Indira GandhiNEW DELHI: The year 1984 is a defining moment in Sikh history but could events have taken a different course? They were to, once again, go to the Ambala Air Force station where Bhindranwale had already reached. Bhindranwale was arrested for the murder of Punjab Kesari editor Lala Jagat Narain, but released within weeks after home minister Zail Singh told Parliament there was no evidence against him. He was accompanied by close to a hundred supporters who openly brandished their weapons.Home Minister Zail Singh made no attempt to rearrest him; nor did Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,” writes Baweja. “The seniormost politicians of the country catapulted Bhindranwale into a hero.