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Another Punjabi
youth shot dead in Philippines
WSN Network
A youth from
Jalandhar city was shot dead in a city near Manila yesterday. Over
100 Punjabis have been killed in the Philippines in the past six
years, three-fourth of whom belonged to the four districts of
Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Nawanshahr and Hoshiarpur of the Doaba
region. At least 10 persons from Kapurthala district alone were
killed last year. Paramjit Singh Sunny (21), hailing from the Raj
Nagar locality on the Kapurthala road here, was in Manila for the
past two years. He was involved in the money-lending business.
His maternal uncle
Jasbir Singh told The Tribune that one of Sunny’s friends called his
family from Manila yesterday to tell them about his murder. The
family also confirmed it from some of his other friends in the
Philippines. According to the information, Sunny was shot dead by
two local persons when he had gone to a shop to recover the loan
amount. He succumbed to his injuries on way to a hospital, he added.
Pall of gloom
descended at family’s Raj Nagar residence after the news. His father
Kulwant Singh, mother Navinder Kaur and younger brother Jeenu were
inconsolable.
Kulwant Singh has
been running a jewellery shop near Guru Teg Bahadur Gurdwara in Raj
Nagar. He also remained in the US for several years and returned to
India a few months back.
Meanwhile, Jasbir
said they were trying to bring Sunny’s body to Jalandhar for his
last rites. He hoped that the body would be brought here by Friday
as several formalities were required to be completed.
Most of the Punjabis
living in the Philippines are reportedly doing illegal business of
money lending. A sudden spate of killings of Punjabis started six
years ago and has been going on since then.
Then Indian
ambassador in the Philippines Navrekha Sharma had brought the
situation to the notice of the government of India. Subsequently,
then commissioner, Punjab NRI Affairs, N.S. Kalsi had written to all
deputy commissioners of the state that Punjabis should be
discouraged from going to the Philippines.
14
May,
2008
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