Punjab terror attack: Police officer Baljit Singh’s father was killed in 1984 militancy
Baljit Singh was killed in the gun-battle with terrorists in Gurdaspur
Kapurthala: Baljit Singh, the police officer, who was killed on Monday in the gun-battle with terrorists in Gurdaspur district, was a son to a policeman who too was killed by militants during the height of militancy in Punjab in 1984.
Seven persons - four civilians and three policemen including Baljit, Superintendent of Police (Detective), were killed on Monday by heavily-armed militants in army uniform who early in the morning stormed a police station.
SP Baljit Singh (Photo: PTI)
Baljit had joined the force in 1985 as ASI following the death of his father, Inspector Achhar Singh, who was killed in a road accident masterminded by terrorists a year earlier.
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He served as SHO Phagwara and with Vigilance department in Mansa before taking up the post of Deputy Commandant in 7th IRB Battalion.
Gloom descended on Baljit's Santpura-located house as the news of his death in the incident spread and a sizable number of cross-sections of people including top police officials rushed to his house.
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Baljit's family members urged SSP Ashish Chaudhary, who had come with the news, not to disclose it to his ailing wife, Kulwant Kaur, who is a heart patient.
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Besides his wife, Baljit is survived by a son, Maninder Singh (24), daughters Parminder Kaur (22) and Ravinder Kaur (20).
His body will be brought here tomorrow for last rites.
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