Dashmesh Regiment
The Dashmesh Regiment was a militant group, and is part of the Khalistan movement to create a Sikh homeland called Khalistan via armed struggle. The Dashmesh Regiment "jathebandi" group has claimed responsibility for two of the killings in the 2016–17 Targeted killings in Punjab, India. Dashmesh Regiments leadership was destroyed during Operation Vadhi Pahar in 1991 Punjab,India and is referred to as balowali encounter where hundreds of combined troops of BSF,CRPF,PP and Indian army were deployed in the farm fields of Bolowali village. During this fierce encounter that took place for 3 days,many Indian  security forces were KIA ( killed in action) and 5 dashmesh regiment militants KIA (killed in action) it is numbered that there 12000 troops deployed but some sources say that only 1200 troops were around Bolowali village and the rest were deployed when militants from BTFK ( bhindranwalas tiger force of khalistan) came to aid Seetal Singh( KIA) but these claims might be debated.