London, July 17
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.

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.

Brar, who commanded the Operation Blue Star in 1984, was on a visit to London with his wife when the suspected Khalistan sympathisers attacked them. — PTI