Two Sikh security guards, Satwant Singh, and Beant Singh, shot Mrs. Indira Gandhi dead on October 31st, 1984. Both were removed from guard duties at the prime Minister’s house, New Delhi, sometime ago. It was Mrs. Indira Gandhi herself who ordered them back on duty only a few days before her assassination. While ordering them back to duty, she said, what would happen to the secular concept of our country if they were removed from duty only because they were Sikhs.

The Times of India, November 1, 1984