Tensions Rise as Multiple Attacks Launched Against Sikhs Across India
By: Sikh24 Editors
GUJARAT, India (October 8, 2013)—News reports of Sikhs being attacked in Gujarat and Delhi have created shockwaves in the Sikh community living worldwide.  As per media reports, a Sikh family living in Loria village of Bhuj district of Gujarat was attacked by a mob yesterday.  Four male members of the Sikh family were left critically injured and were admitted to a local district hospital.
In a statement, one of the injured, Amandeep Singh said that at least 30 armed men had attacked him and his family members who were sowing crops during the day.  According to him, several shots were even fired in the air.  Along with Amandeep Singh, the brutal attack also injured Angrej Singh, Jaswinder Singh and Harpreet Singh.  All four were admitted under intensive care.
Amandeep Singh alleged that he doesn’t know what may have instigated the mobs.  He alleged that the attackers wanted them to leave the farms and return to Punjab.  Amandeep Singh’s family has been living in Gujarat for over five decades and they were allotted the farming land back in 1960.  It should be noted that the plight of Sikh farmers came to light recently when they blamed the local Government for refusing to allow them to purchase land.
In another incident, a Sikh family in the Rohini area, Sector 3, Delhi, was attacked by a group of 7-8 young men in what seems to be a well-planned attack.  The attackers brutally injured an elderly Sikh lady causing jaw injuries.  They used a sharp blade to slit her wrist, but luckily she has survived the attack.
Her husband was also brutally injured.  The elderly Sikh man was held from his beard and his turban was removed.  The attackers allegedly kicked him and his turban.
They used racial slurs to abuse the elderly Sikh husband and wife.  The attackers alleged that they are going to repeat 1984 once again as the Sikhs have forgotten their past carnage in the City.
The main attacker, who was named Mukesh, is said to have good relations with the local police SHO and a local judge or Rohini court.  He is said to have carried out similar attacks on Sikhs and others in the same neighborhood.  Due to his political influence, no case has yet been registered against him.