Satnam singh of paonta sahib was one of hijacker on September 29, 1981, part of the five members team of the Dal Khalsa as a form of protest against the arrest of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale who wrongly had been accused of being involved in the murder of Jalandhar based Hindu newspaper owner Jagat Narain. Hijacked the Indian airline plane.The hijackers were under the leadership of Gajinder Singh who a few years later was nominated as Chairman of the organization while on asylum in Pakistan.
The Dal Khalsa activists forced the plane to land in Lahore, Pakistan and demanded the release of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale in addition to demanding the release of all persons who had been detained in connection with the Khalistan movement, a ransom of 5 lakh dollars and compensation of 100,000 Indian Rupees (Rs.) for the families of each Sikhs that had been killed on September 20, 1981, at Chowk Mehta after the arrest of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. As the result of this sant ji was released.
Today satnam singh of paonta sahib reafirmed that dhram judh morcha will continue until all the demands of the Sikh nation were met.demands are as fellow:
- To free the land of gurdawara from Hindu terrorists rss.
- That people responsible for destruction of the gurudawara will be punished.
- The new gurudawara be built in its original place and to its original glory.
- Investigation by the united nation into destruction and mass murder and and mass rape of Sikh women in gurudawara gain godhri.
- After investigation punishment of all guilty.
