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THE TRILOKPURI SERIES contd.

VICTIM N9. 3. - DARSHAN KAUR

This series present a glimpse into the lives of the forgotten victims and survivors of just one locality TRILOKPURI, DELHI. Their screams still echo in the narrow lanes of neighbourhoods where thousands were butchered.

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The agony of the survivors of 1984 massacre has not ended. Their children continue to live with the pain and injustice that followed the violence.

Darshan Kaur, a survivor of the 1984 Sikh massacre, was just 21 when a mob dragged her husband

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tried to hide in the kitchen of our house in Trilokpuri. But the mob dragged him out by his hair, and wrapped a quilt around him and put a tyre on him. They then poured oil on him and set him on fire. He was severely burnt, and died later.
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The mob mercilessly stripped all the women, who were still in shock and disbelief at the deaths of their husbands and relatives. They were raped by several men countless times.

"My husband was burnt alive in front of me. Even my elder brother-in-law was killed with sword,
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"similarly 12 people of our family were killed. How can we forget" - Darshan Kaur (1984 Victim of Violence)

Darshan kaur is One of those who still had hopes of seeing justice served , a survivor of the Trilokpuri atrocities.
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On the night of the attack, as she had crouched down to take cover inside her house, she claimed to have heard Bhagat egging on the assailants: “Whatever you need — chemicals, powders, anything — I will give them to you.”
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They discovered her husband hiding in a small landing in the attic and dragged him into the street, where he was immolated. In total, she lost twelve members of her family that day.

Besides naming Bhagat, she also claimed that the local Congress leader, Rampal Saroj,
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was the chief instigator of the deadly crowds who was witnessed calling out the rallying cry, “No one should be spared”. Despite other witnesses withdrawing their statements, Darshan Kaur stood her ground,
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even when men sent by Bhagat offered her large sums of money in exchange for her silence. She has been physically attacked and intimidated in the years, but has refused all advances.
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She filed a petition, an affidavit to the Misra commission like many other victims, but still waiting for justice to be delivered evern after almost 40 years.

To be continued….