Wadhawa Singh (Babbar Khalsa International) Age - unknown Wadhawa Singh, resident of Sadhu Chattha village near Kapurthala, started his political life as a member of Punjab's naxalite movement. Like some members of the ultra-left movement, its defeat led him to lurch to the far-right. By 1978, motivated by top Khalistan movement figure Tarsem Singh Kalasanghian, Wadhawa Singh joined the Akhand Kirtani Jatha, and went on to become one of the founders of the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI), operating its network from Pakistan along with his brother Mahal Singh. The BKI has shown greater resilience than any other terrorist groups in Punjab, owing mainly to its support among non-resident Indians and its contact with the ISI. The biggest charge against Wadhawa Singh is that he ordered the assassination of the then Punjab Chief Minister, Beant Singh. The prosecution of other conspirators in that case is proceeding, but as the Indian law does not provide for trials of suspects without their presence. Four other cases were registered against Wadhawa Singh in 1981 on charges of murder.
