Affidavit submitted before Misra Commission (1987).
Affidavit of S. Amrik Singh s/o S. Bhagat Singh aged 50 years, r/o 778-M, Baba Faridpuri, Near Block-26, West Patel Nagar, presently residing at 427, Baba Faridpuri, New Delhi-8.
I, the deponent above-named do hereby solemnly state on oath as under: –
1. On Nov.1, 1984, Rajinder Shukla alongwith about a thousand men came to my shop. Dharam Dass Shastri, MP had ordered them to set on fire all the houses belonging to Sikhs and kill all the Sikh family including children and women, in that colony. Not one Sikh should escape. Shukla started attacking my shop after about half an hour. It was about 12 O’clock. After that the residents of the colony persuaded them not to harm innocent people. On Nov.1 itself, mob came again at night. They were shouting that it is our leader’s order to kill all the Sikhs and burn their houses. They were raising slogans like, “Khoon Ka Badla Khoon Se Lengey”, “All the Sikhs must leave”, “Sikh’s Khalistan is in Punjab”, “We will not allow you to live here” etc. Rajinder Shukla accompanied with Ram Gopal, Ram Gopal’s son and other looted my electrical goods shop. They threw the account books and other documents outside and set these on fire.
2. After that the mob proceeded to Gurdwara and they threw the holy book outside, kicked and urinated upon these books. They uprooted Nishan Sahib (religious flag of Sikhs) and looted the money chest. When the mob was running and killing Sikhs, the men comprising the mob had iron rods and kerosene oil tins with them. When we saw all this we telephoned police but they refused to intervene and said that they cannot do anything because they have the orders of the superiors. We went to the police station, they refused to lodge our report. From 3.11.84 to 9.11.84 we remained in the Ludlow Castle Camp. Our report was lodged on 11.11.84. Even now the hoodlums of Dharam Dass Shastri intimidate us.