Avtar Singh Khanda, 35, died in a Birmingham hospital on June 15, three days before the shooting death of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned down outside a temple in ...

Mr. Khanda, 35, had been a vocal advocate of the Khalistan movement, which aspires to create an independent homeland for Sikhs in India’s northern state of Punjab.

Thousands of friends and supporters will attend the funeral of a man who campaigned for a separate Sikh state - but not a single blood relative will be there. Sikh activist Avtar Singh Khanda was ...

Members of the community waited patiently in line to pay their final respects to the late Bhai Avtar Singh Khanda Black Country Stephanie Balloo Real Life Editor 15:12, 12 Aug 2023Updated 15:45 ...

“This is the Sikh symbol, we call it the Khanda, and this is the Hindu symbol, Om,” Baljinder Bhullar explained as he pointed to designs on a collection of urns.