<p> A former Sikh separatist leader was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants outside his apartment in the US city of Illinois.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Satwinder Singh Bhola, 52, the owner of Griswold Grocery & Liquor in Peoria, was parking his car in the parking lot of his apartment complex on Sunday when some unidentified persons attacked him with a knife.<br /><br />Local police has launched a massive manhunt to nab the assailants. The police has not been able to determine the cause of his murder.<br /><br />Bhola, according to the police, suffered multiple stab wounds. Preliminary indications are that he died of a stab wound in the neck. <br /><br />Bhola was nominated as spokesperson of All India Sikh Student Federation at the peak of militancy in Punjab.<br /><br />Following operation BlueStar in Amritsar, he served a two-year jail sentence. After being released from the jail, Bhola moved to California and from there he moved to Chicago where he was in the hotel business.<br /><br />He was a son-in-law of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, who is on hunger strike in Punjab demanding the release of 82 Sikhs lodged in various jails of the country.</p>
<p> A former Sikh separatist leader was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants outside his apartment in the US city of Illinois.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Satwinder Singh Bhola, 52, the owner of Griswold Grocery & Liquor in Peoria, was parking his car in the parking lot of his apartment complex on Sunday when some unidentified persons attacked him with a knife.<br /><br />Local police has launched a massive manhunt to nab the assailants. The police has not been able to determine the cause of his murder.<br /><br />Bhola, according to the police, suffered multiple stab wounds. Preliminary indications are that he died of a stab wound in the neck. <br /><br />Bhola was nominated as spokesperson of All India Sikh Student Federation at the peak of militancy in Punjab.<br /><br />Following operation BlueStar in Amritsar, he served a two-year jail sentence. After being released from the jail, Bhola moved to California and from there he moved to Chicago where he was in the hotel business.<br /><br />He was a son-in-law of Bapu Surat Singh Khalsa, who is on hunger strike in Punjab demanding the release of 82 Sikhs lodged in various jails of the country.</p>