Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala
Gurjant Singh Budhsinghwala (1964 - 29 July 1992) was 3rd chief of Khalistan Liberation Force Early life and family. Gurjant Singh was born in the village of Budhsinghwala, District Faridkot in the year of 1964. He had four siblings—one sister and three brothers. He was learned although after being tortured by the police multiple times and his grandfather being killed by Punjab Police, as he was a religious Amritdhari Sikh, he joined the KLF in 1986. Participation in the Khalistan Movement. Gurjant Singh's grandfather died in 1984 when Indian Security Forces opened indiscriminate firing on his  home, even though he participated in no crimes. Gurjant Singh took revenge and killed top Punjab Police officers including AS Brar and SSP Patiala. He Khalistan Liberation Force was established by Aroor Singh in 1986. Avtar Singh Brahma headed it until his death on 22 July 1988. Budhsinghwala gained command of a faction of KLF. Actions. "India Today's", Volume 17 mentioned that Budhsinghwala was responsible for the killings and injury of key police officers and politicians. The Jain Committee stated that he along with Jagjit Singh Chohan had planned the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. Death. Budhsinghwala was killed in  a police encounter on 29 July 1992, in Ludhiana, when he and other members of KLF were meeting. The firefight took several hours. Police stated that Singh was killed in the house where meeting was taking place, while some witnesses claim that he was killed in an alleyway 50 meters away from the house. His body was not returned to his family and was secretly cremated as police feared that his body might be used as a propaganda tool. At the time of his death, he was wanted in 37 cases of assassination. Afterwards. After Budhsinghwala's death, Dr Pritam  Singh Sekhon succeeded him as head of the KLF. His death anniversaries are regularly observed in Punjab, North America, Europe and other parts of India by various political parties.