US Sikh rights group asked to serve summons to PM by June 18

April 25, 2014 12:47

A United States court has asked a Sikh rights group to serve summons on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by June 18 or face dismissal of a case of alleged human rights violations against him.

The summons against Dr Singh was issued by a federal judge in Washington DC last year on the charges of "funding several counter insurgency operations in the state of Punjab during the 1990s resulting in more than hundred thousand Sikhs being tortured and extra judicially killed by the security forces".

The case was filed by the New York-based Sikhs for Justice.

In its April 18th order, the District Judge James E Boasberg states that "Plaintiffs shall file proof of service on or before June 18, 2014".

Failure to file proof of service as per court order will result in the dismissal of the lawsuit against Singh, it said.

The SFJ in a statement said that it would now employ "alternate means" to accomplish the service of outstanding US court summons on the Prime Minister.

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