US Sikh groups to seek Sukhbir’s prosecution
Wednesday, 14/08/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130814/punjab.htm#8
Washington : Having failed to nail his father, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, North American Sikh groups have now announced to seek the prosecution of Sukhbir Singh Badal, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, in a Canadian court for alleged human rights violations.
Sukhbir is scheduled to visit Canada in September to hold meetings with Canadian officials and business leaders.
A case against Sukhbir will be filed by the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) and Canadian Sikh Coalition (CSC), a non-government organisation representing over 50 Sikh gurdwaras and societies.
This follows after the New York-based SFJ repeatedly failed to file a similar case against Badal in a US court. The two NGOs are seeking arrest warrants for Sukhbir under the Criminal Code of Canada, Section 269.1, which provides that "every official or every person acting at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of an official, who inflicts torture on any other person is guilty of an indictable offence."
