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Harnam Singh

City: Lalpura

Harnam Singh, alias Namai Singh, son of Aya (Gatto) Singh, Chaudhri Bazar, Lalpura, Afghanistan. He was originally suspected in November 1929 to be smuggling arms to India. Towards the end of 1930 he was arrested in Afghanistan along with 5 other Sikhs of Lalpura on a charge of conspiracy against the Afghan Government. During the course of the search of this party some pistols, newspapers and articles were found. All the six men were released as a result of agitation among the Sikhs in Afghanistan and India. In May of the following year, he was reported to be an active member of the Ghadr Party and to have visited India. He was later employed by the Afghan Government at Dakka. In March 1932 he paid a visit to Peshawar with Sarup Singh's son of Atma Singh of Lalpura (S-27) and both of them were arrested at Peshawar for breach of passport rules and awarded 2 months' imprisonment. Towards the close of the same year they were prosecuted under Section 40 of the Frontier Crimes Regulations, and Harnam Singh was ordered to furnish security of Rs. 2,500 for 3 years which he did but he was later re-arrested under Section 4 (2) of the Northwest Frontier Province Public Tranquility (Additional Powers) Act, 1932. He was due to be released on 24th April 1933.