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Sikh assassins of Indira Gandhi honoured in
Golden Temple complex
Sunday January 06, 2013 08:48:34 PM,
IANS
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Amritsar:
Two assassins of prime minister Indira Gandhi were Sunday honoured
by a senior Sikh clergyman to mark the 24th anniversary of their
hanging.
The head of Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikh
religion, honoured the kin of the assassins at the Golden Temple
complex here.
Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh were hanged 24 years ago for gunning
down Gandhi at her official residence, an event that led to
large-scale anti-Sikh violence in parts of India.
While Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, who were in the security ring
of Indira Gandhi, shot her down from close range Oct 31, 1984,
Kehar Singh was linked to the murder conspiracy.
Beant Singh was shot dead by Indira Gandhi's security guards on
the spot.
Indira Gandhi was assassinated for ordering the Indian Army into
the Golden Temple complex in June 1984 to flush out heavily armed
militants led by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale.
The Akal Takht head, Gurbachan Singh, presented a 'siropa' (robe
of honour) to Tirlok Singh, father of Satwant Singh, at a
function.
Radical group Dal Khalsa leader Kanwarpal Singh said the Akal
Takht chief accorded them the status of 'martyrs of faith'.
Top leaders of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC),
which manages the Golden Temple and other major gurdwaras across
Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, were not present on the
occasion.
The SGPC courted controversy in October last year when it honoured
the kin of two terrorists who had killed former Indian Army chief,
General A.S. Vaidya.
The SGPC offered religious prayers and honoured the kin of
Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) terrorists Harjinder Singh Jinda
and Sukhdev Singh Sukha at the Golden Temple complex.
The event was organised to observe the death anniversaries of
these terrorists.
Jinda and Sukha had shot dead Gen. Vaidya in Pune in 1986 to seek
revenge for "Operation Bluestar", as the Indian Army operation was
known.
Jinda and Sukha were sentenced to death and hanged in 1992.
Lt. Gen. K.S. Brar, who led the army operation at the shrine, was
attacked by a group of young men in London in September last year.
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