Sukhdev Singh Sukha
Indian assassin
Sukhdev Singh Sukha (14 August 1962 – 9 October 1992) was a Sikh militant and one of the two assassins of Indian Army general Arun Vaidya. He was responsible for three high-profile assassinations; Arjan Dass, Lalit Maken and Gen. Vaidya. He along with other members of Khalistan Commando Force participated in Indian history's biggest bank robbery of ₹ 57 million (1.023 billion rupees or US$12.5 million in 2023) from Punjab National Bank, Miller Gunj branch, Ludhiana to finance the militancy for a separate Sikh state of Khalistan.
Early life
Sukha was born in 1962 on 14 Sawan, Wednesday, at Chak N: 11 FF, District Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, to Sikh Saini family of Mengha Singh Banwait and Surjeet Kaur. His family originally belonged to village Bhungarni in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab who had relocated to Lyallpur District in undivided Punjab. It relocated to Chak N: 11 FF after the partition of India.
He did his early schooling from his native village and village 13 FF Manaksar. In 1983 he received his BA from Gyan Jyoti College in Karanpur and was studying in MA English when Operation Blue Star occurred. He left his studies and joined the Khalistan separatist movement.
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