Taliban behead 2 Sikhs in Pakistan

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Two Sikhs, who were kidnapped over a month ago, have been beheaded by the Pakistani Taliban in the country's restive tribal belt in a brutal act by the militants.
Some more members of the minority community are still in the custody of the rebels. The body of Jaspal Singh was found in the Khyber tribal region, located a short distance from the provincial capital of Peshawar, while the body of Mahal Singh was found in the Aurakzai Agency, sources said.

There was confusion about the total number of Sikhs who were kidnapped for ransom from the Bara area of Khyber Agency by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A source said four Sikhs were abducted while another report said the total number of kidnapped persons was six.
The Sikhs were kidnapped 34 days ago and the Taliban had demanded Rs 30 million as ransom for their release. Two of the kidnapped Sikhs were beheaded after the expiry of the deadline for the payment of the ransom, sources said.
Gurvinder Singh and Gurjit Singh are still in the custody of the militants, sources said. The kidnapping occurred in an area where there the government has virtually no control and the militants are in a dominant position, sources said.

A sizeable number of Sikhs lived in the tribal belt, particularly Aurakzai Agency, till the Taliban imposed 'jiziya' or religious tax on them last year. Most members of the community then fled to cities across Pakistan.

Source : http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/21/two-sikhs-beheaded-in-pakistan.htm

 

[Und3rgr0und J4tt1]

oh sach

 

[Rano]

talibaniaaa nu kad akal aaugi

 

[pps309]

Waheguru..........

 

[[Hardeep]]

 

[Dhillon]

Sad how bunch of fanatics are causing sufferings to so many.

 

[Sourabh]

menu eh samajh nu aundi aakhir chahunde ki ne taliban waale

 

[Ak47_Riskykz]

So Sad...

 

[harjeet_90]

ik sach eh v hai k uhna dohan da sir gurudware de agge sutiya si...

 

[snoopy_amli]

sad really sad

 

[prithvi.k]

Jaspal Singh was seized while travelling in Khyber district a month ago. His body was found on Sunday.
Earlier reports that a second kidnapped Sikh, Mastan Singh, had been beheaded are not confirmed, officials now say.
Unidentified gunmen demanded ransoms in both cases. Sikhs are a tiny minority in Pakistan, but a sizeable community has lived in Khyber for over 200 years.
Khyber and neighbouring Orakzai region - where Mastan Singh was kidnapped - are home to crime syndicates involved in car-jackings and kidnappings and known to have links with extremist groups.

Pressure

Officials in Khyber say Jaspal Singh was among seven Sikhs travelling in the tribal district a month ago. He and two others were kidnapped by a group of armed men - four others in the party escaped.
Later, the family of Jaspal Singh received a ransom demand for 20 million rupees ($235,000) to be paid by last Saturday.
They said pay money to live here or except Islam.
His body was found when members of his family arrived in the area on Sunday to negotiate his release.
four other Sikh men still remain in the custody of the kidnappers, officials say.
Mastan Singh was kidnapped from the Bezot area in the neighbouring region of Orakzai one month ago.
There was a ransom demand for his release which was not met, officials said.
Many of the Sikhs in the Orakzai and Khyber regions own businesses or farms. But the community has come under increasing pressure as the influence of Islamist militants has grown in the area, BBC correspondents say.
Most of them have moved to Peshawar, and further east to cities in Punjab province.
There have been reports that Sikhs in the region have been subjected to jizya - an Islamic tax that is collected from non-Muslims.


total 6 has been kidnapped...2 have been beheaded