MP repeats calls for inquiry into British role in 1984 storming of Golden Temple

Official documents indicate that Margaret Thatcher’s government sent an SAS officer to help the Indian government plan the attack (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

A Labour MP has called for an independent, judge-led public inquiry into the British involvement in the storming of the Golden Temple at Amritsar more than 40 years ago which saw hundreds of people killed.

Warinder Juss (Wolverhampton West) referred to official documents released by the government in 2014 which showed the UK was aware of the plans by then-Indian president Indira Gandhi for troops to storm the temple to break up a protest by Sikh separatists who wanted an independent homeland to be formed, called Khalistan.