🔥 Trending Diljit Dosanjh's Film 'Satluj' (formerly 'Panjab 95') Released: What You Need to

Jaswant Singh Khalra (1952-1995) was a prominent Indian Sikh human rights activist who gained international attention for his extensive research into the illegal killings and cremations carried out by the Punjab police ¹⁷. A bank employee in Amritsar, Khalra began his activism in the wake of the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots and Operation Blue Star, which saw thousands of innocent Sikhs targeted ⁶⁷.

Khalra's work uncovered evidence of approximately 25,000 extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in Punjab ¹⁵. He meticulously documented cases where individuals were abducted, killed, and then secretly cremated by the police ³. His investigations also revealed that about 2,000 police officers who refused to cooperate with these unlawful acts were themselves killed ¹. Khalra's courageous efforts to expose state-sponsored violence against Sikhs ultimately led to his own disappearance in 1995, for which he is believed to have paid the ultimate price for his bravery ³⁵. His story has recently been brought back into the spotlight through Diljit Dosanjh's film "Satluj," which depicts Khalra's fight for justice ²⁴⁵.