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Ujagar Singh

Village: Kokri Kalan

City: Ferozepore

Ujagar Singh, son of Waskha (or Basakha) Singh, of Kokri Kalan, P. S. Melina, District Ferozepore. An ex-convict. According to his own statement he served a sentence of 5 years' rigorous imprisonment in India in respect of a case of causing death, but this could not be substantiated. Subsequently he went to the Malay States, where he played the part of a bully. While there he committed a brutal and unprovoked attack with an axe on a retired Police Sergeant-Major for which he was sentenced to 4 months rigorous imprisonment. While in prison he went on hunger strike. In May 1932 he was deported to India. Was reported to have become a Granthi in a Gurdwara at his village in September 1932, and has not been heard of since.

Description : Age about 41 years; height 5’7, 1/4"; a scar on the right foot and one on left knee; one vaccination mark on left upper arm and one on elbow.