Three Sikh men tried to slash the throat of Lieutenant General (retd) Kuldip Singh Brar, who commanded the 'Operation Blue Star', in a deliberate "revenge attack" on the streets of London, a UK court has heard.
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Mandeep Singh Sandhu (34), Dilbagh Singh (36) and Harjit Kaur (38) who pleaded not guilty to the charge of "unlawful wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm" in relation to the attack, which took place last September, appeared for the second day of trial yesterday at Southwark Crown Court.
The three along with 33-year-old Barjinder Singh Sangha who has already admitted his part in the attack, believed Lt Gen (retd) Brar was responsible for Operation Blue Star in 1984, the prosecution alleged.
Prosecutor Annabel Darlow said that Kaur tracked the retired soldier as he holidaying in London's West End with his wife Meena. 78-year-old Brar, who commanded the Operation Blue Star in 1984, was on a private visit to London with his wife when the suspected Khalistan sympathisers attacked them.
Darlow added that her case would prove that Kaur passed on the Brars' whereabouts to the attackers on the day of the alleged assault in September last year. Sandhu and Dilbag Singh are accused of carrying out the attack itself. All three standing trial have been charged with wounding the 78-year-old general with intent.
Sangha has admitted to the same charge and will be sentenced at the end of the trial.
"Kuldip Brar was slashed right across the neck with a knife, he sustained very deep cuts to his face and neck," said prosecutor Darlow.
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