livingdead
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bhindranwale was the sikh equivalent of Bin Laden(but uneducate and stupid), it would have been a headache to keep him alive. Also, I am certain he would have wanted to be martyr.A hero of our Liberation War, Brig Sabegh Singh was killed in this Op. It is said an objective of this Op was to take out Sabegh Sigh who was able to apply his 1971 experience to organizing a Khalistan insurgency that Indian security forces were dreading. His professional expertise could be seen in the defenses he had laid out around the Golden Temple siting his weapons very carefully. The IA Div plus had to use artillery support in addition to its integral beside tanks. Elite 6 Gurads of IA had to take a large casualty in the Op.It is also said he was found in an underground cellar completely dazed by artillery bombardment and gas. Instead of capturing him and Bhindrenwalle IA troops just shot them dead on the spot.
Dont know about other dude.
Armed insurgency and random acts of violence is not seen favourably by GoI. Whether it succeeds in ending it is a different matter.