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Harjinder Singh Jinda

Khalistan Commando Force

KCF member convicted for the 1986 assassination of General Arun S. Vaidya in Pune. Executed by hanging on 9 October 1992, according to common reports.

Life
?–1992
Place
Pune, India
Years
1986–1992
Map
18.5204, 73.8567

Biography

The supplied file identifies Harjinder Singh Jinda as a Khalistan Commando Force member convicted for the 10 August 1986 assassination of former Indian Army chief General Arun S. Vaidya in Pune. The conviction and sentence belong to the court record. He was hanged on 9 October 1992, according to commonly reported accounts. The map pin is Pune, the assassination city named in the file, not a celebration of the killing.

Revolution

Theme. Conviction · General Vaidya assassination case

Key figures. Sukhdev Singh Sukha

Outcome. Convicted, sentenced, and executed by hanging in 1992 according to commonly reported accounts.

Casualties. General Vaidya and his wife were killed in the Pune attack. This entry records the case; it does not endorse it.

Influence. A legal-history name in the Vaidya assassination case, alongside Sukhdev Singh Sukha.