Chattar Singh, son of Mewa Singh, Ahluwalia, of Village Jethuwal, Police Station Kathunangal, District Amritsar. After matriculating in 1885 he was employed as a Guard on the North Western Railway and also did contract work at Delhi. He went to Burma about 1905 and worked there as a contractor for some time. Later on he became an agent of the Borneo Company in Siam. He was reported to be a dangerous member of the Ghadr Party and was present at a meeting held at the Chiengmai Gurdwara at which an oath was taken to fight against the English. He also volunteered to conduct the English correspondence of the seditious party. He was arrested at Chiengmai and deported and arrived in India in April 1916, when he was arrested under the Ingress into India Ordinance. He was interned in the Campbellpore jail in July 1916 but was released and restricted to his village in January 1918, the restriction order being cancelled in September 1918. He secured employment at Lahore in the press of Sardul Singh Cavessieur, and in 1921 was arrested in connection with the Lahore Akali Conspiracy Case, but was released. He was again employed by Sardul Singh, but was soon after sentenced to 6 months' rigorous imprisonment for publishing a seditious book. After his release he was appointed Assistant Manager of Baba Budha's Gurdwara at Ramdas and subsequently transferred to the Khadur Sahib Gurdwara. He is reported to be an Akali of the worst type but to be quiet at present and working on his land.

Description : Age 65 years; height 5'-7"; long beard; oval face; prominent nose.