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	\| spouse = Farzana ~~Nisara~~ Khatun		\| spouse = [[Farzana Nesara Khatun]]
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	'''Mohammad Izhar Alam''' ~~is a~~ former Indian Police official and the erstwhile [[Director General of Police]] of the state of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name="Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7NLxvbWDXYC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PR21 \| title=Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8 \| publisher=Allied Publishers \| year=2002 \| isbn=9788177644906}}</ref> According to a paper released by the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2005, during his tenure as the head of the State police, he is reported to have fostered a combat force, by name ''Fauj-e-Alam'' (Alam's Army),<ref name="Sikh Siyasat News">{{cite web \| url=http://sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/19/izhar-alam-who-killed-sikhs-in-1990s-indulges-in-forced-conversions-of-poor-sikhs-to-islam/ \| title=Sikh Siyasat News \| publisher=Sikh Siyasat News \| date=19 July 2013 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> composed of around 150 [[Cashiering\|dismissed]] police officials and reformed Sikh insurgents, to work alongside the [[Punjab Police (India)\|Punjab police]] ranks.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Alam-Sena-staged-encounter-killings/articleshow/9940331.cms \| title=Alam Sena staged encounter killings \| publisher=Times of India \| date=11 September 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The force is alleged to have been engaged in torture and extrajudicial killings of insurgents from 1984 to 1994.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings" />		'''Mohammad Izhar Alam''' (4 August 1948 – 6 July 2021)<ref>[https://punjabi.abplive.com/news/punjab/former-punjab-dgp-padma-shri-izhar-alam-passes-away-626378/ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਦੇ ਸਾਬਕਾ ਡੀਜੀਪੀ ਪਦਮਸ੍ਰੀ ਇਜ਼ਹਾਰ ਆਲਮ ਦਾ ਦੇਹਾਂਤ] {{in lang\|pa}}</ref> was an Indian Police official and the erstwhile [[Director General of Police]] of the state of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name="Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7NLxvbWDXYC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PR21 \| title=Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8 \| publisher=Allied Publishers \| year=2002 \| isbn=9788177644906}}</ref> According to a paper released by the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2005, during his tenure as the head of the State police, he is reported to have fostered a combat force, by name ''Fauj-e-Alam'' (Alam's Army),<ref name="Sikh Siyasat News">{{cite web \| url=http://sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/19/izhar-alam-who-killed-sikhs-in-1990s-indulges-in-forced-conversions-of-poor-sikhs-to-islam/ \| title=Sikh Siyasat News \| publisher=Sikh Siyasat News \| date=19 July 2013 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> composed of around 150 [[Cashiering\|dismissed]] police officials and reformed Sikh insurgents, to work alongside the [[Punjab Police (India)\|Punjab police]] ranks.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Alam-Sena-staged-encounter-killings/articleshow/9940331.cms \| title=Alam Sena staged encounter killings \| publisher=Times of India \| date=11 September 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The force is alleged to have been engaged in torture and extrajudicial killings of insurgents from 1984 to 1994.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings" />

	After [[superannuation]] from the Police force, Alam became the chairman of the Wakf Board, the state unit of the [[Central Wakf Council]].<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/battle-of-begums-in-malerkotla/article1-797045.aspx \| title=Battle of begums in Malerkotla \| publisher=Hindustan Times \| date=14 January 2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> He also entered politics and attempted to contest the 2012 Assembly elections from [[Malerkotla]] constituency on [[Akali Dal]] ticket,<ref name="Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions">{{cite web \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mohammad-izhar-alam-a-man-of-contradictions/872943/ \| title=Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions \| publisher=Indian Express \| date=9 November 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> but withdrew when he faced opposition from a faction of the party.<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla" /> Farzana Nissara Khatoon, his wife,<ref name="Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9kY8AAi4SwC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PA112 \| title=Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion \| publisher=Lexington Books \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015 \| author=Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa \| pages=127 \| isbn=9780739167373}}</ref> replaced him in the elections and was successful.<ref name="Punjab Assembly Election 2012">{{cite web \| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=752&cid=105 \| title=Punjab Assembly Election 2012 \| publisher=Empowering India \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded Alam the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>		After [[superannuation]] from the Police force, Alam became the chairman of the Wakf Board, the state unit of the [[Central Wakf Council]].<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/battle-of-begums-in-malerkotla/article1-797045.aspx \| title=Battle of begums in Malerkotla \| publisher=Hindustan Times \| date=14 January 2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}{{dead link\|date=August 2021\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> He also entered politics and attempted to contest the 2012 Assembly elections from [[Malerkotla]] constituency on [[Akali Dal]] ticket,<ref name="Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions">{{cite web \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mohammad-izhar-alam-a-man-of-contradictions/872943/ \| title=Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions \| publisher=Indian Express \| date=9 November 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> but withdrew when he faced opposition from a faction of the party.<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla" /> Farzana Nissara Khatoon, his wife,<ref name="Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9kY8AAi4SwC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PA112 \| title=Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion \| publisher=Lexington Books \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015 \| author=Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa \| pages=127 \| isbn=9780739167373}}</ref> replaced him in the elections and was successful.<ref name="Punjab Assembly Election 2012">{{cite web \| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=752&cid=105 \| title=Punjab Assembly Election 2012 \| publisher=Empowering India \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded Alam the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

