Affidavit of Nanavati Commission
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I, Piara Singh, S/o S. Ajit Singh, aged 42 yrs., R/o RZ-20 / H, Main Sagarpur, Gali No. 5/1, New Delhi, do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:- 1. That I am staying at RZ-20 / H, Main Sagarpur, Gali No. 5/1, New Delhi, since my marriage in 1981. 2. That I am staying in the house since 1977. I was working as Motor Machenic in a workshop at Rajouri Garden. 3. That in Nov.`84, I was staying at above address along with my family. 4. That on 31st Oct.`84, I started hearing loud noise in our area from 6 P.M. At about 9 P.M. I saw many people running across the road in front of my house carrying utensils. Later, I learnt that a shop of sikh has been looted. 5. That at about 10 P.M. on 31st Oct.`84, a mob of 250 – 300 persons came to our house. Immediately they started beating me and my brother S. Nachhatar Singh with iron rods and lathis which they were carrying with them. They beat us till they fell down unconscious 3 – 4 persons from the crowd forward and said “they have died, let us move forward”, before leaving. 6. That they put our house on fire. They threw some powder on my brother and upon me. My brother and myself being unconscious could not protect ourselves from fire. 7. That after the mob went away, my family members along with my mother and wife, dragged the unconscious bodies of my brother and myself to our neighbor house of Mrs. Bala . Mrs. Bala is still living there. We stayed in the house of Mrs. Bala till 1st Nov.`84, afternoon. 8. That on 1st Nov.`84, by noon, mob again came and threatened Mrs. Bala and her husband to bring out the Sikhs, otherwise they will burn their house. But Mrs. Bala very bravely told them to come inside and search their house-knowing fully well, that Sikhs were hiding inside the home. The crowd after hearing this went away. 9. That on 1st Nov.`84, at about 2 P.M. I regained some consciousness, but my brother continued to be unconscious. 10. That when I became little conscious my mother and I left Mrs. Bala’s house and went to army unit Gurdwara across railway line. 11. That little later, my bhabi and my wife, dressed ourselves in sarees and we two along with children left for Army Gurdwara, leaving my brother still unconscious in the house of Mrs. Bala. 12. That on 2-11-84, at about 3 P.M. my husband regained consciousness. Then about 3 – 4 neighbors escorted my husband to Army unit Gurdwara and the whole family was together again. 13. That on 4-11-84, we shifted to Delhi Cantt. Gurdwara where a camp was established- we stayed in the camp for next 2 months till 31st Dec.`84. 14. That we came to our house on 31st Dec.`84, and found it was completely looted and burnt. With financial help from relatives and friends, we partially repaired it and tried to restart the life. 15. That on 10-11-84, an FIR was lodged by my chachaji, uncle-who was staying in our adjoining house and was also taking shelter at Delhi Cantt. Gurdwara. (copy enclosed) 16. That my brother and I suffered severe injury during the beating on 31st Oct.`84, in our bodies. This got worsened with some white powder thrown on him by mob and later when my brother was partially burnt while he was unconscious on 31st Oct.`84. 17. That my brother is continuously under treatment at various hospitals. Safdarjung hospital, AIIMS, Jeewan hospital and other private practitioners. 18. That his condition is continuously getting worsened and now he is unable to even walk. 19. That my brother is unable to walk as such is unable to work. He was the only source of income in the family. (Medical reports 11 in No. are enclosed) 20. That the house expenses are being met by me doing tailoring work at my house. 21. That my brother is suffering from 100% disability due to the heavy beating and burning on the night of 31st Oct.`84. 22. That we suffered household loss of Rs.1,20,000/-. (FIR enclosed) 23. That I received a total compensation of Rs.2,000/- only. |
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