyrs during the last 30 years struggle and Prof
Bhullar, if hanged would be addition to that honoured list, he
observed.
