The case of Devinderpal Singh Bhullar

The case of devinderpal singh bhullar

Devinderpal Singh Bhullar, whose mercy petition has been rejected by President Pratibha Patil, belongs to a select genre of Sikh militants educated at top educational institutions in the state. When the militancy was at its peak, Guru nanak Engineering College and PAU, both in Ludhiana, became the hub of ideaologically committed youth who took upon themselves the responsibility of spearheading the struggle for Khalistan.
Bhullar, an engineering graduate, studied at Guru Nanak Engineeering College. He was a contemporary of young Khalistani protagonists Daljit Singh Bittu, Ranjit Singh Gill and Pritam Singh Sekhon.
After finishing his studies, he taught at a number of technical institutions while being lured into the militant movement. He owed allegiance to the Khalistan Liberation Force.
Named in some criminal cases, the police went hunting for him. While he could not be nabbed, the security agencies, including the Punjab Police, allegedly took his father, brother and a close friend, Balwinder Singh Multani, into custody. The whereabouts of all three are still not known.
Bhullar was booked for the bomb attacks on the then SSP, Sumedh Singh Saini, in 1991 and the IYC chief, MS Bitta, in 1993. He managed to leave the country but was held at a German airport.