K.S.Brar attack case: Accused imprisoned

A British court on Tuesday sentenced three Sikh males and a woman to prison ranging from ten-and-a-half years to 14 years for carrying out a revenge attack on Lt.Gen. (retired) K.S. Brar, one of the heroes of the 1984 Operation Blue Star.

Pro-Khalistan 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.

The convicts, Barjinder Singh Sangha and Dilbagh Singh were sentenced to 14 years in prison by Southwark Crown Court in London.

Mandeep Singh Sandhu will serve 10 years and six months in prison, while Harjit Kaur will serve an 11-year sentence.

They have to spend at least half the sentences in custody and can then be released on licence. They were found guilty on July 31 following a trial by the same court.