K-12. Kanshi Ram, son ofRam Singh, Brahmin, of Wan, P. S. Khalra, District Lahore. He is educated upto the middle standard in Urdu and knows a little English. He left his home in February 1907 and went to Shanghai where he was employed as a watchman in the Customs Department. He was a friend of Fauja Khan of village Halwara, district Ludhiana (dead) and is the father of Hamam Das, deportee (H-34). He apparently was twice tried at Shanghai for murder but acquitted. He was a Ghadr sympathiser and was regarded by the Shanghai Police to be a dangerous character. Before his arrest he asked an agent to procure him a copy ofthe "Ghadr" regularly. Was finally deported by the Shanghai authorities because of his connection with the Ghadr Party and was interned on arrival in India. Was released and restricted to his village in December 1918 for a period of 6 months. The Shanghai authorities then recommended that he should not be allowed to return to that country. Is present at his village where he keeps a shop. Entertains anti-Govemment views and is a Congressite and induces other men to join the political movement. On 24th July 1930 he was convicted and sentenced for taking part in an unlawful assembly at Jhaman, and was released on 17th March 1931.

Description : Age 60 years; height 5-5"; wheat complexion; wears small beard, his photograph is on record in the Punjab C. I. D.