Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin on Tuesday said that the UK Government has shared the outcome of their enquiry with the Ministry regarding allegations that former Britain Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Government may have allegedly helped Indira Gandhi plan the attack on Golden Temple in 1984.
"This was reported in the media about a little more than two weeks ago. The UK Government has kept us informed about the matter. They have also recently shared with us the outcome of their enquiry on the subject. We have noted the outcome of the enquiry as well as the statement on the matter," he said.
Last month, British Prime Minister David Cameron had directed his Cabinet Secretary to establish the facts behind claims that Thatcher's Government may have given assistance to Indira Gandhi in planning Operation Bluestar in 1984.
Cameron had ordered an inquiry into this matter after newly released documents revealed that the Britain's Special Air Service (SAS) officials were supposedly dispatched to help India flush out Sikh militants from the Golden Temple.
Labour MP Tom Watson and several Sikh groups had called on the Cameron government for a full probe into this matter.
Operation Blue Star was an Indian military operation, which was ordered by Indira Gandhi to remove separatist leader, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his armed followers who had taken shelter in the Golden Temple.
Five months after Operation Bluestar, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, in retaliation for the military attack on the holy shrine.
