Kehar Singh
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For the Indian optical physicist, see Kehar Singh (physicist).
Kehar Singh (Punjabi: ਕੇਹਰ ਸਿੰਘ, Kehar Singh) was an Assistant (the name of the post later termed as Assistant Section Officer) in the erstwhile Directorate General of Supply and Disposal, New Delhi, and was tried and executed for conspiracy in the plot of the Indira Gandhi assassination, carried out by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. He was hanged in Tihar Jail on 6 January 1989. Beant Singh was the nephew of Kehar Singh.[2] The assassination was motivated by Operation Blue Star.
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Born | Kehar Singh 1935 Mustafabad, Patiala State, Punjab, British India |
Died | 6 January 1989(1989-01-06) (aged 53–54) Tihar Jail, New Delhi, India |
Occupation | Clerk at Directorate General of Supplies & Disposals |
Employer | Government of India |
Title | Quomi Shaheed (National Martyr) by Akal Takht[1] |
Criminal status | Execution |
Conviction(s) | Conspiracy in the plot to assassinate Indira Gandhi |
Criminal penalty | Death |
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