Three Sikh men and a woman convicted of carrying out a revenge attack on lt Gen (retd) K S Brar, the hero of the 1984 Operation Blue Star, were on Tuesday sentenced from 10 and half years to 14 years in prison by a British court.
The pro-Khalistani supporters had tried to slash the throat of the 78-year-old former Indian Army officer in a revenge attack on the streets of central london last year for his role in leading the operation to flush out extremists from the Sikh holy shrine of Golden Temple in Amritsar. Barjinder Singh Sangha and Dilbagh Singh were sentenced to 14 years in prison by Southwark Crown Court here. Mandeep Singh Sandhu will serve 10 years and six months in prison while Harjit Kaurand will serve a 11-year sentence. They have to spend at least half the sentences in custody and can then be released on licence. Sangha, 33, Sandhu, 34, Singh, 36 and Kaur, 38, were found guilty on July 31 following a trial by the same court.