London: Three Sikh men and a woman convicted of carrying out a revenge attack on Lt Gen (retired) K S Brar for his role as commander of Operation Blue Star in 1984 were today sentenced by a British court to between 10 and 14 years in prison.
Brar sustained severe injuries in the knife attack on the streets of central London in September 2012 by the gang described in court as Sikh extremists.
The pro-Khalistan supporters tried to slash the 78-year-old former army officer's throat for his role in leading the operation to flush out extremists from the Sikh holy shrine of Golden Temple in Amritsar.
Mandeep Singh Sandhu, 34, from Birmingham, and London-based Dilbagh Singh, 37, were sentenced to 14 years in jail for the offence of wounding with criminal intent at Southwark Crown Court.
Their female accomplice, 39-year-old Harjit Kaur, found guilty of enabling the attack by providing information about the whereabouts of Brar and his wife, was given a 11-year prison term.
Barjinder Singh Sangha, the youngest of the group at 33 years, had pleaded guilty to the charge of wounding with intent. He was given a lighter sentence of 10 years and six months.
