1 more arrested in connection with attack on Lt Gen Brar

, Oct 10: A 29-year-old man was arrested here on Wednesday in connection with the attack on Lt Gen KS Brar, the Operation Blue Star hero, taking to three the total number of persons in custody in the case. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said "a further arrest has been made in connection with the investigation into the attack on Lt Gen Kuldip Singh Brar in London on Sept 30.

"On Oct 10, a 29-year-old man was arrested at a residential address in the West Midlands on suspicion of conspiracy to murder." He currently remains in custody, police said without identifying him. With today's arrest, a total of three persons are in custody, two charged with 'intent to cause grievous bodily harm' and one held on suspicion of conspiracy to murder. The two Indian-origin men charged with causing grievous bodily harm to Brar would appear before a UK Court here for the next hearing on Dec 7. Ten others arrested in connection with the attack have been bailed to return in November pending further inquiries.

Brar, 78, who had led 'Operation Blue Star' in 1984 to flush out pro-Khalistan militants from the Golden Temple, was on a private visit here when he was attacked by four men, suspected to be Khalistan sympathisers, while he was returning to his hotel with his wife. He suffered a wound on his neck and cheek but his wife was not injured in the attack. Brar has since returned to India.

PTI