[2][3] Tarsem Singh Purewal was a writer and editor the Des Pardes which is Britain's largest circulation Punjabi language newspaper.
[4] On 24 January 1995, Tarsem Singh Purewal was fatally shot at point-blank range by unknown gunmen, on the street outside his London Office.
Purewal was considered to be a potential Crown witness in the upcoming Air India trial, where militant Sikh nationalists stood accused of planting a bomb on an intercontinental flight resulting in the death of hundred of passengers.
Around the same time, Purewal had been receiving threats believed to be linked to articles he published accusing Jasbir Singh Rode, the general secretary of the International Sikh Youth Federation, of stealing public funds.
[5] Several journalists and members of the Sikh community believe the two were murdered to prevent them from testifying against the terrorists responsible for the Air India bombing.