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	'''Mohammad Izhar Alam''' is a former Indian Police official and the erstwhile [[Director General of Police]] of the state of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name="Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7NLxvbWDXYC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PR21 \| title=Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8 \| publisher=Allied Publishers \| year=2002 \| isbn=9788177644906}}</ref> According to a paper released by the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2005, during his tenure as the head of the State police, he is reported to have fostered a combat force, by name ''Fauj-e-Alam'' (Alam's Army),<ref name="Sikh Siyasat News">{{cite web \| url=http://sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/19/izhar-alam-who-killed-sikhs-in-1990s-indulges-in-forced-conversions-of-poor-sikhs-to-islam/ \| title=Sikh Siyasat News \| publisher=Sikh Siyasat News \| date=19 July 2013 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> composed of around 150 [[Cashiering\|dismissed]] police officials and reformed Sikh insurgents, to work alongside the [[Punjab Police (India)\|Punjab police]] ranks.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Alam-Sena-staged-encounter-killings/articleshow/9940331.cms \| title=Alam Sena staged encounter killings \| publisher=Times of India \| date=11 September 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The force is alleged to have been engaged in torture and extrajudicial killings of insurgents from 1984 to 1994.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings" />		'''Mohammad Izhar Alam''' is a former Indian Police official and the erstwhile [[Director General of Police]] of the state of [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]].<ref name="Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7NLxvbWDXYC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PR21 \| title=Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8 \| publisher=Allied Publishers \| year=2002 \| isbn=9788177644906}}</ref> According to a paper released by the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2005, during his tenure as the head of the State police, he is reported to have fostered a combat force, by name ''Fauj-e-Alam'' (Alam's Army),<ref name="Sikh Siyasat News">{{cite web \| url=http://sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/19/izhar-alam-who-killed-sikhs-in-1990s-indulges-in-forced-conversions-of-poor-sikhs-to-islam/ \| title=Sikh Siyasat News \| publisher=Sikh Siyasat News \| date=19 July 2013 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> composed of around 150 [[Cashiering\|dismissed]] police officials and reformed Sikh insurgents, to work alongside the [[Punjab Police (India)\|Punjab police]] ranks.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings">{{cite web \| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Alam-Sena-staged-encounter-killings/articleshow/9940331.cms \| title=Alam Sena staged encounter killings \| publisher=Times of India \| date=11 September 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The force is alleged to have been engaged in torture and extrajudicial killings of insurgents from 1984 to 1994.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings" />

