Jagtar Singh Hawara
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Jagtar Singh Hawara is a member of Babbar Khalsa
. Babbar Khalsa is enlisted as terrorist organization in various countries. Jagtar Singh Hawara is also considered a freedom fighter among the supporters of the Khalistan movement
. He is a Jat of Bhangoo (bhangu
) clan and belongs to Hawara village in Ludhiana. His father died in 1991. His mother's name is Narinder Kaur. He is alleged to have a role in the assassination of the Punjab
Chief Minister Beant Singh
. He was accused of the murder of a granthi (Sikh priest) of Muktsar
at the age of 15 but was later acquitted. Hawara came back into limelight, in 2004, when he escaped from maximum security jail
at Burail, along with 2 other Sikh prisoners by digging a 90 feet tunnel by bare hands (Jagtar Singh Tara & Paramjit Singh Bheora), the third one was a cook.
Eye witnesses said just as Hawara crossed the entry gate of the court complex, Nishant Sharma, an Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Suraksha Samiti (ABHSS) activist, tried to reach him and hit him but Hawara saw him coming and before Nishant Sharma could take any action Hawara responded by slapping Sharma. The police immediately arrested Sharma and three other ABHSS activists.
The incident was followed by Hawara and Bheora raising pro-Khalistan slogans and the ABHSS members raising patriotic slogans.
Following the attack, a large police contingent was deployed on the court premises.
Both Hawara and Bheora were then taken to the courtroom where DSP Jagbir Singh and Sub-Inspector Surinder Kumar, both from the Chandigarh Police, recorded their statements.
Babbar Khalsa
Babbar Khalsa , also known as Babbar Khalsa International , is a Sikh armed organisation based in India. Many consider the Babbar Khalsa a Resistance movement, and it played a prominent role in the Punjab insurgency. Babbar Khalsa International was created in 1978, after a number of Sikhs were...
. Babbar Khalsa is enlisted as terrorist organization in various countries. Jagtar Singh Hawara is also considered a freedom fighter among the supporters of the Khalistan movement
Khalistan movement
Khalistan refers to a global political secessionist movement to create a separate Sikh state, called Khālistān , carved out of parts mostly consisting of the Punjab region of India, depending on definition....
. He is a Jat of Bhangoo (bhangu
Bhangu
Bhangu, Bhangoo, or Bhango is a Jat gotra or clan mainly found in the Punjab state of North India, Sindh and Punjab province of Pakistan.-History:...
) clan and belongs to Hawara village in Ludhiana. His father died in 1991. His mother's name is Narinder Kaur. He is alleged to have a role in the assassination of the Punjab
Punjab (India)
Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
Chief Minister Beant Singh
Beant Singh (chief minister)
Beant Singh was an Indian Chief Minister of Punjab from 1992 to 1995. Singh was a Sikh, and a member of the Congress Party....
. He was accused of the murder of a granthi (Sikh priest) of Muktsar
Muktsar
Sri Muktsar Sahib is a city and a municipal council in Sri Muktsar Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab. Sri Muktsar Sahib's historical name was Khidrane dee dhab .-Demographics: India census, Sri Muktsar Sahib has a population of 3,96,030...
at the age of 15 but was later acquitted. Hawara came back into limelight, in 2004, when he escaped from maximum security jail
Jail
A jail is a short-term detention facility in the United States and Canada.Jail may also refer to:In entertainment:*Jail , a 1966 Malayalam movie*Jail , a 2009 Bollywood movie...
at Burail, along with 2 other Sikh prisoners by digging a 90 feet tunnel by bare hands (Jagtar Singh Tara & Paramjit Singh Bheora), the third one was a cook.
Attack on Hawara in the court (11 November 2011)
Jagtar Singh Hawara (Tara) was attacked by the members of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Suraksha Samiti. The attack occurred around 11 am while Hawara and the other convicted assassin Paramjit Singh Bheora were being escorted by a posse of the Chandigarh and Delhi police to the courtroom in connection with a Burail jailbreak case. Both convicts had been specially brought here from the Tihar Jail in New Delhi.Eye witnesses said just as Hawara crossed the entry gate of the court complex, Nishant Sharma, an Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Suraksha Samiti (ABHSS) activist, tried to reach him and hit him but Hawara saw him coming and before Nishant Sharma could take any action Hawara responded by slapping Sharma. The police immediately arrested Sharma and three other ABHSS activists.
The incident was followed by Hawara and Bheora raising pro-Khalistan slogans and the ABHSS members raising patriotic slogans.
Following the attack, a large police contingent was deployed on the court premises.
Both Hawara and Bheora were then taken to the courtroom where DSP Jagbir Singh and Sub-Inspector Surinder Kumar, both from the Chandigarh Police, recorded their statements.
External links
- Letter by Bhai Jagtar Singh Hawara to the Sikh Nation
- Read Rare Interview with Jagtar Singh Hawara by Karamjeet Singh Chandigarh (Former Assistant Editor, Punjabi Tribune)