Head priest Gurbachan Singh of the Akal Takht—the highest temporal seat of the Sikh religion—has asked the Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) to make arrangements for baptising Singh.
The assassination was masterminded by Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terrorist Jagtar Singh Hawara. Balwant Singh was the second human bomb to be used in case the first failed to kill Beant Singh.
The former Punjab chief minister, who was credited for his fearless efforts wipe out terrorism from Punjab, was assassinated by a human bomb, Dilawar Singh, at the high security Punjab civil secretariat in Chandigarh on August 31, 1995.
(Published 05 December 2010, 17:32 IST)
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