John P. Saunders

John Poyntz Saunders
Born(1907-07-24)24 July 1907
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Died17 December 1928(1928-12-17) (aged 21)
Lahore, Punjab Province, British India
Cause of deathAssassination by gunshot
OccupationPolice officer

John Poyntz Saunders (24 July 1907 – 17 December 1928) was a British colonial police officer who was assassinated by Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, who mistook Saunders for their intended target, James Alexander Scott.

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