Kesar Singh, son of Mangal Singh, Goldsmith, of Village Sursingh, P. S. Bhikhiwind. District Lahore. An ex-sepoy of the 93rd Burma Infantry. Was formerly a Constable in the Shanghai Police whose discharge was purchased by the Ghadr Party for revolutionary purposes. He returned to India by the s. s. "Mishima Maru" in 1915 with Nidhan Singh's (a former leader of the Ghadr Party) Ghadr Party and attended the Jhar Sahib meeting in November. Was restricted to his village and subsequently sent for trial in the Supplementary Conspiracy Case and sentenced to transportation for life on 30th March 1916, which was reduced to 7 years' R. I. as a matter of clemency by the Punjab Government. While undergoing his term of imprisonment in the Hazari Bagh jail he escaped from custody, was recaptured and sentenced to two years' R. I. more. He was released conditionally from the Hoshangabad jail in May 1923. He was remanded to thejail to undergo unexpired portion (1 year, 10 months and 22 days) of the sentence of additional two years R. I., passed upon him on account of his escape from the Hazari Bagh jail which had accidentally been omitted from the form of acceptance of conditions signed by Kesar Singh at the time of his release. He was released from jail on the expiry of his sentence and is now living in Jand, P. S. Voltoha, and is reported to be quiet.

Description : Age about 40 years; height 5'-5"; sallow complexion; strong build; a boil mark on the right forearm; a boil mark on the left eye-brow.