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Sarup Singh

Village: Lalpura

City: Udaipur

Sarup Singh, son of Atma Singh, Lalpura, Afghanistan. He was employed at the Punjab Akali shop in Kabul and was reported to be one of the most prominent members of the Ghadr Party in Afghanistan. On the expulsion of Rattan Singh, alias Ishar Singh (H-36) from Kabul he took over charge ofthe Ghadr Party headquarters in Kabul. He has in his confidence one Mohd. Ali of Lalpura. He came to India on 5th March 1932 with Hamam Singh Nami (H-54) and both were arrested in Peshawar for breach of passport rules and awarded two months' imprisonment. Subsequently they were prosecuted under Section 40 of the Frontier Crimes Regulation on 1st September 1932, and Sarup Singh was ordered to furnish security of Rs. 10,000 or to undergo three years' imprisonment in default. As he was unable to furnish security he was sent to jail.