Charanjit Singh Channa

Kharku Status

Active Kharku

Jathedar

Bhai Jarnail Singh Halwara (Dusht Sodh Commando Force/ KLF) and Bhai Balwinder Singh Jatana Babbar Khalsa

Sathi Singh (fellow Singhs)

Bhai Jarnail Singh Halwara, Bhai Balwinder Singh Jatana, Bhai Harmeet Singh Bhauwal, Bhai Jaswinder Singh Kala Bhauwal, Bhai Bhagat Singh Bhagta Ropar, Bhai Bisheshar Singh Fauji Luhari (Fatehgarh Sahib), Bhai Dhyan Singh Janjhori, Bhai Baldev Singh Bhaku Majra, Bhai Davinder Singh Kheri, Bhai Amarjit Singh Kheri, Bhai Gurmeet Singh Aghi, Bhai Fultar Singh Ferozepur, Bhai Sukhwant Singh Nangali (Kama Gharala Kand), Bhai Manjit Singh Makdona Kalan, Bhai Gurdial Singh Kauli, Bhai Amrik Singh Kauli

Shaheedi Date

04 September 1991

Encounter type

Real Encounter

Place of Shaheedi

Sadhugarh, Fatehgarh Sahib, Fatehgarh Sahib

Name of Sathi Singh who got Shaheed together

Bhai Balwinder Singh Jatana

Short Shaheedi Story

On September 4, 1991, about five to six days after the Jatana Village Massacre, Bhai Balwinder Singh and Bhai Charanjit Singh Channa were intercepted at a checkpoint near Sadhugarh while returning from a meeting in Patiala. They were traveling in a white gypsy with the registration number CH-01 8206. Bhai Jatana used a fake CBI ID, and the police initially allowed them to pass. However, an informer, allegedly Daljit Singh Dalli, revealed their identity, prompting a police chase. The vehicle overturned near Saidpur village, and both men fled into the paddy fields under heavy gunfire. With limited ammunition and severe injuries, Bhai Channa urged Bhai Jatana to escape, but he refused. They chose to die together, consuming cyanide to avoid capture.