The police were accused of killing unarmed suspects in staged shootouts and burning thousands of dead bodies to cover up the murders.

[5] The Central Bureau of Investigation, a Union Government agency, concluded that police had unlawfully cremated 2,097 people in Tarn Taran district alone.

[2] As per CBI investigation records quoted by Supreme Court (speaking through Sathasivam J - as his Lordship was then - and Chauhan J in Prithpal Singh v State of Punjab)[6] he was a human rights activist working on the abduction, elimination, and cremation of unclaimed human bodies during the Insurgency Period in Indian Punjab.

[7] While searching for some colleagues who went missing, Khalra discovered files from the municipal corporation of Amritsar which contained the names, ages, and addresses of those who had been killed and later burnt by the police.

Jaswant Singh's wife, Paramjit Kaur Khalra, has continued her husband's activism and is a noted human rights activist herself.

[16][17] On 11 April 2011, the Supreme Court of India dismissed the appeal filed against the sentence to life imprisonment for the four accused, scathingly criticizing the atrocities committed by Punjab Police during the disturbance period.

[18][19] The City Council of Fresno approved the proposal to rename Victoria Park after Jaswant Singh Khalra on 26 August 2017.

"[21] A Hindi movie is set to be released on the life of Jaswant Singh Khalra named Panjab '95 featuring Diljit Dosanjh in February 2025.