Was Geeta Aulakh killed with a Sikh Kirpan?
18 year old Sher Singh of Wren Avenue, Southall, will appear at Ealing Magistrates Court today, charged with the murder of Geeta Aulakh.
Before Sher Singh was charged, the Guardian reported:
Senior sources believe the 28-year-old was held down by more than one assailant and struck repeatedly with either a sabre or a machete as she went to pick up her two sons from their childminder…
…The Guardian understands that detectives have been given a detailed account of the attack by a handful of key witnesses.
In the frenzied assault, Aulakh was struck repeatedly around the head with the sabre-like weapon. She fought for her life, sustaining a serious wound to her right hand which severed it from her arm, leading to speculation that it was cut off deliberately in some sort of religious ritual. The suggestion is a distraction, sources say. The wound was a classic defence injury against an assault with a long, extremely sharp weapon.
The description of a ‘sabre’ or ‘sabre-like weapon’ is very distinctive in a police report. A sabre is a distinctive type of sword with a curved blade and a hand guard.
The description matches that of the full-size Sikh Kirpan.
Sikh Kirpans on display at Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Leicester. Was s sword like this used to kill Geeta Aulakh?
If Sher Singh (a name which approximately translates as ‘Sikh Lion’) used a Kirpan in this murder, it will increase the impression that Geeta Aulakh was killed for a supposedly religious or cultural motive.
It is worth noting that the Kirpan- one of the 5 ‘K’s that baptised or ‘Khalsa’ Sikhs are obliged to keep- is meant to be used to protect the weak and innocent. Tragically no Kirpan was available to defend Geeta Aulakh when her innocent life depended on it.
