From: gnreddy@cbnewsf.att.com (G.Narotham Reddy)
Subject: India - Salimgarh barracks dedicated to nation
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 92 15:04:54 GMT


Source	: Hindu, Aug 15 & News India, Aug 21' 92
Country	: India

* Salimgarh barracks dedicated to nation
* Minister's house set ablaze in A.P
* Hizb-ul leader held
* Newly appointed Chief of Khalistan Liberation Force killed
* Classical dance on roller skates
* Raza Naqvi, an 'expert in civil cases' held
* Sohan Singh feared dead in Pakistan:  

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* Salimgarh barracks dedicated to nation

New Delhi - Dedications of the historic Salimgarh barracks in the Red
Fort and unveiling of the foundation stone for the August Kranti Udyan by 
the Prime Minister, Mr.P.V.Narasimha Rao, marked the commemoration of
the golden jubilee of the Quit India Movement here today.
	Speaking at the historic Diwan-en-am in the Red Fort, the Prime
Minister asserted that no one would be permitted to dissuade India from
following the path of development and maintaining and preserving its
security.
	While dedicating to the nation the Salimgarh barracks where the
heroes of the INA - Shahnawaz Khan, Gurbux Singh and Captain Prem Kumar
Sehgal - were tried by the British, he announced the Government's
decision to develop barracks while have been imbued with sanctity and
which will always remind us of the sacrifices made during the freedom
struggle.
	The prime minister also released two commemorative stamps and
'Quit India' booklet in 14 Indian languages. He also thanked freedom
fighters who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. 

* Minister's house set ablaze:

Hyderabad - the People's War Group set fire to the ancestral house of
the Andhra Pradesh tribal welfare minister, Mr.K. Bom Rao, at Bombara
village in Adilabad district on Aug 3.
	Police said the extremists woke up the Minister's wife and took
her out, pored petrol on the house and set it ablaze. Before leaving,
they relieved the Minister's wife of her gold ornaments. A Nagpur
report said Srikant, Vidarbha region Chief of PWG, was arested from his
hideouts at Wardha on Aug 4.

* Hizb-ul leader held

Srinager - The deputy chief of the outlawed Hizbul Mujahideen, Ghulam
Mohammad Khan, and three of his associates were arrested by the BSF on
Aug 6.  The four were going  in a vehicle on the outskirts of the city.
In another incident, five militants who were entering Kashmir from
Pak-occupied Kashmir were killed in an encounter with the Army in the
Kupwara sector on Aug 4.

* The newly appointed Chief of Khalistan Liberation Force killed

In the continuing violence in Punjab, nearly 60 persons, 45 of them
militants were killed.  Among the militants gunned down by the security
forces were Navroop Singh Dhotian, who had succeeded Gurjant Singh 
Budhsinghwala as the Kahalistan Liberation Force Chief, Ranjit Singh alias
Nimma, 'Lt.Gen; of the Bhindranwale Tiger Force of Khalistan and Pratap
Singh Sabra, an area commander of the Babbar Khalsa.
	Police said Navroop Singh who carried a reward of Rs 10 lakhs, was
involved in 700 killings. Police injured and captured Kuldip Singh
alias Bitta at Faridkot.  He was said to be involved in the attack on
Mr.Sajjan Kumar, Cong(I) M.P during the last general elections.
	Security forces surrounded a farm house in Tarn Tarn district
said to be the hideout of Baba Gurbachan Singh Manochal, the BTKF
Chief, but found that he had given them the slip.

* Classical dance on roller skates

Vishakapattanam: Ten-year-old Gummuluri Krishna Swetha - who undertakes
the ardous task of performing Indian classical dance on roller skates
is the latest in the line of child prodigies to emerge in
Vishakapattanam.  Her feat is now recognised by the Limca Book of
records and is to find a mention in its 1993 edition.
	For Swetha, who was as devoted to classical dance as to skating
an innovative blend of the two arts came naturally. 

* Raza Naqvi, an 'expert in civil cases' held

He has appeared as a lawyer in more than 50 criminal cases in the last
five years, both in the Delhi High Court and in lower courts, and was
considered to be an expert in civil cases.  Then, on suspicion, the
Delhi police started investigating his credentials and found that Raza
Naqvi has no law degree at all and that he was a dropout from the law
faculty of Aligarh Muslim University.  Sensing trouble, Naqvi
disappeared six months ago, but last week he was arrested on a charge
of cheating.

* Sohan Singh feared dead:  

Amritsar: Senior Punjab Police officers are veering around to the
conclusion that Dr.Sohan Singh, a Panthic Committee supremo, may have
died owing to protracted illness in Pakistan about six month ago.
	Police officials who quote intelligence reports as a basis to
their conclusion, say that Sohan Singh had undergone an operation for
prostrate glands in Pakistan sometime last yer.  He paid a brief visit
to India towards the end of 1991 but had returned to Pakistan soon
after.  While in Punjab, Sohan Singh, who was in his late seventies,
is reported to have sought treatment from a doctor in a village in
Ludhiana district where he had been hiding   [ News India, Aug 21, 92 ]

According to Eye on Asia news, Pakistan Army General is to visit India
at the invitation of Indian Army General Rodgriguez. However, no date
has been announced. [ Aug 23, 1992 ]

Kashmiri militants in Kashmir have urged the Israeli tourists to leave
the troubled valley or face the consequences.

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