There was a spate of assassinations, prime among them being the daylight murder of Lala Jagat Narain, Head of the Punjab Kesri group of newspapers of Jalandhar. This was followed by the assassination of DIG of Punjab Police Jalandhar range Avtar Singh Atwal outside the Golden Temple Complex.
A wave of violent attacks occurred, resulting in the killing of Lala Jagat Narain, leader of the Punjab Kesri newspaper group in Jalandhar, and later the murder of DIG Avtar Singh Atwal of Punjab Police outside the Golden Temple.