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A. S. Atwal was born on 23 February, 1943 in Punjab, British India, is an Indian police officer. Discover A. S. Atwal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 40 years old?

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Age 40 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 23 February 1943
Birthday 23 February
Birthplace Punjab, British India
Date of death 1983
Died Place Amritsar, Punjab, india
Nationality India

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Avtar Singh Atwal was a Deputy Inspector General of the Punjab Police.

1983

He was murdered by an unknown follower of Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale on the steps of Golden temple while leaving after prayers on 25 April 1983 His murder set in motion a chain of events that led to the commencement of Operation Blue Star.

He was a posthumous recipient of the President's Police Medal for Gallantry.

He was survived by his wife and son.

His wife Amrita Atwal later joined the Punjab Civil Services and retired as an IAS officer.

His son, Harbir Atwal, also joined the Punjab Police as an Inspector, currently serving as a SP.

On 23 April 1983, while serving as the DIG of Police Jalandhar range, Atwal visited the Golden Temple to pray.

While leaving the Darbar Sahib, he was shot and killed by a lone gunman.

Two others were critically injured.

The killing took place in broad daylight metres away from his bodyguards and official car.

Immediately after the shootout, Atwal's bodyguard and car driver escaped in his car.

A group of Punjab Armed Police jawans were stationed nearby but instead of nabbing the assassin, they also fled along with the crowd from the shooting spot.

The militants from inside the temple came out to celebrate around Atwal's body and fired celebratory shots in the air.

His corpse remained on the temple steps for several hours, and the Police force did not pick it up fearing further firings from the militants.

Punjab CM Darbara Singh then telephoned Bhindranwale asking to allow the dead body to be picked up to which he agreed.

Labh Singh was involved in the killing.

The "Top Cop" Atwal's killing shocked the entire state of Punjab.

It established a fear of Bhindranwale's gunmen among the locals.

The Sikhs sympathetic to the Akali movement were also appalled by the incident as they viewed it as offensive towards Golden Temple.

Akali leaders had an emergency meeting to discuss the aftermath of the murder.

Akali Dal such as like Harchand Singh Longowal and Gurcharan Singh Tohra immediately denounced the murder in clear terms on record.

Meanwhile, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale described the killing as "the handiwork of the Government to malign Sikhs".

Chief Minister of Punjab Darbara Singh advised Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi to send Police force inside the Golden temple.

The law and order situation in Punjab continued to deteriorate further and leading to the PM taking the decision of sending in army to assist the local law enforcement and to flush out the militants out of the temple in Operation Bluestar.

2013

Operation Blue Star and the assassination of Indira Gandhi (2013) is a TV documentary which premièred on ABP News Channel series, Pradhanmantri.

This documentary directed by Puneet Sharma and narrated by Shekhar Kapur showed the circumstances of Atwal's murder.