Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala

Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (1964 - 29 July 1992) was a terrorist, sikh radical who took up as 3rd chief of terror group Khalistan Liberation Force after elimination of the predecessors either after encounters with police & security forces or due to inter-group rivalries. [1][2]

Bhai

Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala
Nickname(s)Budhsinghwala
Born1964
Village Budhsinghwala, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Died29 July 1992
Ludhiana, Punjab, India
AllegianceKhalistan Liberation Force
Years of service1986 - 1992
Battles/warsInsurgency in Punjab

Early life and family

Gurjant Singh was born in the village of Budhsinghwala, District Faridkot in the year of 1964. He had four siblings—one sister and three brothers. He was learned although after being tortured by the police multiple times and his grandfather being killed by Punjab Police, as he was a religious Amritdhari Sikh, he joined the KLF in 1986.[3]

Participation in the Khalistan Movement

Gurjant Singh's grandfather died in 1984 when Indian Security Forces opened indiscriminate firing on his home, even though he participated in no crimes. Gurjant Singh took revenge and killed top Punjab Police officers including AS Brar and SSP Patiala. He

Khalistan Liberation Force was established by Aroor Singh in 1986. Avtar Singh Brahma headed it until his death on 22 July 1988.[4] Budhsinghwala gained command of a faction of KLF.[5]

Actions

India Today's, Volume 17 mentioned that Budhsinghwala was responsible for the killings and injury of key police officers and politicians.[6][7]

The Jain Committee stated that he along with Jagjit Singh Chohan had planned the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

Death

Budhsinghwala was killed in a police encounter on 29 July 1992, in Ludhiana, when he and other members of KLF were meeting. The firefight took several hours. Police stated that Singh was killed in the house where meeting was taking place, while some witnesses claim that he was killed in an alleyway 50 meters away from the house. His body was not returned to his family and was secretly cremated as police feared that his body might be used as a propaganda tool. [1] At the time of his death, he was wanted in 37 cases of assassination.[7]

Afterwards

After Budhsinghwala's death, Dr Pritam Singh Sekhon succeeded him as head of the KLF.[8] His death anniversaries are regularly observed in Punjab, North America, Europe and other parts of India by various political parties.[9][10]

References
  1. "IHRO Human Right Watch". Ihro.in. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  2. India: human rights violations in Punjab : use and abuse of the law. Amnesty International. 1991. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  3. Pettigrew, Joyce (1995). The Sikhs of the Punjab: unheard voices of State and Guerilla violence. Zed Books. ISBN 978-1-85649-355-0. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. Social Post (14 June 2006). "The bloody history of Punjab's new district | India - Oneindia News". News.oneindia.in. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
  5. "Death report exaggerated". The Independent. London. 29 August 1992. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  6. India Today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited. July 1992. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  7. Joshi, Manoj (1993). Combating Terrorism in Punjab: Indian Democracy in Crisis. Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  8. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  9. Sikh24 Editors. "Large Scale Shaheedi Conference organised in Germany". Sikh24.com. Retrieved 6 October 2012. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  10. Banerjee, Ajay (28 July 2006). "Bhog of militants sends cops into a tizzy". The Tribune. Chandigarh, India. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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