Bhai Shaminder Singh
Shaminder Singh( ਸ਼ਮਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ )was twice Member of Parliament[1] from Faridkot District in Indian Punjab. Born in a privileged family of Sidhu jatt sikhs in Muktsar in 1947. Wildly popular during the militancy days, he was known for his independent spirit and boldly kept a respectable distance from Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale which was appreciated as a dare-devil feat by the general public[2] and largely and especially by the bureaucrats and the heavy handed Punjab Police officers, who not only allowed but even encouraged him to openly carry an AK-47 on his person, turning him into a local version of self-styled sheriff let loose to up-keep law and order in the highly disturbed Punjab in those days of militancy.
Assassination June 18, 1991
One of his own disciples and bodyguards, Gurmeet Singh, an alleged militant who was rescued by him from the hands of law, invited him to his humble neighborhood at Jodhu Colony in Muktsar to make a public speech as preparation of the coming general elections for the seat of MLA Muktsar. Gurmeet Singh had already buried a few sticks of dynamite near the microphone stand, exactly were the Bhai was supposed to stand, and as soon as he was on the spot, Gurmeet closed the 12 volt battery circuit attached with cunningly hidden underground wiring. .
Gurmeet Singh, who went underground after blowing up Bhai, was traced and shot dead by Bathinda police a few years later.
Family
Bhai Harnirpal Singh "Cuckoo", his younger brother, later stepped into his shoes and managed to become MLA Muktsar. Younger and humble Bhai Cukoo has little in common with his elder brother from political point of view.
