Angrez Singh, the elder brother of slain kabaddi player Sandeep Singh Nangal Ambiyan, has flagged a sharp cut in his police security. He says the cover given to him has been reduced to one-third of what it once was. His complaint comes right after the murder of a man known as Jhota, and he is asking a direct question: will the government learn any lessons this time?
Angrez spoke while sitting among the large trophies his brother Sandeep won. The trophies are displayed with pride at their ancestral home in Nangal Ambiyan village in Shahkot.
Sandeep Nangal Ambiyan Murder: Four Years On, Family Still Waiting
Sandeep was killed at a kabaddi tournament in Mallian Khurd village in Jalandhar. Four years have passed since that murder. In that time, the family says the state's attention to their safety has only gone down.
Angrez was first given three policemen for his protection. That cover now stands at one-third of the original strength. He visited Jhota's family on Saturday, and the visit appears to have sharpened his question about what protection means in practice.
Angrez Singh's Message on Police Protection and the Price of Speaking Truth
Angrez named other men from Punjab who were killed before his brother, and then pointed to Jhota as the latest. In his words, the pattern has repeated too many times, and the family now wonders whose photo will be next.
"Pehlan Sidhu Moosewala, Deep Sidhu, fer apna Sandeep, hun chauthi 'Jhote' di photo lag gayi. Asi sochida hun panjvi kihdi photo lagni hai. Jehra eddan da sahi kamm kar reha, sach di awaz nu chakda, ohnu police protection deni chahidi hai." — Angrez Singh, as reported in the original story
Translated, his point is simple. First Sidhu Moosewala, then Deep Sidhu, then his own brother Sandeep, and now Jhota is the fourth face. The family keeps asking who will be fifth. Angrez says anyone doing the right kind of work, anyone raising the voice of truth, should be given police protection.
What This Means for the Family and for Others Who Speak Up
The demand here is not complicated. It is about the state keeping its promise of security to people who are exposed because of who they are or what they say. The reduction in Angrez's cover, in his telling, sends the opposite signal.
- Angrez Singh's security was cut from three policemen to one-third of that strength
- Sandeep Nangal Ambiyan was murdered at a kabaddi tournament in Mallian Khurd village, Jalandhar
- Four years have passed since the murder, and the family says protection has shrunk, not grown
- Angrez visited Jhota's family on Saturday and repeated his demand for protection
Our Take: A Security Cut Is a Message, and It Is the Wrong One
In our view, this story is not only about one family's security detail. It is about what the state signals when it pulls back protection from the brother of a murdered public figure. If a man who lost his brother at a kabaddi ground cannot keep his police cover, ordinary people who speak up will read that as a warning.
To put it plainly, Angrez Singh is asking a fair question. Four names in a row is not a coincidence the government can keep ignoring. Protection should follow risk, not convenience. If the family of Sandeep Nangal Ambiyan has to keep counting policemen outside their door, then the promise of safety for those who raise the voice of truth is not being kept.
The least the government can do is restore the cover it gave him, and explain why it was ever reduced.
Sources & References
- Original story: Angrez Singh's statement on the security cut and the Jhota murder, as reported in the primary news report
