Amritsar, November 18
“Though late, it is the victory of truth”, says Mr Kirpal Singh Randhawa, the key eyewitness in the abduction of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who exposed mass cremations of unidentified bodies during peak of militancy in ‘false’ encounters and custodial deaths.

Jaswant Singh Khalra was allegedly kidnapped by certain senior police officials from his residence in Kabir park locality here on September 6, 1995. He was allegedly killed in police custody and his body was later disposed off by accused policemen.

Mr Randhawa, who is also deputy chairman Punjab Human Rights Organization (PHRO), said, “At last we have got justice”. He said they had together started their service to fight for human rights of the common man who were implicated in false cases by the police during terrorism.

He claimed that he had to face harassment also for this as false cases of rape and attempt to murder were registered against him at various police stations in the state so as to pressurise him.