Gujar Singh, son of Sham Singh, of Village Bhakna Kalan, P. S. Gharinda, District Amritsar. He was stated to have been an active member of the Ghadr Party at Shanghai where he had been in the Police for 4 years. He was a friend a Hamam Dass (H-34), the deported seditionist. He returned to India by the S.S. "Namsang" and thereafter was reported to have been an associate of Piara Singh (P-25), and to have visited villages in the Amritsar district with the object of stirring up trouble. He was also said to have a knowledge of bomb-making. He was interned and subsequently send for trial in the Lahore Conspiracy Case of 1914-15, but was acquitted. Later on, he was sent up in the Lahore Supplementary Case and sentenced to transportation for life. There was a considerable discussion about this accused, it being contended that he could not be tried for acts for which he had already been prosecuted once, but a majority of the Court, however, decided that he was liable on a fresh count. While undergoing life sentence in the Yervada Central Jail, Gujar Singh was awarded two additional sentences totaling 4 years and 3 months, R. I. under Section 224, I. P. C. He was, however, released conditionally by the Punjab Government on 30th April 1930, subject to his being restricted to his village under Police surveillance for 3 years. It was reported in October 1930, that Gujar Singh had attended political meetings held at Bhakna Kalan and had assisted in collecting provisions etc., but had never appeared on the stage. Now-a-days he has a confectioner’s shop in front of the Khalsa College, Amritsar. Is a bad character and is under Police surveillance. Associates with Sohan Singh of Bhakna Kalan (S-55) and Santa Singh of Gandiwind (S-18).

Description : Age 45 years; sallow complexion; height 5-7"; streaked beard; a scar on left elbow about 1" in diameter.