Lakhbir Singh Rode
Rode headed the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF), which has branches in over a dozen countries in western Europe and Canada.[3] Rode is said to have been one of the main organisers of a KZF/ISYF cell at Birganj on the India-Nepal border.[5] In July 2007, the investigative weekly Tehelka reported that the militant Talwinder Singh Parmar, in a confession to the Punjab police days before his death on 15 October 1992,[6] had identified Rode as the mastermind behind the Air India 182 bombing on 23 June 1985.Until his death, Rode was sought for trial in India, being wanted for arms smuggling, conspiracy to attack government leaders in New Delhi, and spreading religious hatred in Punjab.[3] Rode died of a heart attack in Pakistan on 1 December 2023, at the age of 71.