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Julio Francis Ribeiro, (born May 1929, Goa) is a retired Indian police officer and civil servant. He held increasingly responsible positions during his career, and led the Punjab Police during part of the Punjab insurgency periods. In 1987, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award for his services.[1] Since retirement, he has served on corporate boards of directors and performed social work.

Career

Ribeiro joined the Indian Police Service in 1953 and rose to be the Commissioner of Mumbai Police from 1982 to 1985. He was promoted to Director General of Central Reserve Police Force, then to Director General Police of Gujarat.

Ribeiro served as Director General of Punjab Police during its worst years of terrorism in Punjab. The New York Times reported that in the 1980s, Ribeiro led the Punjab police in a "ferocious crackdown" on Sikh militants, in a policy christened "bullet for bullet"[2] by Arun Nehru.[3]

He held positions such as Special Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs and Adviser to the Governor of Punjab.

Ribeiro also served as Indian Ambassador to Romania[4] from 1989 until 1993. In August 1991, Ribeiro was attacked and wounded in a Bucharest assassination attempt by gunmen[5] identified as Punjabi Sikhs.[2]

In an April 2006 interview with The Tribune, Julio Ribeiro explained that "It has been a role reversal for me... from fighting militants to fighting the corrupt administration." He went on to explain that while he had been offered positions in government, "Fighting with guns was no longer my cup of tea; and I wanted to work for the people of my city, Mumbai. I wanted to be useful to lower socio-economic classes, and thus decided to work at the grass roots level."[6]

He also serves as non-executive Director to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited and as a Director of IIT Corporate Services Ltd.[4]

Sikh militant attack and its history

In the morning of Oct 3 1986, Sikh militants in police uniforms drove into the headquarters of Punjab Armed Police in the city of Jalandhar, and attacked director general of Punjab police Mr Riberio with automatic weapons. Mr. Riberio survived but his wife received a bullet injury and his bodyguard died in the attack[7]. Mr Riberio only received a minor injury in his forearm because of a bullet graze.[8] Four other police and paramilitary officers also received wounds.[9][10] Even though dozens of police officers were present inside the headquarters but all six attackers escaped in a waiting truck.[11] Khalistan Commando Force later took responsibility of this attack[12].

Former police officer and Khalistan Commando Force chief General Labh Singh led the assassination attempt. [13][14]. Later 13 people including Wassan Singh Zaffarwal, Punjab Armed Police constable Dalwinder Singh and Baba Gurbachan Singh were charged in this case. Eight of them were later arrested and 5 were declared proclaimed offenders. [15]. General Labh Singh later died in an alleged police encounter[16][17]. Police constable Balwinder Singh was first arrested in this case, then dismissed him from service and later in march 1993, police murdered him in a staged police encounter. His dead body was not handed over to his family and police cremated it by itself. Police also kept his family in illegal detention for 11 months untill he was killed[18]. Later in 2004, when Khalistan movement diminished, Wassan Singh Zaffarwal was acquitted of charges in the absence of conspiracy proofs against him.[19]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

See also

Sikh extremism

References

  1. ^ "Padma Bhushan Awardees". india.gov.in. 1987. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
  2. ^ a b GARGAN, EDWARD (October 10, 1991). "ENVOY OF ROMANIA ABDUCTED IN INDIA". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  3. ^ Gupta, G. V. "'Bullet-for-bullet is not my baby'". The Tribune (India). Retrieved 2009-08-03.
  4. ^ a b "Board of Directors". Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited. undated. Retrieved 2009-05-31. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "World IN BRIEF - ROMANIA - Gunmen Wound India Ambassador". The Los Angeles Times. August 21, 1991. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  6. ^ Khanna, Ruchika M. (2006-04-27). "Ribeiro fighting corrupt administration". The Tribune. Retrieved 2009-05-31.
  7. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9PEPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BY0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4966,638725&dq=ribeiro+sikh
  8. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a7ISAAAAIBAJ&sjid=y_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2548,967763&dq=ribeiro+sikh
  9. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=43EQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YosDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6635,476265&dq=ribeiro+sikh
  10. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZNETAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kgYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4036,1046106&dq=ribeiro+sikh
  11. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-04/news/mn-4029_1_sikh-terrorism
  12. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MOIRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YO8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5113,1949144&dq=ribeiro+sikh
  13. ^ Walia, Varinder (2002-01-25). "Panjwar village hums with poll activity". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 2009-09-30. ...who was responsible for the attack on Mr J.F. Rebeiro, the then DGP...
  14. ^ The Windsor Star (2008-04-24). "India files complaint over 'martyrs' parade". Canada.com. Retrieved 2009-08-09. One of those featured -- Gen. Labh Singh -- led the assassination attempt on the director-general of Punjab police, Julio Ribeiro, in 1986.
  15. ^ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040206/punjab1.htm
  16. ^ Martha Crenshaw, ed. (January 1, 1995). Terrorism in Context. page 399: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 656. ISBN 978-0271010151. Retrieved 30 May 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  17. ^ Puneet Singh Lamba. "A Timeline of Sikh Religious and Political History". The Sikh Times. Retrieved 2009-08-09.
  18. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=bVTMqlezIrwC&pg=PT368&lpg=PT368&dq=ribiero+jalandhar+1986&source=bl&ots=sV_8c1-lke&sig=WxFXxfXwGhxXeww6ArBWLwKvFio&hl=en&ei=5jfESsy1OYTysQPZ7JmkCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CCgQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=&f=false
  19. ^ http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040207/asp/nation/story_2871173.asp
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