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(5 Jun 1984) GS CAS INDIA: The Punjab has been entirely immobilised by the • 06068401 government with a 2 month ban on reporting of anything • 1 VT+BVU relating to the crisis in the Punjab. The Hindu state • of Haryana has sealed its border to prevent Sikh gunmen • taking refuge from the army. The siege on the Golden • Temple in Amritsar was condemned by the Sikh extremists • leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, speaking of his men • fighting to the last. The head of the Sikh Akali Dal • Party, Harchand Singh Longowal gave himself up to the • Indian army along with 2 other important moderate leaders • of the Skih movement. According to the Indian news agency • the army sweep has resulted in more than 700 suspected • terrorists being arrested. • -------------------------------------------------------------- • INDIA SHOWS: GV Golden Temple; sandbagged fortifications; rooftop • Punjab tower from which Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale makes his speeches • Amritsar and fortified with sandbags; various Sikh observation posts • on the temple. • Haryana SHOWS: Haryana/Punjab border sign reading Welcome to the • Punjab - Granary of India ; sign showing percentages of grain • exported to rest of India; trucks lined up at Haryana • storehouse loaded with grain; piles of grain sacks; cu sign • on bag reading 'Produce of Punjab'; stacks of grain at • railway siding; trains being loaded with grain. • Punjab SHOWS: GV market of Khanna, largest grain market in Asia, • Khanna where traders have gone on strike to protest Sikh violence; • group of striking grain traders; trader(in English) explaining • why they are on strike. • Punjab SHOWS: Group of Akali Party Members marching on Amritsar • Amritsar police station to protest and chanting pro-Bhinrawale • slogans; protesters loaded onto police buses to be taken • away for arrest; various shots of Sikh demonstrators; • police watching; Sikh women arrested on police bus; various • scenes in Amritsar of army searches of vehicles for • weapons; army control post; more scenes of army searches; • soldiers on rooftop; soldiers point guns at Golden Temple • rooftop; long shot of Golden Temple; Sikhs standing on • bullet-holed temple steps; cu bullet holes which Sikhs • have dated in paint; Akali Dal leader Harchand Singh Longowal • condemning attacks on Golden Temple; PAN from temple to bus • burned out by Sikh demonstrators; interview extremist • Sikh leader Bhinrawale, saying government action is proof • of Sikh slavery and bondage; armed Sikhs guarding temple • buildings; militant Sikhs barricading temple windows and • lookouts; water being taken from temple lake; government • forces on streets; scenes of government troop fortifications • on streets; interiors of government troops cleaning their • weapons ready for next assault; various scenes of government • forces in the Amritsar streets. Date Shot: 5.6.84 • EX VID(Engl/Hindi sp+ WTN 8.30mins • Engl trans.) • T/I:0.50secs • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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