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Harnam Singh

Village: Kot Dhandal

City: Gurdaspur

Harnam Singh, son of Amar Singh of Village Kot Dhandal, P. S. Kahnowan, District Gurdaspur. He was a watchman in Singapore and returned to India in the autumn of 1914. He was arrested during investigation into dacoity cases in Gurdaspur and was suspected to have been in possession of arms. He was interned in May 1915 and released and restricted in June 1915. In 1916 he was ordered to report himself to the police every week. Thereafter he went to Singapore and stayed there until 1918 when he returned and during the next two years was suspected of complicity in burglary cases. He remained absent from his home from 1920 to 1927 and is believed to have passed this period in China. He returned to his village in 1927 and since then has been living there quietly. He associates with bad characters.

Description : Age 44 years; wheat complexion; thin build; pock-pitted face; height 5'-8".