A UK-based Sikh group has written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office demanding a public inquiry into Britain’s alleged involvement in the 1984 Operation Blue Star.
Sikh Federation UK has been working on a report titled ‘Sacrificing Sikhs: The need for an investigation’, which claims to have evidence regarding the full extent of the UK’s alleged role in the military action.
“It is of crucial public importance that the allegations are investigated, in an effective and transparent manner,” reads the letter, addressed to Indian-origin foreign office minister Alok Sharma, in charge of India and the Pacific.
The letter goes on to claim that the 2014 Heywood Review, set up by then Prime Minister David Cameron into the exact nature of British involvement in Operation Blue Star, was “flawed” as it did not consider certain “directly relevant” material.
The FCO acknowledged the receipt of the letter, written by the group’s solicitors KRW law last month.
“The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is considering the points raised in your letter. You will receive a full response shortly,” the letter dated February 2 reads.
The latest exchange follows a call for a “fresh, independent investigation” into the issue by the UK Opposition labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a letter to British Prime Minister Theresa May last month.