N-6. Nahar Singh, son of Thakur Singh, Village Gujjarwal, P. S. Dehlon, District Ludhiana. He was one of Randhir Singh’s (R-29) dupes in the attempt to foment a rebellion. He was with him in the abortive raid on Ferozepore. He was sent for trial in the Lahore Supplementary Case and sentenced to transportation for life which was afterwards reduced to five years' R. I. After his release he was placed under Police surveillance for three years, he then worked as a teacher in some schools. He is said to be the author of the biographies of Bhai Randhir Singh (R-29) and Kartar Singh (hanged) of village Saraba, district Ludhiana. He was found in 1923 to be carrying on surreptitious correspondence with certain Sikhs convicted of sedition in the Punjab Ghadr Conspiracy Case (1914-15) and confined in the Nagpur jail, in 1923-24. As a result of this he forwarded an article to the "Forward" (now "Liberty") ofCalcutta, which appeared in its issue ofthe 9th February 1929, depicting "Jail horrors" in rebpect of political prisoners and tried to make out a case for special legislation to relieve their sufferings. In 1924 he was a school master in the Samrala Middle School, Ludhiana. In 1928-29 he was Assistant Editor ofthe "Asli Qaumi Dard" and editor of "Dusht Daman" (Destroyer of the Evil), a Gurmukhi paper started from Amritsar in 1928, but stopped after publishing some issues at irregular intervals. The latter was subsequently taken over by Giani Sher Singh, formerly Editor ofthe "Asli Qaumi Dard". He has been working for the last 3 or 4 years as a sub- Editor of the "Sikh Sewak" of Amritsar, which is financed by the Sikhs abroad. Is an Akali and entertains revolutionary ideas.

Description : Sallow complexion; tall; thin build; age about 36 years.