A protest march was taken out on February 14 at Jalandhar against life imprisonment awarded by the Nawanshahr (Nawanshahr District)Sessions Court to three Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) activists for procession of pro-Khalistan literature, reports The Tribune. Three Sikh youths, Arvinder Singh, Surjit Singh and Ranjit Singh was awarded life sentence.
Additionally, security has been stepped up for the Additional Sessions Judge Randhir Verma who had sentenced the three BKI activists reports The Tribune on February 14. Superintendent of Police (SP) Harish Dayama stated that ‘In view of protests in Nawanshahr and around, we have provided more security to the judge’.