A civilian was kidnapped by unknown people and killed
Document- Date
- ۱۱ اردیبهشت ۱۳۹۸
- Year of Incident
- 2019
- Geolocation (province level)
Latitude: 34.5168788437339
Longitude: 69.1499999975304
- Geolocation (province level) (linked Document)
- Kabul
- Types of Incident
- Abduction
- Conflict Parties
- Taliban
- Alleged crimes in the incident
- Crime against humanity: Murder
- War crime: Wilful killing
- Perpetrators
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)
- Summary
Arijit Singh was kidnapped by unknown people and killed. Singh's body was found and buried by Kabul police in March 2019, despite his family reporting him missing. His family was upset that he was not returned to them for burial and said that the police should have known that he was Sikh due to his turban. Police arrested a husband and wife in connection with Singh's kidnapping and death. Sikhs are frequently targeted by police looking for bribes. They also report discrimination in court cases and educational facilities.
- Sources
Blood in the Abode of Peace: The attack on Kabul's Sikhs, Favrizio Foschini, Afghanistan Analysts Network, April 1, 2020, available at https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/war-and-peace/blood-in-the-abode-of-peace-the-attack-on-kabuls-sikhs/. I followed a link in the article to information on Singh's kidnapping, death and burial: Police Accused of Neglect in Rescuing Afghan Sikh, Anisa Shaheed, Tolo News, May 14, 2019, available at: https://tolonews.com/index.php/afghanistan/police-accused-neglect-rescuing-afghan-sikh.