Amritsar, June 7 – Members of Sikh radical groups clashed yesterday with Shiromani Gurudwara Prabhandak Committee (SGPC) supporters, after a prayer and remembrance meeting for the Sikh separatists who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star in 1984 at the Golden Temple, the holiest of Sikh shrines in Amritsar, India , on the anniversary of the Operation Blue Star.
A violent scuffle broke out between the SGPC supporters and Sikh radical group men which resulted in sword brandishing among them, leaving at least six injured.
Operation Blue Star, that took place from 03 to 08 June 1984 saw the Indian Army storm the Golden Temple to flush out Sikh separatists and arrest Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale a Sikh leader and his followers who had initiated a movement for a separate Sikh state.
Hundreds were left dead following the operation.
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Sikh men shout pro-Khalistan slogans after a prayer and remembrance meet for the Sikh separatists who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at the Golden Temple
Sikh men from radical Sikh organizations shout pro-Khalistan slogans after a prayer and remembrance meet for the Sikh separatists who lost their lives during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at the Golden Temple,
Fights broke out with some wielding swords….
