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Mewa Singh

Village: Majitha

City: Amritsar

Mewa Singh, son of Maghar Singh, Gill, of Majitha, P. S. Majitha, District Amritsar. Was employed as the Chief Officer of the French Consular Police at Canton. Used to be a timekeeper on the Kowloon- Canton Railway. Was Granthi at Hong Kong and got into trouble because of his seditious tendencies. At the end of 1914 he wrote to Harchand Singh of Lyallpur commending to him one Thakur Singh of Ikolaha (T- 20) who was sailing for India. Thakur Singh proved later to be violent seditionist. Mewa Singh was reported to have been a sedition-monger in Canton and a dangerous man. Used a receive copies of the "Ghadr" regularly from Jagat Ram of Hariana (J-2). Entertained at Canton the "Tosha Maru" emissaries who went to see the German Consul. Arrived at Calcutta by the s. s. "Nam Sang" on the 7th of September 1915, having been deported from Hong Kong and was arrested and interned. Was reported to be a relation of Sardar Sundar Singh Majitha. Was the recipient of a highly seditious letter from Dost Muhammad Khan (D-31). Is reported to be employed in Ganji Bar, district Montgomery, on the lands of Sir Sundar Singh Majitha. Reported to entertain political views and associate with Congress workers. Owns landed property.

Description : Age 55/56 years; height 5-7"; grey beard; wheat complexion.