	After [[superannuation]] from the Police force, Alam became the chairman of the Wakf Board, the state unit of the [[Central Wakf Council]].<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/battle-of-begums-in-malerkotla/article1-797045.aspx \| title=Battle of begums in Malerkotla \| publisher=Hindustan Times \| date=14 January 2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> He also ~~joined~~ politics and attempted to contest the 2012 Assembly elections from [[Malerkotla]] constituency on [[Akali Dal]] ticket,<ref name="Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions">{{cite web \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mohammad-izhar-alam-a-man-of-contradictions/872943/ \| title=Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions \| publisher=Indian Express \| date=9 November 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> but withdrew when he faced opposition from a faction of the party.<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla" /> Farzana Nissara Khatoon, his wife,<ref name="Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9kY8AAi4SwC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PA112 \| title=Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion \| publisher=Lexington Books \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015 \| author=Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa \| pages=127 \| isbn=9780739167373}}</ref> replaced him in the elections and was successful.<ref name="Punjab Assembly Election 2012">{{cite web \| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=752&cid=105 \| title=Punjab Assembly Election 2012 \| publisher=Empowering India \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded Alam the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>		After [[superannuation]] from the Police force, Alam became the chairman of the Wakf Board, the state unit of the [[Central Wakf Council]].<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla">{{cite web \| url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/battle-of-begums-in-malerkotla/article1-797045.aspx \| title=Battle of begums in Malerkotla \| publisher=Hindustan Times \| date=14 January 2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> He also entered politics and attempted to contest the 2012 Assembly elections from [[Malerkotla]] constituency on [[Akali Dal]] ticket,<ref name="Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions">{{cite web \| url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mohammad-izhar-alam-a-man-of-contradictions/872943/ \| title=Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions \| publisher=Indian Express \| date=9 November 2011 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> but withdrew when he faced opposition from a faction of the party.<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla" /> Farzana Nissara Khatoon, his wife,<ref name="Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9kY8AAi4SwC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PA112 \| title=Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion \| publisher=Lexington Books \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015 \| author=Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa \| pages=127 \| isbn=9780739167373}}</ref> replaced him in the elections and was successful.<ref name="Punjab Assembly Election 2012">{{cite web \| url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=752&cid=105 \| title=Punjab Assembly Election 2012 \| publisher=Empowering India \| date=2012 \| accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded Alam the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

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'''Mohammad Izhar Alam''' is a former Indian Police official and the erstwhile [[Director General of Police]] of the state of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name="Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7NLxvbWDXYC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PR21 | title=Criminal Justice India Series, Volume 8 | publisher=Allied Publishers | year=2002 | isbn=9788177644906}}</ref> According to a paper released by the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2005, during his tenure as the head of the State police, he is reported to have fostered a combat force, by name ''Fauj-e-Alam'' (Alam's Army),<ref name="Sikh Siyasat News">{{cite web | url=http://sikhsiyasat.net/2013/07/19/izhar-alam-who-killed-sikhs-in-1990s-indulges-in-forced-conversions-of-poor-sikhs-to-islam/ | title=Sikh Siyasat News | publisher=Sikh Siyasat News | date=19 July 2013 | accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> composed of around 150 [[Cashiering|dismissed]] police officials and reformed Sikh insurgents, to work alongside the [[Punjab Police (India)|Punjab police]] ranks.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Alam-Sena-staged-encounter-killings/articleshow/9940331.cms | title=Alam Sena staged encounter killings | publisher=Times of India | date=11 September 2011 | accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The force is alleged to have been engaged in torture and extrajudicial killings of insurgents from 1984 to 1994.<ref name="Alam Sena staged encounter killings" />

After [[superannuation]] from the Police force, Alam became the chairman of the Wakf Board, the state unit of the [[Central Wakf Council]].<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/battle-of-begums-in-malerkotla/article1-797045.aspx | title=Battle of begums in Malerkotla | publisher=Hindustan Times | date=14 January 2012 | accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> He also joined politics and attempted to contest the 2012 Assembly elections from [[Malerkotla]] constituency on [[Akali Dal]] ticket,<ref name="Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions">{{cite web | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/mohammad-izhar-alam-a-man-of-contradictions/872943/ | title=Mohammad Izhar Alam: a man of contradictions | publisher=Indian Express | date=9 November 2011 | accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> but withdrew when he faced opposition from a faction of the party.<ref name="Battle of begums in Malerkotla" /> Farzana Nissara Khatoon, his wife,<ref name="Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9kY8AAi4SwC&q=Mohd.+Izhar+Alam&pg=PA112 | title=Civil Society in Malerkotla, Punjab: Fostering Resilience Through Religion | publisher=Lexington Books | date=2012 | accessdate=August 30, 2015 | author=Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa | pages=127 | isbn=9780739167373}}</ref> replaced him in the elections and was successful.<ref name="Punjab Assembly Election 2012">{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=752&cid=105 | title=Punjab Assembly Election 2012 | publisher=Empowering India | date=2012 | accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded Alam the fourth highest civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1987.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | accessdate=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Punjab insurgency]]
* [[Khalistan movement]]
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iePQz4W8jSU | title=Izhar Alam ex-DGP - Punjab | publisher=Imran Salim | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=26 October 2011 | accessdate=August 30, 2015}}

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