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Bachint Singh

Village: Bundala

City: Jalandhar

Bachint Singh, son of Bhagwan Singh, Jat, of Bundala, P. S. Nurmahal, District Jullundur. He was sentenced to 9 Months' imprisonment under Section 457, of the Indian Penal Code, in 1905. Subsequently he went to Canada whence he returned by the s.s. "Tenyo Maru", and the s.s. "Australien" in December 1914. He was reported to be a dangerous leader of the Ghadr Party in the Province, and a warrant for his arrest was issued, but in the meanwhile he was arrested under Section 399, Indian Penal Code for complicity in the Kartarpur dacoity, and sentenced to 7 years imprisonment. He was finally acquitted by the Chief Court in this case, but was subsequently prosecuted under Section 126 of the Railway Act, and sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment. He took part in the Akali agitation and was convicted in connection with the Guru-ka-Bagh affair in 1922. Later on he went to live in Calcutta, and in 1923 applied for a passport to Mexico for the ostensible purpose of taking up cultivation, but in view of his past record his request was not granted. He is reported, however, to have managed to get to the Argentine somehow, without a passport, and has been there for the last 7 or 8 years. He is a man of political bent of mind and is a dangerous person. He corresponds from the Argentine with his brother Bawa Singh who lives in Bundala.

Description : Fair complexion; medium build; broad nose; age about 40/ 42 years; knows Gurmukhi.