Shaheed Bhai Kuldeep Singh Gogha

Khalistan Commando Force

 

Bhai Kuldeep Singh was born in the year 1972 to the blessed womb of mother, Mata Gurdev Kaur and father, Sardar Karnail Singh, in the village of Rure Ke Kalan, district Barnala. Bhai Kuldeep Singh was the youngest of five children. He has two elder brothers and two elder sisters; in order – Bhai Hari Singh, Bibi Amarjit Kaur, Bhai Leela Singh and Bibi Paramjit Kaur. Bhai Kuldeep Singh completed his primary schooling at his local village. He then decided to quit his studies to help his father in farming their family-owned land.

 

He was still very young, most likely 17/18yrs when he came into contact with a Jhujaru Singh by the name of Bhai Naib Singh Rurka Kalan, who was known to have full control of the local village and area. Bhai Naib Singh served with Khalistan Commando Force, under the command of Jathedar Paramjit Singh Panjwar. This regular contact inspired Bhai Kuldeep Singh to join the armed movement. So, one day he declared his prayer to the Almighty that he would now dedicate his life to serving justice and the fight for Khalistan. On this day, he bid his family farewell without mentioning his plan and quietly left his home, never to return.

 

Bhai Kuldeep Singh arrived to where the Jhujaru Singhs were located and greeted them with great enthusiasm and exclaimed he would now join them to serve the Khalsa Panth. The Jhujaru Singhs took this positively and commended his dedication. However, they were aware that he was so very young still and should be with his family. Bhai Kuldeep Singh declined and said, “I will not go back home, I have already pledged my prayer and oath to Waheguru and will not go against my word.” The Jhujaru Singhs could not refuse and allowed him to join the group. Bhai Kuldeep Singh served with his fellow Jhujaru Singhs. He participated in eliminating many secret informants and touts.

 

Bhai Sahib had been living with the Jhujaru Singhs for 6 months, when on 14th October 1992, Bhai Kuldeep Singh along with Bhai Naib Singh Rure Ke Kalan and Harmandeep Singh were under the eyes of an informant who told the police of their whereabouts in village Tajoke. This informant was no normal informant, but rather someone who the Jhujaru Singhs thought they could trust. It was the owner of a specific hiding location in the village of Tajoke. The Jhujaru Singhs were made to feel comfortable and had them leave their firearms in the house in the thought they were safe. The Jhujaru Singhs now went to the fields to sleep but Bhai Naib Singh took one AK47 rifle just in case. It was then, that the owner informed the police who then immediately surrounded the village which caught the Jhujaru Singhs off-guard. The Jhujaru Singhs only had one AK47 rifle and used this as a burst fire to keep the enemy at a distance as long as possible. The battle began at 22:00 and continued for some few hours. Once the last bullet was shot from their AK47, the Jhujaru Singhs knew this was the end and all three attained Shaheedi (martyrdom) by swallowing capsules of cyanide.

 

The local villagers came out to see in their hundreds and pay their respects. The police returned the perished bodies of these brave soldiers to their families but were not permitted to bring them back to their home village to complete their final funeral rites. The police instructed the funeral to take place at the crematorium in their presence at Barnala. We are forever indebted to these Shaheed Singhs and the young minds who understood the oppression and slavery wreaked upon the Sikh nation, deciding it would be more honourable to fight and give up their head than to live, standby and watch.

 

Information given by the family of Shaheed Bhai Kuldeep Singh Gogha